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Activities of José Inácio FARIA related to 2018/2162(INI)

Plenary speeches (1)

Gender mainstreaming in the European Parliament (debate) PT
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2018/2162(INI)

Shadow reports (1)

REPORT on gender mainstreaming in the European Parliament PDF (402 KB) DOC (67 KB)
2016/11/22
Committee: FEMM
Dossiers: 2018/2162(INI)
Documents: PDF(402 KB) DOC(67 KB)

Amendments (17)

Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 20
— having regard to the Women in the European Parliament brochure of 2018,deleted
2018/10/17
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
E. whereas gender mainstreaming is a globally accepted strategy for ensuring gender equality; whereas the Commission defines gender mainstreaming as 'the integration of a gender perspective into the preparation, design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of policies, regulatory measures and spending programmes, with a view to promoting equality between women and men, and combating discrimination'23 ; _________________ 23 http://eige.europa.eu/gender- mainstreaming/what-is-gender- mainstreaming
2018/10/17
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital L
L. whereas although Parliament attaches increased importance to LGBTI issues, the visibility of LGBTI staff is relatively low; whereas most LGBTI staff still prefer to hide their sexual orientation or gender identity;deleted
2018/10/17
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital L a (new)
La. whereas the legitimacy of women in the political sphere is still sometimes challenged, and whereas women are victims of stereotypes, which discourage them from engaging in politics, a phenomenon that is particularly conspicuous wherever women in politics are less represented;
2018/10/17
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 64 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Strongly applauds the (very few) male role models both in the Parliament administration and at political level who actively promote gender equality and equal opportunities; further encourages both male, female and LGBTIdifferent gender role models;
2018/10/17
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 88 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Welcomes the fact that most of the parliamentary committees have adopted action plans on gender mainstreaming for their work and many have already presented them to the Gender Mainstreaming Network; calls, therefore, on the remaining few committees to follow suit; calls on all committees at the start of the new mandate to update their Gender Action Plans and present them to the Gender Mainstreaming Network; requests that Gender Action Plans for each committee be included in Parliament’s Rules of Procedure;
2018/10/17
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 93 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 – introductory part
12. Welcomes Parliament’s resolution of 26 October 2017 on combating sexual harassment and abuse in the EU; emphasises that sexual harassment is a serious crime, an extreme form of gender- based discrimination and one of the biggest obstacles to gender equality; welcomes the Bureau decision of 2 July 2018 to revise the functioning of the Advisory Committee dealing with harassment complaints concerning Members of the European Parliament and its procedefforts made by the Chair of the Advisory Committee in particular by means of the 2017-2019 roadmap on 'preventive and early support measures forto dealing with complaints, as well as the addition of Article 34a to the Implementing Measurnflict and harassment between Members and APAs, Trainees for othe Statute for Members ofr staff', with the Epuropean Parliament, concerning the financial consequences ofpose of operating a zero tolerance a pproven case of harassment of an accredited parliamentary assistant; nevertheless strongly regrets the slow and inadequate progress in the implementation of the recommendations of Parliament’s resolution; demands that full and undivided attention be given by Parliament’s president and administration to the full implementation of all requested measures, in particular by means of the 2017-2019 roadmap on 'preventive and early support measures to deal with conflict and harassment between Members and APAs, Trainees or other staff', which should be revised as soon as possible to adequately include at least the following demands of the resolution with a clear timeline for implementation:ach towards any form of harassment, discrimination and/or violence. Emphasizes the work of the Advisory Committee which gives a voice to the victims of harassment within the European Parliament and protects them, while penalising abusive behaviour;
2018/10/17
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 96 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 – point a
a) mandatory training for MEPs and staff;deleted
2018/10/17
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 – point b
b) establish a task force of independent, external experts to be convened with a mandate to examine the situation of sexual harassment in the European Parliament and the functioning of its two harassment committees;deleted
2018/10/17
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 103 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 – point c
c) strengthen the anti-harassment committee by including experts such as doctors as standing members of the committee;deleted
2018/10/17
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 105 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Welcomes the Bureau decision of 2 July 2018 to revise the functioning of the Advisory Committee dealing with harassment complaints concerning Members of the European Parliament and its procedures for dealing with complaints, while strongly approving Article 6 which states that two expert advisers - one medical officer from the Medical Service and one member of the Legal Service - shall be appointed by the Secretary-General as well as the addition of Article 34a to the Implementing Measures for the Statute for Members of the European Parliament, concerning the financial consequences of a proven case of harassment of an Accredited Parliamentary Assistant.
2018/10/17
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 107 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 b (new)
12b. Praises the new measures against harassment taken by the European Parliament that entered into force on 1st September 2018, namely: a) Provide the Advisory Committee with a dedicated and permanent Secretariat, attached to the Secretariat of the Bureau and Quaestors, with more and specialized staff regularly trained, dealing exclusively with harassment matters; b) Allow a second APA representative to participate in the meetings of the Committee, as a full member, to address both issue of the restrictive quorum of and the APA representative workload; c) Ensure that the Parliament's Rule of Procedure (art. 11 and art. 166) will newly include penalties for harassment and include a "Code of Appropriate Behaviour in the Workplace for Members of the European Parliament", and a declaration will be developed and signed by each Member when taking up office and to be submitted to the President that the Member has read the Code and confirms that he or she will abide by its principles. All declarations (signed or unsigned) will be published in Parliament's website; d) Allow Accredited Parliamentary Assistants to be better informed of the possibility to have all their legal expenses covered by the Parliament and to be supported throughout the process;
2018/10/17
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 122 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
16. Recommends that Parliament's political groups for the 2019-2024 parliamentary term put forward, based on their merits, both male and female Members as candidates for the positions of President, Vice-President and Bureau Member, and the Chairs of committees, delegations and groups;
2018/10/17
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 128 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. InvitEncourages Parliament's political groups for the 2019-2024 parliamentary term to consider nominating Members of the European Parliament from the under- represented gender to each committee and especially to nominate a gender-equal number of parliamentarians as members and substitutes of the Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality, in order to encourage the involvement of men in gender equality policy;
2018/10/17
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 135 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
18. Invites the Secretary-General and the Bureau to apply the same principle for the attribution of senior management posts as for the attribution of Head Of Unit posts, i.e. to make it compulsoryrecommend that shortlists include three suitable candidates with at least one candidate of each gender, while stating that, if all else is equal (e.g. qualifications, experience), the under- represented gender should be preferred; notes that if these requirements are not fulfilled, the post should be re- advertised;
2018/10/17
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 143 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
20. Welcomes the report by Dimitrios Papadimoulis entitled 'Gender Equality in the European Parliament Secretariat – state of play and the way forward 2017-2019' and the roadmap for implementing the report; commends the progress on the implementation of the concrete actions of the roadmap and its clear timeline for specific measures regarding management, professional training, awareness raising on gender equality, work-life balance measures and the regular monitoring of gender balance through statistics; calls for progress to be speed up in order to reach the gender equality targets set for 2019;
2018/10/17
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 153 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
22. Recalls that as regards the use of measures to improve work-life balance, acceptance by managers and, if relevant, equal take-up by both partners should be specifically encouraged; notes through the improvement of thate flexible working time arrangements can lead to gender discrimination in practice as these tools are used in the vast majority of cases by women and can impede career progression; alsoin order to facilitate the reconciliation of work and family life for women and men; recalls that teleworking might increase flexibility but can also make women and men stay away from the office where they are visible and can network;
2018/10/17
Committee: FEMM