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Activities of Liliana RODRIGUES related to 2017/2210(INI)

Plenary speeches (1)

Gender equality in the media sector in the EU - Empowering women and girls through the digital sector (debate) PT
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2017/2210(INI)

Shadow reports (1)

REPORT on gender equality in the media sector in the EU PDF (438 KB) DOC (81 KB)
2016/11/22
Committee: FEMM
Dossiers: 2017/2210(INI)
Documents: PDF(438 KB) DOC(81 KB)

Amendments (49)

Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas EU policies to promote gender equality have helped to make life better for many European citizens;
2017/11/29
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
C. whereas the media have a significant impact on how social and cultural norms governing boimages associated with women and men are formed and evolve, and constitute an important industry of economic value, directly employing over one million people in the EU;
2017/11/29
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas the media are central to democracy and bear special responsibility in promoting respect for human dignity and combating all forms of gender-related discrimination and inequality, as well as in creating models and bringing about a diversified approach to social roles;
2017/11/29
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
D. whereas thegender perspective of both women and mens should be taken into account equally in order to achieve a complete picture and not to lose out on women’s potential and skills in communicating information about the challenges faced by women in the mediaand diversified picture in communicating information, facts, and opinions about every facet of social reality;
2017/11/29
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas the media are continuing on the whole to present stereotyped images of women and men, with the result that perceptions of the world are being undermined and people very often come to view the relationships involved and the forms of depiction as legitimate, thus making it difficult or impossible to call these into question;
2017/11/29
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D b (new)
Db. whereas by conveying a distorted image of either one of the genders, advertising has served to legitimise sexism in everyday life and caused discriminatory practices to be replicated, thus creating a barrier to gender equality;
2017/11/29
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D c (new)
Dc. whereas the media must properly reflect the pluralism of images, debates, and opinions generated by society and in that way promote justice and gender equality; whereas they can do much to change attitudes and behaviour within society;
2017/11/29
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D d (new)
Dd. whereas in order to cope with the new online communication and multimedia systems, the necessary adjustments have to be made to oversight arrangements at both European and national level, as well as to self-regulation schemes;
2017/11/29
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D e (new)
De. whereas in modern-day societies the advertising industry plays a major role within the media landscape, as it provides a potent way to communicate drawing on a fund of images and ideas that appeal to our emotions and hence can shape our values, attitudes, and perceptions of the world; whereas combating gender discrimination in advertising is essential in order to achieve equality;
2017/11/29
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D f (new)
Df. whereas an advertisement is discriminatory and sexist if: one gender is portrayed in a derogatory or insulting way; the human body is displayed in a manner that is unflattering or insulting to either one of the genders; the advertisement conveys the idea that one gender is less capable or intelligent or not as able to perform given tasks that it can accomplish as effectively as the other genders; or it conveys the pejorative or offensive idea that one gender is socially, culturally, or financially inferior to the other;
2017/11/29
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
G. whereas women continue to face a glass ceiling in the media owing to a variety of factors, including the procedures of an organisational culture which is often uncongenial to a work-life balance;(Does not affect the English version.)
2017/11/29
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
J. whereas there are many women in the media working at a topin top jobs at professional level who are just as appreciated by society as their male counterparts and, who include renowned film makers, journalists and reporters; whereas although they perform equallyas well as men, they may be more vulnerable and exposed to risks and dangersare not equally appreciated;
2017/11/29
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J a (new)
Ja. whereas gender inequality continues to exist both as regards access to senior management positions in European media organisations and hence when it comes to deciding who sets the news agenda; whereas the media have to be made aware that they need to take measures making for better representation of women in leadership positions;
2017/11/29
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K a (new)
Ka. whereas the way in which women and men are mostly represented in the media is serving to reinforce gender stereotypes, since what it conveys is unequal representation in political, economic, social, academic, religious, cultural, and sporting walks of life; whereas men appear chiefly in active social roles, but women, by contrast, are confined to a more passive attitude, harking back to traditional gender roles; whereas the depiction of women and men associated with such discriminatory social roles is ‘normalising’ these and contributing to their social reproduction;
2017/11/29
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K b (new)
Kb. whereas within the European media – to a large extent – financial constraints and working conditions, including job insecurity and the degrees of professional experience, combined with the growing speed of information and the overriding commercial considerations, are obstacles to engaging in responsible specialised gender-sensitive journalism;
2017/11/29
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K c (new)
Kc. whereas gender inequalities are also created and replicated through the language and images disseminated by the media; whereas these are not neutral or innocent representations of reality;
2017/11/29
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K d (new)
Kd. whereas among the stereotypes affecting the image of women and men, the prime example is the sexualisation of the female body, which can be seen most clearly in the ‘yellow press’ and in advertising and which is continuing to project sexist images for purely commercial ends and limiting the role of women in society;
2017/11/29
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K e (new)
Ke. whereas education and training of media professionals are powerful tools in combating and eradicating gender stereotyping and in raising awareness of the need to promote equality;
2017/11/29
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K f (new)
Kf. whereas media companies should adopt self-regulation systems and codes of conduct setting out procedural rules and criteria on careers and media coverage to safeguard and promote gender equality; whereas self-regulation and conduct systems of this kind, which should be drawn up in collaboration with the industry’s trade unions, need to be standardised at European level;
2017/11/29
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K g (new)
Kg. whereas trade unions in the media sector need to be made aware and should have a clear policy on all points related to gender equality;
2017/11/29
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K h (new)
Kh. whereas mobbing and sexual harassment are crimes and whereas the media and national and international regulators should lay down procedural rules and clear-cut penalties in order to deal with them;
2017/11/29
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Highlights the fact that although women are overrepresented in this field at a graduate level and constitute a substantial workforce, they are underrepresented in management, content editing, and top- level positions;
2017/11/29
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Maintains that Member States should increase investment in the media within their remit to enable these effectively to perform their public service role in making society more balanced and democratic in gender terms;
2017/11/29
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 81 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Member States, in conjunction with equality bodies, to focus on the implementation of existing legislation addressing gender equality between women and men, and to encourage regulatory bodies to pay attention to women’sthe presence and advancement of women and LGBTI people in the media sector and to non-stereotypical media content;
2017/11/29
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 90 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls for gender equality to be promoted as a cross-cutting human resources policy within the media with a view to guaranteeing full equality in terms of access, working conditions, and pay and promotion;
2017/11/29
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 93 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Calls for broadly based media coverage to be promoted, and for this to reflect the diversity of social situations, giving comparable exposure to women and men and encouraging investigative journalism likely to spark debate on gender equality issues;
2017/11/29
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 94 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5c. Suggests that databases be compiled, both of female specialists, listed by subject field, including those fields in which women are underrepresented, and of gender-oriented civil society organisations; believes that sex- disaggregated data should be used in news content relevant to gender issues;
2017/11/29
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 99 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses that while any regulatory action of sexism and stereotypical gender portrayals in media content is a prerogative of the Member States and subject to due considerations of the principle of freedom of expression, editorial freedom should not, under any circumstances, serve to encourage or legitimise stereotypical or negative portrayals of women, which often arise for purely commercial reasons or for comic effect;
2017/11/29
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 103 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Calls for support abind incentiveg measures, such as guidelinequotas for the equal representation of women and men in decision-making posts in media organisations, and for the effective monitoring of such efforts to be given greater prominence in those organisations;
2017/11/29
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 110 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Recommends that regulations issued by media and communication regulatory authorities set out criteria to ensure stereotype-free portrayals of women and girls andserving to determine those cases in which freedom of expression and editorial freedom have to be forgone in order to ensure that no stereotypical portrayals of women, girls, and LGBTI people will be broadcast and that the dignity of persons in those categories is properly protected by includeing the possibility of removing offensive contentordering the removal of offensive content and of penalising any failure to comply, for instance by imposing fines; recommends that specialist organisations, such as national equality bodies and women’s and LGBTI NGOs, are involved in monitoring the implementation of these regulations;
2017/11/29
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 118 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Calls on the Member States and the Commission to promote self- regulation and co-regulation in the media through codes of conduct adopted at regional, national, and EU level in the spheres of gender, gender expression, gender identity, and sexual orientation;
2017/11/29
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 120 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. Points to the need for greater coordination among regulators, at both national and European level, in order to allow scope for preventive action; believes that those authorities should have specific powers to make the media comply with national and European legislation on gender equality and discrimination, and to censure, and impose appropriate clear penalties on, offenders; believes that regulatory authorities should invest in greater transparency by implementing a public communication policy easily accessible to citizens;
2017/11/29
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 121 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 c (new)
8c. Calls for a code of conduct to be drawn up on gender equality in the media and for a gender equality monitoring system to be implemented on a Europe- wide basis in the media sector, including online content and advertising, for the purposes of encouraging and rewarding best practice, laying down penalties, and, in addition, reporting regularly on the current state of play and developments;
2017/11/29
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 122 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 d (new)
8d. Suggests that public corporations in the media sector should be obliged to have an independent ombudsman to receive complaints, examine content from the point of view of gender equality, and fine media outlets that convey sexist content or gender stereotypes; calls for private sector companies to adopt the same procedure;
2017/11/29
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 124 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Notes with enthusiasm the various examples of good practice that can be observed in all Member States, including: media campaigns, specific legislation, awards or anti-awards for stereotypical and sexist advertising, databases of women experts, training courses for industry professionals, and media organisations’ equality plans, codes of conduct and equal opportunity and diversity policies, and the minimum thresholds set for representation of the sexes in the governing bodies of media regulators;
2017/11/29
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 129 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. RecommendUrges that public and private media organisations adopt internal polices which include anti-harassment measures, maternity, paternity or parental leave schemes, flexible working arrangements and mentorship and management training programmes for women;
2017/11/29
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 130 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Calls on the media to respect the right of women and men to benefit from maternity, paternity, or parental leave; points out that no pregnant woman should be discriminated against on account of her condition and no woman should be refused employment because she might decide to become pregnant;
2017/11/29
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 131 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 b (new)
10b. Urges that media content, including advertising, related to family planning, sexual and reproductive rights, maternal and child health, and education be aimed at both men and women;
2017/11/29
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 132 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 c (new)
10c. Points to the need to implement active policies to promote work-life balance, in particular by introducing flexible working hours for both women and men, on a voluntary basis and without prejudice to career advancement, and by investing in affordable high- quality public support services to make private life easier;
2017/11/29
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 133 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 d (new)
10d. Reiterates that the media must, as a matter of urgency, implement the policy of equal pay for equal work through binding measures, including pay transparency obligations, while enabling women to enjoy the same promotion and training opportunities and any other additional benefits on equal terms with men;
2017/11/29
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 134 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 e (new)
10e. Maintains that the media must be required to have a policy to prevent and combat mobbing and sexual harassment at work, including awareness raising, legal penalties for offenders, and psychological and/or legal support to victims of these practices;
2017/11/29
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 135 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 f (new)
10f. Points out that Member States must ensure by all appropriate means that the media, including online media and advertising, do not contain any incitement to violence or hatred directed against a group of persons or a member of such a group defined by reference to sex, racial or ethnic origin, religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation, or gender or gender expression;
2017/11/29
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 136 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 g (new)
10g. Suggests that continuing training activities on gender depictions in media content be made compulsory for media professionals, including those in leadership positions, and that manuals/guides be compiled so as to give practical examples to assist them with gender mainstreaming in their work;
2017/11/29
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 137 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 h (new)
10h. Recommends that gender equality be mainstreamed into undergraduate and postgraduate journalism and communication courses and included in their teaching modules; believes that the object should be to make teachers and trainers aware of these issues and emphasise the importance of more inclusive language, to promote gender balance among teaching staff, to stimulate debate on gender depictions with a view to calling them into question, and to encourage studies recording the paths that students follow after they have completed their education;
2017/11/29
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 138 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 i (new)
10i. Suggest that media literacy be fostered at the various levels of education so as to make young people aware of the limiting and damaging character of stereotypes and sexist behaviour, encourage them to develop critical thinking, and help them to identify, combat, and speak out against flagrant cases of sexist portrayal and discrimination in the media and advertising;
2017/11/29
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 139 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 j (new)
10j. Urges civil society organisations to draw up communication strategies, not just for traditional media, but also for online media, in order to widen the scope for influencing and monitoring the media agenda;
2017/11/29
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 140 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 k (new)
10k. Believes that it might be appropriate to consider whether European funding for the media should be made subject to compliance with minimum standards and to proof of good practice in promoting gender equality;
2017/11/29
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 143 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Encourages the Member States to initiate campaigns such as the Belgian Expertalia tool, the Czech ‘Sexist Piggy’ awards or the Swedish #TackaNej (‘No, thanks’) initiative, among others; calls on the Commission to establish a European award for students in the media field for work related to gender equality;
2017/11/29
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 144 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Calls on the Member States to carry out regular information and awareness campaigns aimed at pinpointing gender-based discriminatory content conveyed by advertising and the media, and to report regularly on gender equality trends in the media;
2017/11/29
Committee: FEMM