13 Amendments of Linnéa ENGSTRÖM related to 2018/2162(INI)
Amendment 86 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
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 Gnotes, however, the heterogeneity of these plans and the lack of implementation; calls for the adoption of a common gender Aaction Pplans and present them to the Gender Mainstreaming Network; requests that Gender Action Plan for the European Parliament which should, at least, contain provisions regarding equal gender representation in all parliamentary work and Parliament's bodies, the introduction of a gender perspective in all its policy activities and in its fwor each committee be included in Parliament’sking organisation and the use of gender- neutral language in all documents; requests to amend the Rules of Procedure accordingly;
Amendment 90 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Regrets that in the last reform of the Rules of Procedure, procedures to implement gender mainstreaming were not included;
Amendment 104 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 – point c
Paragraph 12 – point c
c) strengthen the anti-harassment committees by merging them into a sole committee with a variable composition depending on the particular case and including experts such as lawyers and doctors as standing members of the committee;
Amendment 114 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Calls on the Directorate-General for Personnel to provide gender mainstreaming training for Members, assistants and staff of the European Parliament;
Amendment 120 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. RecommendsCalls on thate Parliament's political groups for the 2019-2024 parliamentary term to ensure a gender balanced composition of the bodies governing the European Parliament and recommends to put forward both male and female Members as candidates for the positions of President, Vice-President and Bureau Member, and the Chairs of committees, and delegations and groupsin view of achieving this goal;
Amendment 124 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Recommends that Parliament's political groups for the 2019-2024 parliamentary term elect two Members, a male and a female, for the position of co- Presidents of their groups;
Amendment 125 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 b (new)
Paragraph 16 b (new)
16b. Strongly encourages the European political parties and their party members to ensure a gender balanced representation of candidates by means of zipped lists or other equivalent methods;
Amendment 130 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Encourages Parliament's political groups to adopt a gender mainstreaming strategy to ensure that their proposals take into account the impact on gender equality;
Amendment 131 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 b (new)
Paragraph 17 b (new)
17b. Encourages Parliament's political groups to provide gender mainstreaming training for their staff;
Amendment 150 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
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; notstresses that flexible working time arrangements canshould not lead to gender discrimination in practice as these tools are used in thor impede career progression; also recalls the importance of making arrangements to use videoconference vast majority of cases by women and can impede career a way to prevent the invisibility of those opting for teleworking arrangements, encouraging formal decision-making progrcession; also recalls that tees to avoid the exclusion of those taking flexible working might increase flexibility but can also make women stay away from the office where they are visible and can networkarrangements and setting up measures to ensure that meetings in the evening have a time limit;
Amendment 155 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Commends the progress made in the Parliament Secretariat on improving gender equality in senior and middle management positions, but notes that despite the fact that the majority of Parliament officials are women, their representation in senior or middle management positions is still very low: at the end of 2017, 15.4 % of directors- general, 30.4 % of directors and 36.2 % of heads of unit in the Parliament Secretariat were women; calls, therefore that when choosing between applicants with the same profile (experience, qualification, etc.) the under-represented gender should be preferred;
Amendment 156 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23a. Asks for knowledge or experience on gender mainstreaming to be considered as an asset in calls for staff and selection of staff;
Amendment 157 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 b (new)
Paragraph 23 b (new)
23b. Calls on the secretariats of Parliament’s committees to assist their Members in ensuring a gender balanced composition of the speakers in committee’s hearings by proposing a gender balanced list of experts;