Activities of Aušra SEIBUTYTĖ
Plenary speeches (2)
The International Day of Elimination of Violence Against Women and the State of play on the ratification of the Istanbul Convention (continuation of debate)
Equality between women and men in the European Union in 2018-2020 (debate)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on equality between women and men in the European Union in 2018-2020
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on reducing inequalities with a special focus on in-work poverty
Institutional motions (36)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation in Belarus after one year of protests and their violent repression
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation in Belarus after one year of protests and their violent repression
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation at the Ukrainian border and in Russian-occupied territories of Ukraine
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation at the Ukrainian border and in Russian-occupied territories of Ukraine
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the conclusions of the European Council meeting of 24-25 March 2022, including the latest developments of the war against Ukraine and the EU sanctions against Russia and their implementation
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation in Afghanistan, in particular the situation of women’s rights
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the situation in Afghanistan, in particular the situation of women’s rights
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the conclusions of the European Council meeting of 24-25 March 2022, including the latest developments of the war against Ukraine and the EU sanctions against Russia and their implementation
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the State of play on the EU-Moldova cooperation
the State of play on the EU-Moldova cooperation
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the fight against impunity for war crimes in Ukraine
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the prosecution of opposition and detention of trade union leaders in Belarus
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the fight against impunity for war crimes in Ukraine
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the prosecution of the opposition and the detention of trade union leaders in Belarus
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the candidate status of Ukraine, the Republic of Moldova and Georgia
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the candidate status of Ukraine, the Republic of Moldova and Georgia
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Russia’s escalation of its war of aggression against Ukraine
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on Russia’s escalation of its war of aggression against Ukraine
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on recognising the Russian Federation as a state sponsor of terrorism
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on recognising the Russian Federation as a state sponsor of terrorism
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on 90 years after the Holodomor: recognising the mass killing through starvation as genocide
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on 90 years after the Holodomor: recognising the mass killing through starvation as genocide
DRAFT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the establishment of a tribunal on the crime of aggression against Ukraine
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the establishment of a tribunal on the crime of aggression against Ukraine
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the preparation of the EU-Ukraine Summit
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the preparation of the EU-Ukraine Summit
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on one year of Russia’s invasion and war of aggression against Ukraine
on one year of Russia’s invasion and war of aggression against Ukraine
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on one year of Russia’s invasion and war of aggression against Ukraine
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the sustainable reconstruction and integration of Ukraine into the Euro-Atlantic community
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the sustainable reconstruction and integration of Ukraine into the Euro-Atlantic community
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the Commission delegated directive of 17 October 2023 amending Directive 2013/34/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the adjustments of the size criteria for micro, small, medium-sized and large undertakings or groups
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on 30 years of Copenhagen criteria - giving further impetus to EU enlargement policy
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on 30 years of Copenhagen criteria - giving further impetus to EU enlargement policy
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the need for unwavering support for Ukraine, after two years of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the need for unwavering EU support for Ukraine, after two years of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine
Written questions (24)
Chinese interference in the succession of the Dalai Lama
Chinese legislation impacting the issue of succession of the Dalai Lama and Tibetan Buddhist leaders
Azerbaijan’s hostile activities against Armenia
A bilateral investment agreement with Taiwan as a logical next step in strengthening the EU’s ties with Asia and a counterweight to China’s economic expansion
Coercive labour programmes in Tibet
The militarised educational and training system in Tibet
Supporting European primary care systems
Chinese labour camps in Tibet
The European Schools
Torture in Tibet
Follow up to the question on the exclusion of students with disabilities from PISA tests
Attack on the independence of the Polish Commissioner for Human Rights
Implementation of hepatitis C screening programmes in the EU
Belarusian state-sponsored air piracy and terrorism
Unpaid traineeships in EU institutions
The exclusion of trainees in EU institutions from Erasmus grants
The current state of Sino-Lithuanian relations
Erasmus4Ukraine
Ukrainian refugees with disabilities
Child oncological refugees from Ukraine
Gazprom cuts off the gas supply to Poland and Bulgaria
Russia’s military actions causing Ukraine’s energy infrastructure crisis
34th birthday of the Panchen Lama
Urgent need to take action for the liberation of Vladimir Kara-Murza
Individual motions (1)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on reversing the European demographic trend
Amendments (106)
Amendment 89 #
2023/2127(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas numerous critics, including by human rights organisations, have accused China of using the government-funded Confucius Institutes and their classrooms on campus as platforms to spread propaganda under the guise of teaching, interfere with academic freedom and free speech on campuses by means of censorship of certain topics and perspectives in course materials on political grounds, particularly topics related to ethnic minorities in China, and even to spy on students and other members of the Chinese diaspora abroad;
Amendment 167 #
2023/2127(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point a
Paragraph 1 – point a
(a) continue engaging with China to tackle global challenges such as climate change and loss of biodiversity, health and pandemic preparedness, debt relief and humanitarian assistance, and increase dialogue with China on security issues in view of China’s increasingly critical role in global security;
Amendment 275 #
2023/2127(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point i a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point i a (new)
(ia) condemn Chinese authorities assimilationist policies in Tibet that violate the educational, religious, cultural and linguistic rights of the Tibetan people and threaten to ultimately eradicate Tibetan culture and identity, in particular the compulsory boarding school and pre- school system which separates over 1 million Tibetan children from their families and enforces Chinese-language education; urge China to immediately abolish the boarding school and pre- school system imposed on Tibetan children, to allow private Tibetan schools to be established and to ensure that Mandarin is not the only language of instruction in Tibet; consider adopting sanctions on Chinese officials responsible for designing and implementing the boarding school and preschool system in Tibet;
Amendment 286 #
2023/2127(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point i b (new)
Paragraph 1 – point i b (new)
(ib) condemn the promulgation of the “Administrative Measures for Religious Activity Venues” (also known as “Order number 19”) that came into force on 1 September 2023 and intensifies the ongoing repression on Tibetans and other ethnic and religious minorities, notably by requiring temples, monasteries, mosques, churches and other religious sites to “uphold the leadership of the CCP and the socialist system, thoroughly implement Xi Jinping’s ideology of socialism with Chinese characteristics for the new era (...) [and] adhere to the direction of Sinicization of China’s religions”;
Amendment 353 #
2023/2127(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point o
Paragraph 1 – point o
(o) work closely towards fostering unity among the Member States’ approach towards China and strengthen the EU’s strategic autonomy to ensure that Europe is able to defend its values and economic interests, as well as the global rules-based order; to this end, take seriously into account the obligations relating to Business and Human Rights under international law, in particular the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, as well as European rules on due diligence and the prohibition of goods made using forced labour;
Amendment 416 #
2023/2127(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point t a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point t a (new)
(ta) express grave concern about the accusations of the misuse of Confucius Institutes as platforms to spread propaganda, to censor all debate about topics deemed “politically sensitive” by Chinese government, and to spy on students and the Chinese diaspora abroad; closely monitor the impact of Chinese government interference in academic freedom in European educational institutions and campuses;
Amendment 2 #
2021/2020(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation -1 (new)
Citation -1 (new)
-1 having regard to Articles 2and 3(3) of the Treaty on European Union, and Articles 6, 8, 153and 157 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.
Amendment 3 #
2021/2020(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation -1 a (new)
Citation -1 a (new)
-1 a having regard to Article 23of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union.
Amendment 4 #
2021/2020(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 1 a (new)
Citation 1 a (new)
— having regard to the EU directives from 1975 onwards on various aspects of equal treatment for women and men (Council Directives 79/7/EEC(1), 86/613/EEC(2), 92/85/EEC(3) and 2004/113/EC(4), Directive 2006/54/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council(5), Council Directive2010/18/EU(6) and Directive2010/41/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council(7))
Amendment 5 #
2021/2020(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 2
Citation 2
Amendment 35 #
2021/2020(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas gender equality in the EU has not yet been achieved and progress in this direction has recently been slowing downremains slow, stagnating or even regressing in certain regions and countries; whereas the struggle for gender equality and the promotion and protection of women’s rights is a truly collective responsibility;
Amendment 44 #
2021/2020(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas, although female employment rates have risen, gender inequality on the labour market remains a fact of life; whereas the gender employment gap isequals 11.7% for the EU27 and particularly high in the case of some specific categories such as single mothers, female caregivers, women with disabilities, women from ethnic minorities, migrant and refugee women, LBTIQ+ women and young and elderly women;
Amendment 52 #
2021/2020(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the COVID-19 pandemic has greatly affected women’s lives and exacerbated existing gender inequalities in almost every walk of lifeaspect;
Amendment 65 #
2021/2020(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas violence against women may be of differing appearance, intensity and form and is a violation of human rights and a an extreme form of discrimination against women; whereas a society free of violence against women must be acknowledged as an absolute prerequisite for gender equality;
Amendment 80 #
2021/2020(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas women in the EU are more severely affected by poverty or social exclusion than men, being systematically placed at a disadvantage by structural and culturaldisproportionally more affected and at risk of poverty or social exclusion than men, as at the heart of intersecting inequalities due to various factors;
Amendment 89 #
2021/2020(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas the EU gender pay gap is 16%, with variations between the Member States; whereas this gender pay gap has a number of implications, not least a 37% difference in corresponding pension entitlements, leading to a gender pension gap placing older women at greater risk of poverty and social exclusion; whereas the right to equal pay for equal work or work of equal value is not always guaranteed and remains one of the biggest challenges to be met in efforts to combat pay discrimination;
Amendment 98 #
2021/2020(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas their role as primary caregivers within the family or in general the allocation of care responsibilities imposes a disproportionate burden of unpaid care and domestic work on women, who play a vital role in this respect;
Amendment 107 #
2021/2020(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas EU neoliberal policies are, in the long term, contributing to gender inequality, with women being disproportionately affected by rising unemployment, deregulthrough its policies and programs and its relations with the Member States, in close cooperation ofor the labour market and of working hours, increased precariousness and low pay, not to mention multiple forms of inequality and discrimination resulting from cuts to public services, particularly health, education and welfare benefits;National recovery funds, should carefully assess that Member States take into account the gender dimension of the COVID crisis.
Amendment 121 #
2021/2020(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that respect for the right to work is an essential precondition if women are effectively to enjoy equal rights, economic independence and career fulfilment, and therefore insists that precarious employment should be eradicated through mandatory compliance with the principle that evs called by the EU Pillar of Social rights in its article 2 (equality of treatment and opportunities in the labour market, terms and conditions of employment, careery permanent job must entail an effective employment relationship with recognition and enhancement of rights at the workplace;rogression and equal pay) and therefore reminds that women are overrepresented amongst low wage and minimum wage earners, in part- time work and in precarious working conditions ,
Amendment 135 #
2021/2020(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Member States to take practical measures to ensure that women have equal access to work with rights and decent pay; stresses the need to promote collective bargaining as a determining factor in reversing and overcoming inequalitylabour market, employment and working conditions ; with a strong accent on collective bargaining and its effects and tackling discrimination against women and calls for de jure and de facto compliance with the principle of equal pay for equal work or work of equal value;
Amendment 141 #
2021/2020(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. UrgesStresses the importance for Member States to impose firm measures, including sanctions, where businesses fail to comply withand when foreseen sanctions, in the implementation of labour legislation and whin ordere they actually encourageo fight gender discrimination;
Amendment 150 #
2021/2020(INI)
4. Calls on the EU and its Member States to further underpin maternity and paternity entitlements, for example by increasing periods of full leave with no loss of pay, taking into accountimplement the ‘work life balance’ directive, noting as well the World Health Organization recommendation that children be exclusively breastfed for the first six months of their lives; calls for the right to a reduction in working hours following maternity leave to be guarant therefore to further work on the promotion of breast feed in practice, enabling mothers to breastfeed their children until they are at least two years old, accompanied by investment in a public network of free childcare and education servicesg;, accompanied by the facilitation of the creation of modern,high-quality, and local infrastructure, services and caregivers for quality early childhood education and childcare;
Amendment 158 #
2021/2020(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls for measures to achieve work, employee and pay enhancement, effectively combat joblessness and promote full employment; calls for the creation and promotion of employment with rights, the defence of collective bargaining, the revitalisation of public sector employment and an end to job insecurity; calls in addition for a reduction in working hours without loss of pay;gender mainstreaming in the labour market to counter gender inequalities, eliminate the gaps in pay and employment, effectively combat joblessness and promote full employment; calls for the promotion of the existing national systems with a strong accent on social dialogue, collective bargaining and its binding effect; calls in addition for the EU and the Member States to encourage employers to adopt family friendly measures, such as the possibility to use teleworking for parents and to temporarily reduce their working hours without significant pay reduction, and job mobility in order to guarantee their children's care and education
Amendment 190 #
2021/2020(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses the urgent need to counter the exploitation of women at work and combat the inequalities, discrimination and violence affecting themaddress , through preventing and combatting , violence against women , domestic violence as well as other types of gender based violence;
Amendment 196 #
2021/2020(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls for women who sufferthe Member States to implement effective policies and measures to tackle domestic violence to be affordeand proper protection, and support of women suffering from it ,ensuring the deployment of increasedadequate resources and more effective responses by the Stateeans;
Amendment 215 #
2021/2020(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Stresses that prostitution constitutes a serious form of violence and exploitatiPoints out at the importance of the combatiing phenomenon traffecticking mostly women and children; notes that the root causes of prostitution are inextricably intertwined with social and economic realities, particularly unemployment, financial need and poverty;of human beings for sexual exploitation, therefore stresses the need for Member States to increasensure adequate funding for socialthe support and access to public services for victims of trafficking or sexual exploitation and specialised services;
Amendment 228 #
2021/2020(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Applauds the unambiguous defence of all freedoms anywhere in the world, while condemning measures that undermine rights, freedoms and guarantees and deprecating all forms of prejudice, including discrimination on theall grounds of sexual orientation;
Amendment 234 #
2021/2020(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Stresses that any strategy designed to achieve gender equality must get to grips with all forms of violence against women, including the erosion of healthcare entitlements and sexual and reproductive rights acquired by women and infringements thereof;
Amendment 247 #
2021/2020(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Stresses the need for Member States to adopt apromote policyies placing special emphasis on improved public health and the prevention of diseasesystems and subsequent services and the prevention of disease for instance in their gender specific aspects by guaranteeing free, universalaccessible and high-quality healthcare and ensuring the availability of the necessary resources to combat the main public health problems, as the case in the current pandemic crisis;
Amendment 253 #
2021/2020(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Stresses the need to create a public crèche and pre-school education network; points out that the provision of a universal public service that is genuinely accessible to all children and families wishing to avail themselves of it is an overarching social responsibilitych the Barcelona targets and welcomes their upcoming review; points out that the provision of an accessible service of early childhood education and care for all children and families has an overarching role in helping women’s participation in the labour market, especially now after the experience of the COVID pandemic;
Amendment 265 #
2021/2020(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Urges the Member States to take specific measures to prevent and combat the risk of poverty in old age and retirefor elderly woment , increasing pensions and boosting social benefitsfollowing the population ageing, and the proportion of older women in disadvantaged or vulnerable situation;
Amendment 271 #
2021/2020(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Recognises that it is essential to ensure a broad set of effective, appropriate and targeted economic and social measures to combat discriminatory attitudes and practices and enabling women to exercise their civic and political rights on an equal basishelp progress gender equality and empower women, with a special focus on the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and its consequences, promoting as well the exchange of best practices in fighting discrimination, enabling women to fully participate in all aspects of our society;
Amendment 1 #
2019/2188(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 (new)
Paragraph -1 (new)
-1. whereas equality between women and men and non-discrimination are founding values of the European Union,as expressed in the Treaty of the European Union and the Fundamental RightsCharter;
Amendment 2 #
2019/2188(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 a (new)
Paragraph -1 a (new)
-1 a. whereas equal opportunities deriving from the above need to continue being promoted in order to reduce inequalities;
Amendment 3 #
2019/2188(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 b (new)
Paragraph -1 b (new)
-1 b. whereas gender mainstreaming is an important tool in the integration of gender equality in all EU policies, measures and actions, thus including in labour market and social policies to promote equal opportunities and combat all forms of discrimination against women;
Amendment 4 #
2019/2188(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 c (new)
Paragraph -1 c (new)
-1 c. whereas recalling the recommendations of the European Pillar of Social Rights on gender equality, equal opportunities and active support to employment;
Amendment 5 #
2019/2188(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that the gender pay gap in the 28 EU Member States stands at 15.7 %, and the average gender employment gap at 11.5%, that women are more affected by flexible work forms, atypical and flexible contracts (zero-hour contracts, temporary work, part-time work, etc.) than men, and that women are more likely to experience poverty and fall into the category of the poorest workers as a result of these low- security contracts; combined with other intersectional elements such as single family household, carer for dependant parent, women with disabilities, women with low education or insufficient care services provisions;
Amendment 16 #
2019/2188(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes that, following the global economic and financial crisis in 2008, in- work poverty in the EU increased from 8 % to 10 %, and that the current unprecedented global COVID-19 pandemic will have even greater economic and financial consequences, which will have a direct impact in terms of increasing poverty, especially among women and the other most vulnerable groups in society, as its effects will be felt most keenly by workers in the service sector, the self- employed, temporary and seasonal workers, etc., among whom a higher proportion are women, this also in various other economic sectors which will be impacted through job losses, wage and/or working time reduction as well as through increased care services needs during the pandemic;
Amendment 25 #
2019/2188(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Stresses the importance of gender mainstreaming and tailoring the economic policy response to the COVID- 19pandemic to adapt it to the specific needs of women, to the structure of their economic activities, such as for example by boosting microfinancing for women entrepreneurs;
Amendment 28 #
2019/2188(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes that, although poverty rates among women vary considerably from one Member State to another, the risk of poverty in the risk groups to which older women, single women and single mothers, homosexual, bisexual and transgender women and women with disabilities belong is the same; high, the average trend being that women are more affected than men by the risk of poverty and social exclusion (22,8% in 2018 in the EU), this combined with other intersectional risk factors such as inactivity, lack of care services provision for children and dependant family, thus observing that some specific categories are more vulnerable to poverty risks;
Amendment 39 #
2019/2188(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Points out that, according to Eurostat, there are currently 64.6 million women and 57.6 million men living in poverty in the EU Member States, which shows that the impact of poverty on women and men is different, those numbers show the scale of women affected and have to be examined together with other indicators (such as age, life expectancy, income inequalities, gender pay gap, type of household, social transfers) to understand their full significance and in order to find ways to address them in each of its components;
Amendment 45 #
2019/2188(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Notes with concern that poverty among women increases with age, with the gender pension gap remaining at around 39 %, representing the accumulation of various inequalities experienced throughout work life (job intensity, duration of work, gender pay gap, periods of absence from labour market), this being one of the factors behind the higher poverty faced by women in general; stresses therefore the need for awareness about consequences of women’s choices in the labour market and the importance of their economic independence to prevent from poverty and social exclusion;
Amendment 51 #
2019/2188(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Stresses that in work poverty can be addressed at some of its root causes and components, such as education, training, care services which are determinant and have thus to be considered in policy making;
Amendment 52 #
2019/2188(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5 b. Points out the importance of promoting women’s empowerment through women’s education, training, life-long learning, which are of vital importance in order to fight stereotypes and combat persisting inequalities together with addressing women’s employment rate and underrepresentation in certain sectors like STEM and AI;
Amendment 55 #
2019/2188(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses that female poverty is a multifaceted problem directly influenced by unequal access to property, career breaks due to the raising and care of children, caring for sick and dependent persons, and segregation in education and, subsequently, in the labour market, which means that women account for the largest share of low-paid workers, therefore in order to reduce persisting inequalities and the feminisation of poverty, actions and policies have to be promoted in various fields and steps, starting from education and training to systematically address labour market segregation;
Amendment 80 #
2019/2188(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Commission to come forward as soon as possible with proposals to close the gender pay gap. by championing the principle of equal pay for equal work for men and women and welcomes its commitment to take action in the recently announced Gender Equality Strategy, awaits for the proposal on a binding framework for pay transparency, with due account to the impact of COVID 19 pandemic, as well as for the other measures to tackle women’s labour market participation and to promote equal opportunities;
Amendment 91 #
2019/2188(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Urges the Commission and Member States to effectively address inequalities women face, tackling their main components thus barriers in the labour market, as well as access to affordable and quality services such as child care and long term care service;
Amendment 93 #
2019/2188(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7 b. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure that the EU legislation on gender equality with a direct impact on women participation in the labour market, such as the directive on work-life balance, is implemented and its progress closely monitored;
Amendment 94 #
2019/2188(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 c (new)
Paragraph 7 c (new)
7 c. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to systematically examine and address women’s in-work poverty in all its forms and causes;
Amendment 95 #
2019/2188(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 d (new)
Paragraph 7 d (new)
7 d. Calls on the Commission to prepare an EU strategy for carers, following the social impacts of the changes or loss of employment, particularly for those with caring responsibilities who are disproportionately women;
Amendment 3 #
2019/2169(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 2 a (new)
Citation 2 a (new)
— having regard to the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) thereof, in particular goal 5 and its targets and indicators,
Amendment 10 #
2019/2169(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 13 a (new)
Citation 13 a (new)
— having regard to its resolution of 30 January 2020 on the gender pay gap,
Amendment 11 #
2019/2169(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 13 b (new)
Citation 13 b (new)
— having regard to its resolution of 13 February 2020 on the EU priorities for the 64th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women,
Amendment 16 #
2019/2169(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 21 a (new)
Citation 21 a (new)
— having regard to its resolution of 17 December 2015 on external factors that represent hurdles to European female entrepreneurship,
Amendment 17 #
2019/2169(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 21 b (new)
Citation 21 b (new)
— having regard to its resolution of 8 March 2017 on women and their roles in rural areas,
Amendment 18 #
2019/2169(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 21 c (new)
Citation 21 c (new)
— having regard to its resolution of 24 October 2018 on care services in the EU for improved gender equality,
Amendment 20 #
2019/2169(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 23
Citation 23
— having regard to the European Pillar of Social Rights and, in particular, its principles 1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 11, 12 and 915,
Amendment 36 #
2019/2169(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas Member States on average scored 67.4 out of 100 in the EU Gender Equality Index 2019, a score which has improved by just 5.4 points since 2005;
Amendment 43 #
2019/2169(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas structures and stereotypes throughout the world perpetuate inequality, and whereas overcoming these structures and stereotypes will advance gender equality; whereas it is important to examine the persistence and root causes of the leaky pipeline phenomenon; whereas a strong women’s rights movement is needed to uphold democratic values, fundamental rights and women’s rights in particular, and whereas threats to women’s rights also represent threats to democracy;
Amendment 61 #
2019/2169(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas violence against women in all its forms (physical, sexual, psychological or cyber violence) is a violation of human rights and one of the biggest obstacles to achieving gender equality; whereas a life free from violence is a prerequisite for equality; whereas disinformation campaigns on gender equality also focus on the issue of violence against women, as has been seen in relation to the Istanbul Convention;
Amendment 77 #
2019/2169(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas traditional gender roles and stereotypes still influence the division of labour at home, in education, at the workplace and in society; whereas unpaid care work, mostly carried out by women, contributes to the gender pay and pension gap; whereas work-life balance measures, such as the Work-life Balance Directive, are important first steps, but need to be first and foremost properly transposed into national systems of the EU Member States, fully implemented on time and also complemented by further measures in order to involve more men in unpaid work, care duties and to foster the equal earner – equal carer model;
Amendment 82 #
2019/2169(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas estimates show that 80% of all care across the EU is provided by informal carers that are mostly women (75%), indicating the existence of a gender care gap strongly influencing gender pension gap; whereas more than 50% of carers under 65 combine care with employment this way performing a difficult balancing act; whereas carers may prefer low-skilled and low-paid jobs, which can be adapted to their caregiving schedule, as well as be obliged to reduce their working hours or leave paid work; whereas between 7% and 21% of informal carers reduce their working hours and between 3% and 18% withdraw from the labour market;
Amendment 88 #
2019/2169(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E b (new)
Recital E b (new)
Eb. whereas the provision of quality care in the EU varies greatly both within and between the Member States, between private and public settings, urban and rural areas, and different age groups; whereas the data on provision of care in the EU are rather fragmented, also a holistic approach is missing to address the demographic challenges the EU is facing with the resultant pressure on public expenditure;
Amendment 90 #
2019/2169(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E c (new)
Recital E c (new)
Ec. whereas the EU gender gap in hourly pay is 16 %, although this varies significantly across Member States; whereas the gender pay gap rises to 40 % when employment rates and overall labour market participation are considered; whereas the ramifications of the gender pay gap include a 37 % gender gap in pension income;
Amendment 92 #
2019/2169(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas the participunderrepresentation of women in the labour market does not secureis followed by their unequal participation in decision- making and therefore limits women’s potential to change economic, political, social and cultural structures; whereas vertical and horizontal segregation in employment and discriminatory practices in recruitment and promotion are one of the main causes of the gender pay gap;
Amendment 99 #
2019/2169(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas there is an economic argument in women’s full participation in the economy, as gender employment gap costs Europe €370 billion per year1a; _________________ 1a https://www.eurofound.europa.eu/news/ne ws-articles/gender-employment-gap-costs- europe-eu370-billion-per-year
Amendment 102 #
2019/2169(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F b (new)
Recital F b (new)
Fb. whereas women constitute only 34,4% of the EU self-employed and 30% of start-up entrepreneurs;
Amendment 103 #
2019/2169(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas poverty in Europe disproportionately affects women, in particular single mothers, women with disabilities, and elderly, migrant and ethnic minority women; whereas 15% of households with children at EU level are single-parent households; whereas on average, 85% of these households are run by single mothers, while 47% of single parent households were at risk of poverty or social exclusion in 2017; whereas women’s homelessness is a growing problem;
Amendment 128 #
2019/2169(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)
Recital I a (new)
Ia. whereas women in rural areas face numerous challenges, including limited employment opportunities, poorer access to services, less developed infrastructure and underrepresentation indecision- making fora; whereas they may perform invisible work in the farms due to a lack of a status for assisting spouses allowing their work to be recognised by national systems;
Amendment 130 #
2019/2169(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I b (new)
Recital I b (new)
Ib. whereas 46 million women and girls with disabilities live in the European Union; whereas this figure represents nearly 60% of the overall population of persons with disabilities; whereas most of disabilities are acquired with age;
Amendment 131 #
2019/2169(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas the Gender Equality Index for 2019 reveals persistent inequalities between men and women in the digital sector; whereas closing the digital gender gap and guaranteeing women’s digital rights is of paramount importance, given the occurrence of discrimination resulting from biased data sets, models and algorithms in artificial intelligence (AI); whereas programmers in AI need to be aware of unconscious biases and stereotypes in order to avoid reproducing and reinforcing them; whereas the transformation and digitalisation of the labour market and the economy can deepen existing economic gaps and labour market segregation; with better access to technology and Internet for girls and women is of paramount importance; whereas women are an untapped resource in emerging fields, such as digital, AI and ICT, with women accounting for just 16% of the almost 8 million people working in ICT in Europe; whereas the share of men working in the digital sector is three times greater than the share of women; whereas boosting more women into digital sector and or other sectors of the future is vitally important to fight gender pay and pension gaps and guarantee their economic independence; whereas by integrating more women into the digital jobs market, there is potential for a €16 billion GDP boost to the European economy; whereas gender inequalities and discrimination have been reproduced through the design, input and use of artificial intelligence (AI);whereas incomplete datasets and incorrect bias can distort an AI system reasoning and jeopardise gender equality in society;
Amendment 142 #
2019/2169(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital K
Recital K
K. whereas gender mainstreaming, gender budgeting and gender impact assessments are essential tools for achieving gender equality in all EU policy areas; whereas this is especially important for the socio-economic measures taken in the aftermath of the COVID-19 health crisis;
Amendment 148 #
2019/2169(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital K a (new)
Recital K a (new)
Ka. whereas collecting gender- disaggregated data is of utmost importance for a gender-focused approach in all issues at stake, such as amongst others gender-based violence, disabilities, cancer and rare or chronic diseases, the impact of climate change, digital skills and STEM;
Amendment 154 #
2019/2169(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital K b (new)
Recital K b (new)
Kb. whereas gender equality is addressed in EU policies through various EU funds and instruments, and whereas enabling optimal synergies between those in the gender equality area is a very important tool;
Amendment 163 #
2019/2169(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Welcomes the priority given to gender equality by the new commission and its president as well as the nomination of a dedicated commissioner for equality, and awaits the annual report on equality as a useful evaluation tool to evaluate progress and spot the existing gaps and the needs for gender mainstreaming in policy framework;
Amendment 168 #
2019/2169(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Welcomes the announcement of several complementary strategies and calls for a strategic framework to connect them, and for an intersectional approach to be adopted in all of them; stresses the importance to monitor the situation and flexibly adapt to the results as well as to the upcoming challenges, using current policies or suggesting new tools, as the recent COVID crisis has shown;
Amendment 179 #
2019/2169(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Regrets that the strategy remains vague on the issue of timelines for several, highly welcomed, measures; calls, therefore, on the Commission to establish a concrete roadmap, with timeframes and additional targeted actions, as well as guidelines on how to implement the intersectional approach effectively;
Amendment 184 #
2019/2169(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Stresses however the need for a opportunities-based approach of the Gender Equality Strategy; asks the Commission to take ‘equal opportunities for women’ as the starting point to further roll out the strategy;
Amendment 186 #
2019/2169(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Underlines that it would be a wrong signal to postpone some elements of the new strategy; therefore urges the Commission to stay on track with the Gender Equality Strategy and to stick to the proposed timeframe; welcomes the commitment to present a legislative proposal on pay transparency by the end of 2020, to strengthen the enforcement of the principle of equal pay for work of equal value between women and men and to address the gender pay and pension gaps in cooperation with the social partners;
Amendment 189 #
2019/2169(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 c (new)
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3c. Stresses the need to allocate adequate funding with due attention to women's needs within in the next MFF, including the EU cohesion policy and CAP, the Citizens Equality Rights and Values programme, Horizon Europe, InvestEU; calls on the Commission to continue its efforts in implementing gender budgeting as an integral part of the budgetary procedure across with improved monitoring of spending on gender equality, following its commitments in the Gender Equality Strategy; calls on the Commission and the EU Member States to take due account of women's needs while designing and distributing funds agreed within the ‘Next generation EU’ recovery plan for Europe;
Amendment 191 #
2019/2169(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 d (new)
Paragraph 3 d (new)
3d. We may equally call to incorporate within the Commission's monitoring process Gender Equality Index by EIGE, develop gender pension gap indicator, following Parliament's recommendations in its resolution of 14 June 2017 on the need for an EU strategy to end and prevent the genderpension gap, to be monitored within GES as the only one accumulating all inequalities women experience throughout their lives, consider also other indicators on gender pay and care gaps, gender digital divide etc.;
Amendment 222 #
2019/2169(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses the scope and impact of violence and harassment in the workplace; ptherefore calls on the Member States to ratify the recently adopted International Labour Organisation (ILO) Conventions 190 on harassment and violence in the workplace; Points out that informal carers, domestic workers and farm workers, among others, in particular lack protection and therefore calls on the Member States to adopt International Labour Organisation (ILO) Conventions 190 and 189, in order to strengthen the rights of workers, especially women, in the informal economy;
Amendment 229 #
2019/2169(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Welcomes the proposed specific measures to tackle cyber violence which disproportionally affects women and girls (including online harassment, cyberbullying and sexist hate speech); welcomes in this regard the announcement to work with the tech platforms and the ICT sectors, in order for the latter to address the issue through adequate technical measures such as prevention techniques and response mechanisms to harmful content; calls for binding legislative measures to combat these forms of violence and to support Member States in the development of training tools for the services involved at all stages from prevention and protection to prosecution, such as police force, the justice system andtogether with the information and communication technology sector;
Amendment 234 #
2019/2169(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Welcomes the proposed 2020 EU Strategy for Victims; asks in particular a specific approach for psychological violence on women and the impact on their mental health on the long run; stresses the need to address current gaps in EU legislation with regards to international standards on violence against women, such as the Istanbul Convention, with a view of enhancing the legislation on victims’ rights, protection and compensation of victims; stresses the need for all victims to have access to justice through the implementation of the Victims Rights Directive, which is still incomplete in some Member States;
Amendment 236 #
2019/2169(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Asks for continuing the promotion of the victims’ rights also through the existing instruments such as the European Protection Order;
Amendment 247 #
2019/2169(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Asks in this regard the European Commission to produce a Directive on Combatting Trafficking for Sexual Exploitation in the EU as trafficking for sexual exploitation represents the most widespread form of trafficking;
Amendment 252 #
2019/2169(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. WelcomesUnderlines the need to collect disaggregated data on all forms of gender-based violence; welcomes in this regard the announcement of a new EU- wide survey on the prevalence and dynamics of violence against women;
Amendment 259 #
2019/2169(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Underlines the fact that violence against women is often the main reason why women experience homelessness; therefore urges the Commission to take the necessary measures to prevent violence against women leading to or prolonging homelessness;
Amendment 270 #
2019/2169(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Calls on the Commission, the Parliament and the Council to closely examine women's needs and participation in the labour market as well as horizontal and vertical labour market segregation while designing programmes within the next Multiannual financial framework as well as the recovery plan Next Generation EU;
Amendment 277 #
2019/2169(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 b (new)
Paragraph 10 b (new)
10b. Calls on the EU Member States to timely and effectively transpose the work- life balance Directive as well as on the Council to effectively monitor its implementation;
Amendment 278 #
2019/2169(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 c (new)
Paragraph 10 c (new)
10c. Calls on the Commission to collect data on the provision of different types of care (childcare, care for older people and persons with disabilities or persons requiring long term care), feeding into a study examining the care gap to inform an initiative for a European Care Strategy; notes that the strategy in question has to respect the competences of the Members States as laid in the Treaties but would aim to improve the cooperation and coordinator of all measures which could be beneficial for the EU informal carers and the people they are taking care of; stresses that cooperation at European level together with the efficient use of EU funds can contribute to the development of quality, accessible and affordable care services;
Amendment 285 #
2019/2169(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Welcomes the Commission’s commitment to table binding measures on pay transparency by the end of 2020; stresses in this regard on the importance of a full cooperation and involvement of the social partners and all the stakeholders; points out, however, that the issue of equal pay for equal work or work of equal value between men and women across different occupational sectors still needs to be addressed; strongly recommends the inclusion of the principle of equal pay for work of equal value between women and men, which could be defined as follows: ‘Work shall be deemed of equal value if, based on a comparison of two groups of workers which have not been formed in an arbitrary manner, the work performed is comparable, taking into accneeds to be defined; points ount factors such as the working conditions, the degree of responsibility conferred on the workers, and the physical or mental requirements of the work’; points out thatthe usefulness of gender-neutral job evaluation tools and classification criteria need to be developed for this purpose;
Amendment 308 #
2019/2169(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Urges the Commission to campaign for more women in economic decision- making positions by highlighting the economic and societal advantages thereof, and sharing best practices, in order to break the deadlock on the Women on Boards directive; urges the Commission to continue working with the Member States as well as current and incoming EU presidencies to urgently unblock the deadlock in Council and adopt the proposed Directive on “Women on Boards”;
Amendment 317 #
2019/2169(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Calls upon the Commission to advance female entrepreneurship and access to loans and equity finance through EU programme sand funds; stresses on the need of awareness raising regarding the existing and future EU funding possibilities for women and girls entrepreneurs;
Amendment 322 #
2019/2169(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Welcomes the support for gender parity in elected bodies such as the European Parliament and stresses that it must serve as a role model in this regard; notes the efforts made in that sense in the composition of the current European Commission;
Amendment 338 #
2019/2169(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Urges the Commission to ensure the adoption of concrete gender mainstreaming measures in the implementation of the Single Market Strategy and the Digital Agenda;
Amendment 339 #
2019/2169(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 b (new)
Paragraph 14 b (new)
14b. Welcomes the Commission’s commitment to use Horizon Europe to provide insights and solutions on addressing potential gender biases in AI; asks, however, to use all possible funding to support projects which encourages girls and women to improve their digital skills, and which makes them familiar with STEM;
Amendment 348 #
2019/2169(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Calls on the Commission, the Parliament and the Council to create a thematic sub-programme for women in rural areas through the Common Agricultural Policy Strategic Plans financed by the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (EAGF) and by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD); stresses that this sub-programme would seek to encourage women’s employment and female entrepreneurship using opportunities linked to agro-tourism and the development of digital villages, improving female farmers’ access to land, credit and financial instruments, skills and performance through education, training and advisory services, increased participation in local action groups and the development of local partnerships under the Leader programme; calls in this regard for earmarking EU funds for better living and working conditions in rural areas, including better access to services and development of infrastructure, with a particular focus on access to broadband internet as well as supporting entrepreneurial initiatives and access to credit, thereby empowering women in rural areas; calls on the Member States to exchange best practices on professional status for assisting spouses in the agricultural sector, thereby addressing women’s social security rights, including maternity leave or pension entitlements, as well as requests that the Commission prepares guidance in this regard;
Amendment 353 #
2019/2169(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 b (new)
Paragraph 15 b (new)
15b. Calls on the Commission to have a specific approach for single mothers, as single mothers are particularly economically vulnerable as they often earn less than men and are more likely to leave the labour market when they become a parent; calls on the Commission to enhance in this regard the enforcement of existing legal tools on cross-border collection of alimony, with public awareness raising of their availability; urges the Commission to work closely with the Member States to identify practical problems linked with alimony collection in cross-border situations and to develop tools to effectively enforce payment obligations;
Amendment 375 #
2019/2169(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Notes that tax policies have varying impacts on different types of households; stresses that individual taxation is instrumental in terms of achieving tax fairness for womenwelcomes the Commission's commitment to develop guidance for Member States on how national tax and benefits systems may impact financial incentives or disincentives for second earners;
Amendment 380 #
2019/2169(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Asks the Commission to address health inequalities; while women have a higher life expectancy than men, their healthy life expectancy is about the same, meaning that women spend a larger share of their lives in bad health; therefore asks the Commission to address health inequalities within the forthcoming EU Health Strategy and calls for an increased health aspect in the Gender Equality Strategy which should focus on access to preventive health at all stages of life, health and safety of women in the workplace, and a specific gender focus in the Europe’s beating cancer plan;
Amendment 383 #
2019/2169(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 b (new)
Paragraph 17 b (new)
17b. Urges the need to further incorporate the gender perspective in the upcoming Disability Equality Strategy 2021, with due attention to improved access to the labour market through targeted measures and actions;
Amendment 384 #
2019/2169(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 c (new)
Paragraph 17 c (new)
17c. Asks the Commission to reach in particular the most vulnerable women; calls, therefore, to make sure that all relevant actions of the strategy leave no woman behind;
Amendment 385 #
2019/2169(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 d (new)
Paragraph 17 d (new)
17d. Asks the Commission, in light of the proven benefits of human milk for new-borns, to promote breastfeeding, especially for preterm infants; calls on the Commission to support policies which enhance uptake of human milk both breastfeeding and donated milk for preterm infants and to promote the cross- border use of milk banks to ensure that women in border regions can avail of this support when necessary;
Amendment 426 #
2019/2169(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Welcomes a values-based EU trade policy with a high level of protection of labour and environmental rights as well as the respect of fundamental freedoms and human rights, including gender equality; recalls that all EU trade and investment agreements must be gender mainstreamed and include an ambitious and enforceable chapter on trade and sustainable development (TSD); welcomes the Commission’s commitment to ensuring for the first time the inclusion of a specific chapter on trade and gender equality in the modernised Association Agreement with Chile, and to; stresses that it should be properly implemented, evaluated and assessed in practice before/ with the view of promoting and supporting the inclusion of such chapters in all further EU trade and investment agreements;
Amendment 429 #
2019/2169(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Welcomes the upcoming Gender Action Plan III building on the current GAP II, as a key instrument for promoting gender equality and women and girls’ empowerment in external relations in, tackling women's and girls' rights through four pivotal areas: girls’ and women’s physical and psychological integrity, including fight against female genital mutilation; promoting the economic and social rights and the empowerment of girls and women; strengthening girls’ and women’s voice and participation; and a horizontal pillar consisting of shifting the institutional culture of the Commission services and the EEAS in order to more effectively deliver on the EU’s commitments;