Activities of Marian HARKIN related to 2010/2054(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Role of women in agriculture and rural areas (short presentation)
Amendments (11)
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas regions that are – within their respective contexts – economically and culturally autonomous, with functional reghave functional distribution circuits, can react to global changes in a more stable way,
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Points out that it has always been in the interest of European unification to support womenRecalls that the promotion of equality between men and women is a core objective of the EU;
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Points out that efforts are needed to create living conditions in rural areas which correspond to those in urban areas while reflecting the realities of the countryside, in order to offer women the prospect of staying and making a successful life there;
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Insists on the fact that the wide range of rural businesses, including service- orientated businesses (e.g. farm tourism, direct marketing, care of the elderly and childcare), underpins service provision in rural areas and should be supported in a sustainable way via the CAP;
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls, in this regard, for further efforts to be undertaken to equip all rural areas with the most up-to-date IT infrastructure (e.g., above all adequate broadband) access;
Amendment 81 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Calls for rural development strategies to place special emphasis on the role of women in helping to achieve the objectives of the Europe 2020 strategy, in particular initiatives focusing on innovation, research and development;
Amendment 89 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Is convinced that, given the circumstances of the rural world, training and counselling provision for women that has a specific rural focus must be maintained and developed; therefore considers it desirable to work towards the c, in particular relation of a European rural women's network (or a network of women's associations) and draws attention to the successes achieved through CAP second- pillar measureng to the financial management of farms;
Amendment 90 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Considers it desirable to work towards the creation of a European rural women’s network (or a network of women’s associations) and draws attention to the successes achieved through CAP second-pillar measures;
Amendment 99 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Calls for social systems to make adequate provision for women in rural areas, taking account of their specific circumstances with regard to paid employment and pension entitlements;
Amendment 102 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Points out the need, especially in rural areas, for sustainable strategies designed to maintain women's vocational skills while they are bringing up families or acting as ca work-life balance for families or caregivers in rural areras, with a view to enabling women to become or remain involved, and further develop their involvement, in various types of work;
Amendment 111 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Calls for women'’s entrepreneurial spirit to be encouraged, for support to be given to networks of female entrepreneurs, and also for provision to be made in the financial sector forto affording rural businesswomen, including individually self-employed or part-time self-employed women with low earnings, access to investmencredit – thus empowering them more effectively in the marketplace and enabling them to develop businesses from which they can make a stable living;