7 Amendments of Viorica DĂNCILĂ related to 2014/2152(INI)
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
C a. whereas gender equality is a fundamental principle of the European Union, enshrined in the Treaty on the European Union and whereas the EU has assumed the specific task of integrating gender equality in all its activities, and whereas, despite the gradual progress in this area, many inequalities still persist between women and men;
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
F a. whereas violence against women, including psychological violence is a major obstacle for gender equality and an infringement of fundamental rights, continuing to be one of the most widespread infringements of human rights;
Amendment 66 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas the face of poverty in Europe is female, and it is particularly single mothers, young and old women who are affected by social exclusion, a situation aggravated by the crisis and specific austerity measures because it is particularly public sector jobs and services in the care sector that are being eliminated; whereas the employment level is lower in rural areas and, also, a significant number of women are not present in the official labour market; whereas rural areas are affected by the absence of high-quality employment opportunities;
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)
Recital I a (new)
I a. whereas approximately 42% of those actors regularly involved in agriculture in the EU are women and three out of ten agricultural holdings in the EU are managed by women, and promoting the principle of equal opportunities for women and men, together with ensuring increased participation of women in economic and social life as forefront actors, must represent constant preoccupations at European level;
Amendment 263 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. urges the Commission and the Member States to contribute to the promotion of a strategy that would lead to job creation for women in rural areas and, implicitly, to ensuring decent pensions for retired women in the EU who live in precarious conditions, many of them working or having worked in agriculture and having very small pensions, if at all;
Amendment 300 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Insists on the fact that gender equality in the economy is very important for rural development and requests support for political efforts to strengthen women’s role in agriculture and for their appropriate representation in all the political, economic and social forums of the agricultural sector, so that the decision-making process may equally reflect the points of view of women and of men;
Amendment 393 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 a (new)
Paragraph 32 a (new)
32a. requests that the Commission and the Member States promote efficient measures in order to guarantee equal opportunities for women in agriculture, who must represent a central focus in all relevant EU policies, with a view to the improvement of the quality of life of women living in rural areas, by ensuring their easiest possible access to education, social protection and professional training, lifelong learning, efficient and appropriate local public health services, infrastructure and services for children and family, especially nurseries, kindergartens, schools, cultural centres and local markets;