11 Amendments of Rodi KRATSA-TSAGAROPOULOU related to 2008/2245(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. having regard to the low proportion of female Members in top positions within the institutional organs of the European Parliament (chair, executive members of committees or delegations, etc.),
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas women are under-represented in Parliament’s Directorates-General for Internal Policies and External Policies, where they account for 8.1% and 3.4% of staff respectively; noting however the major progress achieved over the last few years in the Directorate-General for Internal Policies, as evidenced by the '2007 Equality - Good Practices Award for the creation of a working environment conducive to equality and integration, together with a major increase in the percentage of women in senior administrative posts (for example, in 2005 the percentage of female heads of unit – chefs d' unité – rose from 5% to 30%),
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas the majority of parliamentary committees generally attach importance to gender mainstreaming (for example in the context of its legislative activity, its institutional relations with the Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality, the drawing up of a programme of action for equality etc.), although a minority of committees rarely or never take an interest in the matter,
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas in practice the network for gender mainstreaming in committees among MEPs and staff has not yet had the desired results,
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E b (new)
Recital E b (new)
Eb. whereas the high-level group on gender equality and diversity proposed the creation of a similar network within the interparliamentary delegations also for the purpose of gender mainstreaming in the context of EU external relations,
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses the importance of the task of the high-level group on gender equality and diversity and calls on it to continue to encourage and promote this process throughout Parliament, in its relations with the Commission, Council and other institutions and in cooperation with them;
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls for the strengthening of the gender mainstreaming network with regard to interparliamentary delegations also;
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Continues to encourage networking amongst those officials working in parliamentary committee and interparliamentary delegation secretariats and the directorates-general for internal and external policies who have received gender mainstreaming training to ensure regular exchanges of best practice;
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Stresses the importance of effective and coordinated cooperation by the high- level group on gender equality and diversity with the gender mainstreaming network within the committees and interparliamentary delegations and with the Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality;
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 b (new)
Paragraph 11 b (new)
11b. Calls on the Secretariat to ensure the further implementation of the integrated strategy for combining life in the family and at the workplace and to facilitate the career development of female employees;
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 c (new)
Paragraph 11 c (new)
11c. Urges the political groups to take account of gender equality objectives in selecting staff to fill senior posts;