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Activities of Christine ANDERSON related to 2019/2164(INI)

Plenary speeches (1)

Promoting gender equality in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education and careers (debate)
2021/06/09
Dossiers: 2019/2164(INI)

Shadow reports (1)

REPORT on promoting gender equality in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education and careers
2021/05/12
Committee: FEMM
Dossiers: 2019/2164(INI)
Documents: PDF(212 KB) DOC(73 KB)
Authors: [{'name': 'Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ', 'mepid': 197784}]

Amendments (18)

Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
B. whereas the EU is facing an unparallel perceived shortage of women in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) careers and education, particularly considering that women make up 52 % of the European population, yet onlywhile accounting for 2 out of 5 scientists and engineers6 ; whereas although there has been a positive trend in the involvement and interest of girls in STEM education, the percentages remain insufficient; whereas attitudes towards STEM do not differ between boys and girls through primary education, and in many cases girls often outperform boys in STEM and ICT-related tasks7 ; whereas, however, girls fear that they will be less successful than boys in STEM-related careers; _________________ 6 Eurostat, Human resources in science and technology, annual average data 2016- 2020. 7 O’Dea, R.E., Lagisz, M., Jennions, M.D. et al., Gender differences in individual variation in academic grades fail to fit expected patterns for STEM, Nature Communications 9, 3777, 2018.
2021/02/02
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
D. whereas the low numbers of women who work in innovative technologies, such as artificial intelligence (AI), can negatively affect the design, development and implementation of these technologies, causing the replication of existing discriminatory practices and stereotypes, and the development of ‘gender-biased algorithms’;deleted
2021/02/02
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 69 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Considers that in view of the rising demand for STEM practitioners and the importance of STEM-related careers for the future of the European economy, helping to increasinge the share of women, who wish to work, in the STEM sector is critical to building a more sustainable and inclusivecan help to build a prosperous economy and society through scientific, digital and technological innovation;
2021/02/02
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 76 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Reiterates that the main goal should be to remove all barriers restrictingsupport women’s interests, preferences and choices, without compromising their liberty in making decisions; encourages the Member States to promote the participation of women in STEM studies and careers in their relevant national or regional gender action plans or strategies; considers that these action plans or strategies should aim to increase gender equality by focusing on education and qualifications, a better work-life balance, equal opportunities, non-discrimination in the labour market, raising awareness of gender bias across all relevant sectors, and increasing the visibility of female role models, among other things for their own education and career paths ;
2021/02/02
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 81 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Recognises that gender stereotyping, cultural discouragement and a lack of awareness and of promotion of female role models hinders and negatively affects girls’ and women’s opportunities in STEM studies, in related careers and digital entrepreneurship, and can lead to discrimination and fewer opportunities for women in the labour market;deleted
2021/02/02
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 89 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Reaffirms the importance of integrating the awareness of gender bias across all relevant sectors, including in the initial and continuous training of teachers; highlights the need to address structural barriers, such as working conditions and work culture, which hinder girls and women from entering a predominantly male-dominated field, and the need to increase the visibility of hitherto undervalued role models in order to inspire women and girls;deleted
2021/02/02
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 100 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Member States to combat gendered labour market segmentation in STEM careers by investing in formal, informal and non- formal education, lifelong learning and vocational training for women who so wish, to ensure their access to high-quality employment and opportunities to re- and up-skill for future labour market demand; calls, in particular, for greater promotion of entrepreneurship, STEM subjects and digital education for girls from an early age, in order to combat existing educational stereotypes and ensure more womenencourage the women who clearly manifest the will to enter developing and well-paid sectors;
2021/02/02
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 121 #
7. Recognises the role of parents, school and teachers in eliminating thencouraging younger gender gap in STEM educationations into the career path of their choice, and highlights the role of education in promoting the presence of STEM-loving girls in STEM-related courses and in establishing benchmarks to monitor female recruitment and retention;
2021/02/02
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 132 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Highlights that male teachers and other male staff dominateare more present in STEM-related studies in schools and, later on, in universities and workplaces, leading to an absence of; supports female role models and limited guidance and mentoring opportunities; encourages gender mainstreaming in primary, secondary and tertiary education, and urges the committees and institutions involved in recruitment to promote gender balance to avoid the ‘outsider effect’;
2021/02/02
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 148 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Regrets the fact that women face disproportionately more obstacles in their careers than men do, owing to the lack of a proper work-life balance and an increase in unpaid care work in most householdmothers may face obstacles in their careers; urges public and private institutions to establish adequate measures to guarantee better maternity and paternity leaves, flexible working hours, on-site childcare facilities or to promote telework; urges the Member States to fully transpose and implement the Work-Life Balance Directive and calls on the Commission to monitor it effectively; calls on the Commission and the Member States to fully assess the causes and factors that lead to a high drop-out rate of women from STEM careers, and to develop mechanisms and programmes to integrate women and girls into education, training and employment initiativespecially from their personal perspectives which include choices and preferences;
2021/02/02
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 160 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. RegretNotes the fact that women are under-represented inhave a lesser tendency to fill leadership positions in STEM careers, and highlights the urgent need to promote equalcomplementarity between men and women at all levels of decision- making in business and management; underlines that gender diversity of skills and competences in boards and decision- making positions improves firms’ performance as the result of the broader spectrum of knowledge, attitudes and experience; urges the Council and the Member States to adopt the Women in Boards Directive and establish targets for gender balance in decision-making bodies;
2021/02/02
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 167 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Regrets the fact that the gender pay gap remains a reality and is even more pronounced in male-dominated sectors, such as ICT and technological companies10 ; calls on all actors to practice pay transparency; urges the Council to unblock the Directive on implementing the principle of equal treatment between persons irrespective of religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation, which aims to extend protection against discrimination through a horizontal approach; _________________ 10Lambrecht, A. and Tucker, C. E. Algorithmic bias? An empirical study into apparent gender-based discrimination in the display of STEM career ads, Management Science, Vol. 65, No 7, 2019, p. 2970.deleted
2021/02/02
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 182 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Encourages the establishment of an inclusive thorough dialogue with the relevant stakeholders, such as private companies, non-governmental organisations (NGOs), state institutions, regional and local authorities, policy-makers and civil society representatives to coordinate and tackle the missing links in order to promote women in STEM;
2021/02/02
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 193 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. RegretNotes the fact that the gender gap exists across all digital technology domains, but is especially concerned about the gender gap inin particular in the field of innovative technologies, such as the AI and cybersecurity domains, where the average worldwide female presence stands at 12 % and 20 % respectively11 ; _________________ 11 Sax, L.J., Kanny, M. A., Jacobs, J. A. et al., Understanding the Changing Dynamics of the Gender Gap in Undergraduate Engineering Majors: 1971-2011, Research in Higher Education, Vol. 57, No 5, 2016; Shade, L. R., Missing in action: Gender in Canada’s digital economy agenda, Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society, Vol. 39, No 4, 2014, pp. 887-896.
2021/02/02
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 202 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. Highlights that one of AI’s most critical weaknesses relates to certain types of biases such as gender, race or sexual orientation as a result of humans’ inherent biases; eEncourages the relevant actors to take action and promote a greater role for wosupport competent women and men in the design, development and implementation of machine learning, natural language processing and AI;
2021/02/02
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 210 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Calls for AI and automation to be designed in such a way that it enables us to overcome gender discrimination and address the challenges faced by women such as unpaid care work, the gender pay gap, cyberbullying, gender-based violence and sexual harassment, trafficking, violations of sexual and reproductive rights, and under-representation in leadership positionsvarious forms of discrimination and violence; calls for AI and automation to contribute to the enhancement of women’competent women and men's access to finance, higher education and flexible work opportunities;
2021/02/02
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 217 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
18. Regrets the fact that women are under-represented in innovation-driven business start-ups and highlights the gender biases and systemic disadvantages that exist in social structures, in particular in those at the intersection of STEM and entrepreneurship;
2021/02/02
Committee: FEMM
Amendment 225 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
20. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to increasadequately allocate financing opportunities for female start-up entrepreneurs and innovators, to facilitate their access to existing funds, create special funds and look for new and innovative ways to financially support them and help them to overcome the barriers they may face;
2021/02/02
Committee: FEMM