15 Amendments of Chrysoula ZACHAROPOULOU related to 2019/2213(BUD)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas Article 8 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union states that ‘in all its activities, the Union shall aim to eliminate inequalities and promote equality between men and women’, thus stipulating that gender equality must be incorporated into all EU policies and addressed at all levels of the budgetary process via gender mainstreaming and gender budgeting;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas inequality is a growing problem in the EU, and whereas an increasing percentage of the EU budget must be spent on developpromoting social rights and access to public welfare services, with a specific focus on improving gender equality, including for LGBTI persons, and the situation of women and girlwomen and girls and LGBTI persons;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas women remain under- represented in leadership and decision making positions and devote more time than men to unpaid housework and care responsibilities;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas women remain under- represented in the digital economy, AI, ICT and STEM sectors in terms of education, training and employment, including management positions;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Recital C b (new)
Recital C b (new)
Cb. whereas universal respect for and access to Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights is not guaranteed in all EU Member States; whereas a worrying backlash in women’s rights globally and in the EU can be observed, in particular as regards a lack of or restricted access to SRHR within the European Union;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the Commission should maintainensure sufficient funding levels for programmes aimed at supporting women’s rights to at least their current level, such as the Rights, Equality and Citizenship (REC) Programme, with a special focus on non-discrimination instruments and the prevention of gender- based violence;
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Stresses the importance to use European Structural and Investment Funds to promote gender equality, women’s employment and access to the labour market, childcare and long term care facilities;
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Calls for the budget to encourage women’s participation and interest in the digital economy, AI, ICT and STEM sectors and careers through EU programmes, including the Youth Employment Initiative (YEI);
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls for greater synergies between the instruments available to advance gender equality and improve the work-life balance; reiterates the need for greater efforts to support the most vulnerable women, including women with disabilities, women of colour, single mothers and migrant, ethnic minority and sexual minority women;
Amendment 55 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls for spending on gender equality to be tracedmonitored with independent budget lines for targeted actions and for proper indicators and a dedicated methodology to be established, particularly as regards the fight against gender-based discrimination, violence, sexual harassment and women’s access to sexual and reproductive health and rights;
Amendment 58 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Stresses the need to increase the resources allocated for actions focused on preventing and combating gender-based violence in the framework of the programme that will replace the REC Programme in the next MFF period, with an independent budget line to combat all forms of violence against women;
Amendment 60 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Stresses the need to reinforce budgetary allocations that support universal respect for and access to Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights;
Amendment 62 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4c. Stresses the need to tackle Female Genital Mutilation and early and forced marriage and promote gender equality and the empowerment of women, including their SRHR, through the new Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument (NDICI);
Amendment 70 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Reminds that the EU committed to allocating at least 20% of its total Official Development Aid (ODA) to human development and social inclusion that encompass activities aiming to improve gender equality;
Amendment 77 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Recalls the important role played by the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE), and the need for a consolidated budget for collecting data and acquiring expertise in the area of gender equality; calls for EIGE’s budget, staff establishment plan and independence to be kept stableas a minimum at their current levels.