9 Amendments of Annika BRUNA related to 2021/2080(INI)
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas women only constitute 34.4 % of the self-employed in the EU and 30 % of its start-up entrepreneurs;
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas women face more difficulties in pursuing entrepreneurship than men; whereas barriers include a lack of specific training, a lower level of self- confidence, less access to social and business networks and difficulties in reconciling work and family life as a result of governmental policies that provide insufficient support for families;
Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K
Recital K
K. whereas 59 % of scientists and engineers in the EU in 2018 were men and only 41 % were women, representing a gap of 18 %12 ; _________________ 12 Eurostat, 'Women in science and technology', Products Eurostat News, 2 October 2020. that is mainly the result of differences in guidance and career choices between men and women;
Amendment 126 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls, in particular, for greater women-focused promotion of STEM subjects, digital education and financial literacy in order to combat prevailing stereotypes and ensure that more women enter these sectors and contribute to their development; highlights the importance of promoting education and careers in finance to women to support the development of a reliable network of female investors;
Amendment 150 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
Amendment 156 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
Amendment 172 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Emphasises the need to remove administrative barriers to starting a business in order to make becoming an entrepreneur or self-employed more attractive to women and men; calls on Member States to consider developing standardised administrative packages for entrepreneurs to follow in the early stages of starting a business; believes that this will ease the administrative burden in interactions with local authorities such as tax authorities, municipalities, etc.;
Amendment 178 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Calls on Member States to put in place the policies necessary for women to return to employment, in particular through entrepreneurship, who have opted to put their careers on hold in order to bring up their children, and want to go back to work, by providing them with the requisite training and support and by facilitating financial and logistical backing for the transition from the role of stay-at-home mother to self-employed person;
Amendment 188 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Highlights the importance of work- life balance for women entrepreneurs and self-employed; calls on Member States to support social frameworks, such as flexible childcare, that are essential to encouraging more women to take part in entrepreneurship; welcomes actiondeplores the fact that family policies already taken by weak in many EU Member States on this matt, however; recognises national differences in social policy and respect for subsidiarity;