10 Amendments of Amalia SARTORI related to 2007/2206(INI)
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas one of the priority areas for EU action in the Roadmap for Gender Equality is equal representation in decision-making, including a target of 25 % of women in leading positions in public sector research, to be met by 2010,
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes thean abiding imbalance between the share of women in different levels of scientific careers, and believes that alternatives to the current widely accepted "leaking pipeline" model may be necessary in order to establish effective measures to improve the situation; sees the "push and pull factors" model as an alternative, since it takes account of the interrelation of different factors, such as working environment, role models, competition, mobility requirements and family responsibilitiescalls for effective measures to improve the situation;
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Notes that the conventional approach to evaluating "excellence" and "performance" in terms of number of publications tends to underestimate skills which are often deemed more femis restrictive and fails to take account of the resources available, such as funds, space, equipment and staff, and of the qualities essentiale in character, such as communication skillsany researcher, such as the ability to organise and hold together a research team or to train young members of the team;
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Regrets that the breaks women take in scientific careers for family reasons have a negative impact on their career opportunities, as most male colleagues do not take breaks and thus can achieve comparative positions at a younger age and gain an advantage in their further careers; asks therefore that age not be advancedbe taken into account as a criterion for excellence together without the family situation's having been taken into considerat, including the number of dependents that the researcher has; calls, furthermore, for all European research bodies and universities to set up grants for doctoral studies in accordance with national maternity leave provisions;
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls on the Member States to analyse the factors discouraging women’s presence in senior posts in universities and education authorities, seriously reducing their influence over decision- making in research within the European Union, and to propose appropriate solutions.
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Notes that mobility is one of the crucial ways of developing and assuring research career advancement and notes that this can be difficult to reconcile with family life; points out, furthermore, that mobility problems affect women in particular, because, as a general rule, it is they who look after family members with specific needs, such as children, elderly people or other dependants;
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Stresses, in particular, that it is usually women who take care of their families, leading to instances whereby they are forced to leave the research sector;
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Calls on the Commission and the Member States for more transparent recruitment processes and for an obligation to ensure gender balance in evaluation panels and selection committees, ensuring they consist of at least 40% women and at least 40% men;
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Calls on the Commission and the Member States for a changeto take due account in the definitions of excellence and of a "good researcher", in order to take into account and overcome of the differences between male and female scientific careers; stresses that female researchers contributes to the research world with different perspectives and choices of research topics;