41 Amendments of Margarita DE LA PISA CARRIÓN related to 2019/2169(INI)
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Amendment 39 #
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 a strongbased on the equality of men and women, freedom and the common good will advance 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 democracyto uphold fundamental rights and democratic values;
Amendment 52 #
C. whereas the EU has adopted important legislation and provided key impulses to achieving gender equality; whereas, however, these efforts between men and women; whereas, however, movements that encourage the victimisation of women have sflowed down in recent years, while movements opposing gendurished, and either they moved away from their noble objectives or were equality policies and women’s rights have flourished; whereas these movements are attempting to influence nationstablished expressly to become part of the machinery of certain parties with the sole objective of winning votes and subsidies, thereby dividing society and interfering with the bal and European policiesce of unity between men and women;
Amendment 55 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the Commission to amend Directive 2006/54/EC by including a binding definition of ‘work of equal value’ across all occupationaensure compliance with Directive 2006/54/EC with a view to providing full equality in practice between men and women in their working lives; rejects the inclusion of new definitions and concepts that will snectors which incorporates the gender perspectiveessitate an in-depth revision of the legal framework underpinning this directive and its underlying fundamental rights;
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas violence against women and, hence, against any person and in all its forms 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 Conventionensuring a balance between life, dignity, equality and freedom among individuals;
Amendment 63 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Recalls that Article 21 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union enshrines the principle of non-discrimination, including on the grounds of sex;
Amendment 65 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Takes the view that mainstreaming a gender perspective in all the EU’s policies is more harmful than beneficial, as its distinctly sexist language runs counter to the spirit of social peace on which the Treaties are founded, disregarding fundamental principles, such as equality between both genders, by putting women before men;
Amendment 67 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Reiterates its call on the Commission to present a legal instrument on gender pay transparency as soon as possibleTakes the view that following strictly ideological rather than legal premises impinges on a real and effective understanding of the principle of equal treatment for women and men in different policy areas; calls, therefore, on the Commission to tighten up and further substantiate its proposals;
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas equality between men and women can only be achieved by ensuring their equality before the law, as well as equal opportunities in access to education, training and employment;
Amendment 80 #
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 complemented by further measures in order to involve more men in unpaid work and to foster the equal earner – equal carer modelincentives are needed for measures that encourage and promote the family as a privileged environment where people develop and achieve their full potential; whereas seeking to achieve purely economic equality is far from sufficient when what is at stake is the attainment of a life lived to the full in the search for the equality and richness that stem from a life lived in common by a man and a woman;
Amendment 91 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to address the feminisation of poverty in all its forms, particularly by factoring gender into pension entitlements in order to eliminate the gender pension gap, and by improving working conditions in feminised sectors; points out the importance of addressing the cultural undervaluation of jobs dominated by women and the overrepresentwithout following strictly ideological premises that encourage the victimisation of women; in atypicalls forms of work; emphasises the need to strengthen collective bargaining in order to foster stable and quality employment good working conditions to be ensured in all sectors;
Amendment 95 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas the participation of women in the labour market does not secures their equal participation in decision-making and therefore limitincreases women’'s potential to changability to influence economic, political, social and cultural structures;
Amendment 107 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas poverty in Europe disproportionatelycan affects women, in particular single mothers, women with disabilities, and elderly, migrant and ethnic minority women;
Amendment 113 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
Amendment 118 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
Amendment 119 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
Amendment 133 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas the Gender Equality Index for 2019 reveals persistent inequalities betweengreat differences between the proportion of 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 segregatiothis fact highlights voluntarily decided differences in personal interests commensurate with their interests; whereas the transformation and digitalisation of the labour market grants a greater flexibility capable of facilitating a work-life balance among men and women;
Amendment 140 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K
Recital K
Amendment 147 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Is deeply worried about violence and harassment in the world of work; calls on the Commission to propose a directive on a holistic approach to combatting violence against women; calls on Member States to ratify and implement the Istanbul Convention and ILO Convention No 190 on violence and harassmenthighlights that a broad and balanced concept should be promoted, in which the principle of equality is preserved, and both men and women are recognised as potential victims of violence;
Amendment 157 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. WelcomesPoints to the adoption of the Commission communication entitled ‘A Union of Equality: Gender Equality Strategy 2020-2025’, delivered on time within the first 100 days of the new Commission, as a strong sign for political engagement with European gender equality policies and as a decisive, clear and ambitious policy framework to counter attacks on women’s rights and gender equality; underlines the importance of the chosen dual approach, consisting of targeted measures and the consistent application of gender mainstreaming and intersectionality as cross-cutting principles, and welcomes the strong link between the areas of work and the elimination of stereotypes, gender biases and discrimination;
Amendment 166 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
Amendment 170 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Welcomes the Commission’s commitment to adopting an action plan to implementproclamation of the European Pillar of Social Rights; un as political guiderlines the need to ensure gender sensitive rights using an intersectional approach in line with Principles 2 and 3 of the Pillar; calls on the Commission, to that end, to develop and include a Gender Equality Index in the European Semester to monitor gender effects of macroeconomic policies as well as of the green and digital transitions.o make progress on social matters and calls for particular attention to be paid to the principles in Chapter 1;
Amendment 173 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
Amendment 196 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Supports the Commission’s plan to continue pushing for the EU-wide ratification of the Istanbul Convention; underlines, in this context, the need for specific measures to address the existing disparities between Member States; draws attention, however, to the fact that several attempts to convince reluctant Member States have already failed; warmly welcomes, therefore, the Commission’s intention to propose measures in 2021 to achieve the objectives of the Istanbul Convention if the EU’s accession remains blocked; calls for preparatory actions for the launch of additional legally binding measures to eliminate violence against women; very much welcomes the planned extension of definitions of areas of particularly serious crime under Article 83(1) of the TFEU, but calls for the inclusion of all forms of gender-based violence, in order to take a proactive approach and lay the groundwork for an EU directive on this issueUrges the EU not to accede to the Istanbul Convention so as not to generate a greater inequality gap between men and women;
Amendment 209 #
5. Welcomes the plan to table an additional recommendation on the prevention of harmful practices, and to launch an EU network on the prevention of both gender-based and domestic violence; requests that the definitions and goals of the Istanbul Convention be applied and that women’s rights and civil society organisations be involved on a continuous basis to prevent interpersonal violence;
Amendment 225 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. StExpresses the scope and impact of violence and harassment in the workplace; points out that informal carers, domestic workersits concern at the widespread prevalence of violence in our societies, such as may occur in the workplace; emphasises in this regard that all measures intended to prevent violence should avoid andy faorm workers in particular lack protecof discrimination andon 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 grounds of gender, race, nationality, sexual preference, religion or other social situation;
Amendment 250 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
Amendment 264 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
Amendment 280 #
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; points out, however, that the issue of equal pay for equal work or work of equal value 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 woNotes that the pay gap between men and women is calculated as the difference between the mean gross hourly income of men and women, 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 account 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 that gender-neutral job evaluation tools and classification criteria need to be developed for this purposithout differentiating between sectors, which makes an accurate comparison of the factors concerned difficult and means it cannot be used to account for an alleged pay gap, therefore;
Amendment 296 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Calls for affordable and good quality childcare and long-term care services that enable a return to employment, particularly for women, and facilitate a good work-life balance;
Amendment 315 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Urges the Commission to campaign for more women in economic decision- making positions, while adhering to the principles of merit and worth associated with the post concerned, by highlighting the economic and societal advantages thereof, and sharing best practices, in order to break the deadlock on the Women on Boards directive;
Amendment 318 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
Amendment 334 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Regrets the underrepresentationWelcomes the gradual rise in the number of women in the ICT sector, and points out the risk of this reinforcing and reproducing stereotypes and gender bias through the programming of AI and other programs; calls for technologies and AI to be transformed into tools in the fight to eradicate gender stereotypes and to empower girls and women to enter science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) and ICT fields of study and to stay on theseimportance of promoting better digital skills from an early age, especially in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) and ICT fields of study, visualising job opportunities, in particular among women, so they take them into account when choosing their career paths;
Amendment 340 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 5
Subheading 5
Amendment 343 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
Amendment 358 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
Amendment 371 #
Amendment 391 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Reiterates the need for a regular exchange between Member States and the Commission on gender aspects in health, including guidelines for comprehensive sex and relationship education, gender- sensitive responses to epidemics and sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR); callsBelieves that gender mainstreaming constitutes a serious obstacle to achieving policy objectives that meet genuine needs such as the one seen at present with the coronavirus crisis. The common good that all political projects should pursue should create an atmosphere of safety, security and prosperity that guarantees the harmonious development of freedom and equality between men and women, appreciating this sexless difference as a gift and a great opportunity to release the best in each onf the Commission to include SRHR in its next EU Health Strategy, and to support Member States in providing high-quality and low-threshold acm. This philosophy of abundance in unity runs contrary to any other philosophy of scarcity, such as the gender perspective, that is based on differencess to healthcare serviceshat set one sex against another;
Amendment 402 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
Amendment 414 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Calls for coherence between and the mutual reinforcement of the EU’'s internal and external policies on the principles of gender mainstreaming and gender equality, countering gender stereotypes and norms, as well as harmful practices and discriminatory laws, through external relationsfor equality between men and women;
Amendment 425 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21