Activities of Caroline NAGTEGAAL related to 2022/2140(INI)
Opinions (1)
OPINION on ensuring European transportation works for women
Amendments (14)
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas there is a lack of the reliable gender-disaggregated data needed to underpin policy initiatives and measures, monitoring progress and assessing the impact of targeted actions, in order to make the EU transport sector more inclusive and to ensure its accessibility to all user groups;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas women represent only around 22% of the European transport workforce, well below their share in the overall economy;
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas women should enjoy equal pay and equal opportunities with regard to career development and representation at all levels, including management and decision-making roles;
Amendment 65 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Considers that the Commission, Member States and regional and local authorities should collect data and establish key indicators, such as gender-sensitive statistics and age-related data, in order to identify and overcome barriers for women in transport and to contribute to public transport design and policy initiatives related to transport workers; recalls that EU policy-making in the field of transport should be based on reliable, accessible and detailed data, together with impact assessments, so as to help design better EU policies;
Amendment 67 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Notes that the results of the ‘Women and Transport’ study1b showed a lack of gender-disaggregated data and other criteria such as age and disability; therefore, calls on the Commission to assess whether to include gender data sharing amongst transport actors in the Common European Data Space in order to address data gaps in transport and to inform policy making; _________________ 1b https://www.europarl.europa.eu/thinktank /en/document/IPOL_STU(2021)701004
Amendment 85 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. CStresses that any form of discrimination, harassment, bullying, intimidation or violence in the workplace must be eliminated; therefore, calls on the Commission to consider gender-related provisions in all relevant legislation, in order to ensure a safe working environment for women in all transport modes, as well as any necessary preventive and dissuasive measures (e.g. safe and secure parking areas); calls, furthermore, on the Commission to promote measures for emergency situations, such as camera surveillance systems and emergency call buttons in places where they are needed, such as unattended charging stations, enabling an immediate connection to local emergency services, as recently envisaged in the proposal for a new Alternative Fuels Infrastructure Regulation3 ; _________________ 3 Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the deployment of alternative fuels infrastructure, and repealing Directive 2014/94/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council (COM(2021)0559).
Amendment 98 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Council and all Member States to promote initiatives to prevent all kinds of discrimination, as well as to promote measures ensuring safe and secure workplaces, including awareness campaigns and trainings aimed at preventing violence and harassment in all transport-related workplaces.
Amendment 101 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Considers that the labour shortages in transport can offer opportunities for women, which requires to eliminate barriers to female employment and increased awareness by employers of the existence and implications of these barriers; stresses that company-based measures should be supported by broader institutional and societal efforts in order to drive the necessary changes and to increase female employment in the transport sector as well as technical expertise such as science, technology, engineering and mathematics; stresses in this regard that stereotypes should be eliminated from an early age through education, expanding their career opportunities; therefore, calls on the Commission to engage European and national stakeholders in discussing relevant issues at the EU level and in Member States;
Amendment 109 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Considers that women are traditionally underrepresented in technical education and expertise such as science, technology, engineering and mathematics, which are key for the development of mobility and the transport sector; stresses that Horizon Europe contributes to the European Green Deal through research and innovation; therefore, calls on the Commission to promote and support gender-sensitive projects and to identify female role models;
Amendment 114 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 c (new)
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3c. Notes that Eurostat found that in 2018, the employment rate for women aged between 20-64 in the EU stood at 67%, and compared to the European transport workforce that number is even lower (22%); notes in this regard that of employed women in the EU, one-third was working part time (30%), which is nearly four times the rate for men (8%)[1]; calls therefore on Member States to promote and support full time jobs for women, possibly by way of policy incentives such as accessible child care; [1] https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/product s-eurostat-news/-/EDN-20200306-1
Amendment 119 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 d (new)
Paragraph 3 d (new)
3d. Notes that women represent roughly 52% of the overall population in Europe, but constitute 34.4% of the self- employed and 30% of start-up entrepreneurs1c; calls on the Commission and Member States to promote the role of women in business and female entrepreneurship in the transport sector by supporting networking and training opportunities and mentoring programmes; _________________ 1c https://www.eib.org/attachments/thematic/ why_are_women_entrepreneurs_missing_ out_on_funding_en.pdf, p. 12
Amendment 122 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 e (new)
Paragraph 3 e (new)
Amendment 126 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 f (new)
Paragraph 3 f (new)
3f. Notes that unattended petrol stations and charging station pools without staff could be stationed in remote areas where women could feel unsafe; therefore, calls on the Commission to promote measures for emergency situations, such as camera surveillance systems and an emergency call button in relevant places allowing for the immediate correspondence with local emergency services, as recently included in the Alternative Fuels Infrastructure Regulation;1e _________________ 1e https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/doc ument/A-9-2022-0234_EN.html