4 Amendments of Teresa RIERA MADURELL related to 2008/2122(INI)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas self-employment through micro and small businesses gives women the opportunity to improve their status in economic and social terms and the possibility to combine professional and family life,
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the provision of micro-credits is an important tool to improve the status of women, giving women a start-up possibility, encouraging female entrepreneurship, access to the market, helping them to become economically independent and is therefore not only an issue of entrepreneurship and economic growth but also of personal fulfilment, social inclusion and a measure against poverty,
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Commission to raise awareness of the potentials of micro-credits through publicity and awareness-raising programmes targeted, among others, at young women, ethnic minorities, immigrant women, women with few qualifications and other particularly vulnerable groups, and particularly underlining the importance of programmes at schools and vocational training centres;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls for programmes offering guarantees in cases when the collateral provided by the borrower is not considered sufficient, in particular where the beneficiary is a woman affected by or at risk of social exclusion or poverty;