27 Amendments of Iratxe GARCÍA PÉREZ related to 2015/2007(INI)
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas digitalisation has revolutionised the way people access and provide information, communicate, socialise, study and work, creating new opportunities to participate in public and political discussions, education and the labour market, opening up new prospects for a self-determined life and having enormous economic potential for the European Union and beyond;
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas the information society, driven by information and communication technologies (ICTs), brings with it huge opportunities for generating and distributing wealth and knowledge, for diversifying uses of time and space and making them more flexible, and for moving towards more inclusive and equitable models for society; whereas, likewise, these opportunities bring with them the risk of economic, social, cultural and gender segregation and fracturing between the territories, groups and persons of which they are comprised or where they live;
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas various studies conducted into the information society and gender highlight that, despite progress, there are still significant gender gaps relating to the participation of women in spaces for innovation and technology, whether as leaders, creators or users, and in relation both to access to information and communication technologies and to computer skills;
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A c (new)
Recital A c (new)
Ac. whereas the growing demand for ICT skills and qualifications throughout the world presents a unique opportunity for correctly positioning girls, women and persons with special needs, such as those with disabilities, in the labour market and providing them with the tools necessary for them to succeed;
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas these developments have strong potential for the empowerment of women, allowing access to information and knowledge beyond conventional means, thereby opening up new opportunities to interact and campaign with a view to defending the rights and freedom of women and, girls, LGBTI persons and persons with special needs, such as those with disabilities;
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas digitalisation has an enormous impact on the labour market by changing value chains and creating new job opportunities and more flexible working patterns;, whereas women, in particular, face possible negative consequencesich can affect work-life balance; whereas digitalisation can also have negative consequences, which can particularly affect women, such as the erosion of workers’ rights and working time boundaries as well as boundaries of professional and non- professional responsibilities, increasing low-paid and less secure types of employment and contributing toeven the challenge of maintaining a work-life balance;
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas sexism and gender stereotyping is an obstacle to equality between women and men, and a burden for economic development and the competitiveness of the EU, further widening the already strong digital gender gap in the field of ICT, media and information society;
Amendment 70 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Stresses that Internet access constitutes a new essential service, necessary for the whole world, men, women, boys and girls, with the Internet now a key tool for the daily lives of individuals in their family, work, study and learning relationships; for management within companies, public authorities, institutions and organisations; and for the workings of social networks and the promotion of equal opportunities;
Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Calls on the European institutions and Member States to run campaigns in order to make women aware, not just of the benefits of ICTs, but also of the risks involved, and to give them the necessary education and knowledge on how to protect themselves online;
Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Underlines that gender stereotypes and roles that put women in an unfavourable position in relation to men are still very engrained in technological fields, making it difficult for them to develop fully their capacities as users, innovators and creators; stresses that eliminating and preventing this gender discrimination requires a clear political will and the participation of civil society;
Amendment 73 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 d (new)
Paragraph 1 d (new)
1d. Highlights that the arguments for the active participation of women in the information society are arguments not just of justice and equality, but also of social and economic profit, of quality and competitiveness; since it is a case of avoiding the waste of the information society losing out on the capability, intelligence and creativity of half of its citizens, it is of vital importance to incorporate women’s talent, demands and capacity for innovation;
Amendment 79 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Calls on the Commission systematically to apply gender-impact assessments and gender budgeting in the development and application of the Digital Agenda and Digital Single Market strategy, in order that the fundamental European principle of equality between women and men can be duly incorporated;
Amendment 80 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Calls on the EU institutions and Member States to incorporate the gender perspective into all digital aspects of the initiatives and work undertaken by the EU, and of national policy;
Amendment 82 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Urges the Commission to include in the upcoming Strategy for Equality between women and men 2016-2020 specific actions to support the integration and participation of women in the information society and to strongly promote women’s networks online as they are the manifestation of a self-organised, bottom- up approach to female empowerment and should receive all the support necessary for them to become long-term;
Amendment 92 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls on the European Commission to establish a European Media Monitoring Group, with a specific gender-equality section for combating gender stereotypes, gender violence and the underrepresentation of women;
Amendment 93 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Calls on the Member States to establish multiannual action plans to achieve gender equality in the information society and ICTs, whose objectives include: increasing women’s access to the information society; improving and increasing ITC use by women; giving women a more significant role in ICT sectors; fostering the generation of ICT knowledge in women in the fields of education and training; promoting employment and the entrepreneurial spirit amongst women through regular use of the Internet and digital services; developing online content that promotes gender equality; fostering the continuous exchange, dissemination and communication of equality values; promoting access to and use of ICTs as tools against gender discrimination in areas such as gender violence, international cooperation, establishing work-life balance, and the design, implementation, dissemination and evaluation of equality policies and plans;
Amendment 100 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Stresses that ICTs can be used in online training programmes, thereby facilitating women’s access to e-learning; enable women to participate in decision- making by means of electronic voting; and increase women’s ability to take part in surveys and discussion forums, and even to submit complaints and report other individuals anonymously;
Amendment 120 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Calls on the Commission to ensure that the ICT sector tackles the lack of qualifications of migrant women in this field, and offers work and training programmes;
Amendment 138 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Underlines the importance of ensuring gender mainstreaming in the education sector by promoting digital literacy and the participation of women and girls in ICT education and training through the integration of coding, new media and technologies in education curricula at all levels and in all types of education and training, including for teaching staff, in order to reduce and remove digital skills gaps, and to encourage girls and young women to embark on careers in the sciences and ICTs; highlights, in this connection, the importance of open educational resources (OERs), which ensure better access to education for all, and of the exchanging of best practices for incorporating gender mainstreaming into the ICT field;
Amendment 145 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Underlines that gender stereotypes and digital education should be tackled at all stages of learning, from primary education up to adult learning and training for persons who have been excluded from the labour market;
Amendment 148 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 b (new)
Paragraph 13 b (new)
13b. Stresses the importance of ICTs for providing girls and women, persons with special needs, such as those with disabilities, and the inhabitants of rural areas and remote areas cut off from urban centres access to education and training, and even to teleworking, in order to achieve education of these groups that successfully enables them to enjoy financial independence in adult life;
Amendment 181 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Calls on the European Commission, the Member States and all stakeholders to make more use of the Grand Coalition for Digital Jobs to support measures aimed at improving digital skills amongst women and girls, promoting female employment in the ICT sector, and increasing dissemination of the various education and vocational training options available;
Amendment 183 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Calls for identification of the challenges posed by the use of ICT and the internet to commit crimes, issue threats or perpetrate violence against women based on misogyny, homophobia or transphobia; urges policymakers to address these issues properly and take account of the special needs of some groups of women, such as disabled women;
Amendment 191 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Calls on the Commission to present, as soon as possible, a European Gender Violence Strategy that includes a legislative instrument and tackles new forms of violence against women and girls, such as cyberbullying, the use of degrading images online, the distribution on social media of private photos and videos without the consent of the persons involved, etc.
Amendment 195 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 b (new)
Paragraph 22 b (new)
22b. Calls on the Commission to propose legislation to prohibit sexism and gender stereotypes in education and the media, as part of the recast Equal Treatment Directive;
Amendment 197 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 c (new)
Paragraph 22 c (new)
22c. Calls on the Commission to produce a code of conduct for its own communication and that of EU agencies to combat stereotypes, sexualisation and the underrepresentation of women;
Amendment 200 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24a. Calls on the Commission to increase financial support for Safer Internet Digital Services Infrastructure, financed by the Connecting Europe Facility, and for the Member States to increase funding for lines of support for victims of cyberbullying; underlines that girls are twice as likely to be victims as boys;