7 Amendments of Anna HEDH related to 2014/2251(INI)
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas gender equality is a basic precondition for the full enjoyment of human rights by women and girls and is essential for their empowerment and the achievement of a sustainable and inclusive society; whereas the insufficient use of human capital decreases potential advantage for research and innovation- related business and for overall economic development as well as having devastating social consequences;
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas there is a need to promote and support greater entrepreneurship among women by taking the necessary measures based on an exchange of best practice;
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas female researcherswomen working in research, as in all other areas, are mfore likelyced to assume a higher share of obligations related to parenting or their families than their male counterparts, and, therefore, all proposed measures have to take into account the possibility of successfully reconciling professional and family life;
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Regrets that unequal access for women to research positions, funding and publishing still persists, including a gender pay gap in the area of science and academia, despite legal provisions for equal treatment and non-discrimination on the labour market, including provisions on equal pay, being in place in the EU and Member States;
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Notes that besides the enforcement of legal provisions, cultural and institutional barriers that generate direct or indirect discrimination against women in scientific careers and decision-making have to be removed in order to achieve gender equality; these barriers are often based on biasforms of discrimination, negative prejudices and conscious or unconscious stereotypes build on attitudes and standards which are continually reproduced, and institutional changes can help remove them;
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Commission, the Member States and relevant stakeholders to strengthen initiatives and programmes encouraging women to continue their scientific and academic careers, such as coaching and networking programmes and supporting young female scientists participating in research programmes and grant applications, as well as supporting the individual careers of female researchers and the advancement of their careers to the highest grades; women should also be encouraged to apply for decision-making positions; while at the same time action must be taken to combat all kinds of barrier that make it hard or impossible to apply;
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Underlines that the need to successfully reconcile professional and family obligations often represents a major barrier tohat specifically affects women advancing their scientific and academic careers, and represents one of the major reasons for them dropping out ofbeing forced to leave those careers;