12 Amendments of Viorica DĂNCILĂ related to 2016/2204(INI)
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas rural areas are particularly affected by population ageing and, in some cases, also by depopulation;
Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J a (new)
Recital J a (new)
Ja. whereas respect for the principle of gender equality is a basic requirement under the 2020 Strategy and should be promoted with a view to increasing the active involvement of women in economic and social activities in rural areas;
Amendment 80 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K a (new)
Recital K a (new)
Ka. whereas employment rates in rural areas are low both for men and for women, and whereas many women are never active in the labour market and are therefore neither registered as unemployed nor included in unemployment statistics;
Amendment 105 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital N a (new)
Recital N a (new)
Na. whereas the multifunctional role played by women in rural areas can help considerably to shape a modern image of women in our society;
Amendment 153 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Encourages the Member States to monitor the situation of women in rural areas and to contribute to an information database on the economic and social situation of women in rural areas and their involvement in the activities being carried on, and to optimise the use of the data already available to adapt their policies on this, and also to make use of existing measures and specific instruments under the CAP in order to increase the participation of women as beneficiaries; recommends that the Commission keep the provision on thematic sub-programmes on ‘Women in rural areas’ when reforming the CAP in the future, as these sub- programmes can play a role in creating job opportunities for women in rural areas;
Amendment 160 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Stresses the importance of women farmers and other women in rural areas being able to obtain qualifications and training as producers and entrepreneurs and calls on the Member States, in cooperation with the local and regional authorities, rural-level organisations and women's and farmers' organisations, to generate incentives that promote women's employment, to eradicate all forms of discrimination against women at the workplace, to improve training for women, including through the promotion of better access to post-university training and specialist courses in academic institutions, to bring forward the corresponding rural development measures through rural development programmes and to nurture already-existing initiatives; stresses that these measures will help combat social exclusion in rural areas and that the risk of poverty is higher among women that among men;
Amendment 171 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to commit to supporting and promoting access to the labour market for women in rural areas as a priority in its future development actions, and to allocate appropriate financing for a 'European Guarantee for Women in Rural Areas'-type programme similar to the one aimed at young people, making women in rural areas a specific target group;
Amendment 192 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls for support from women's and farmers' organisations, which have an important role to play in encouraging and instigating new development and diversification programmes in a way that enables women to put new ideas into practice with a view to diversifying production and service activities in rural areas;
Amendment 202 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Encourages the Member States to promote equality between women and men in the management bodies and representation of all types of organisations, associations and public institutions so that the decision-making process reflects the viewpoints both of women and of men; stresses the importance of introducing special measures to ensure that women can participate on an equal footing with men in such fora, with this being accordingly reflected in their participation in the relevant decision-making processes;
Amendment 252 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Member States to facilitate better access to land for women in order to encourage them to set up in rural areas and play their part in the agricultural sector;
Amendment 307 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Emphasises that EU policies on living conditions for women in rural areas must also take into account the living and working conditions of women hired as seasonal agricultural workers, especially as regards the need for them to be afforded social protection, health insurance and healthcare; stresses the need for the maximum value to be assigned to the work done by these women;
Amendment 311 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 b (new)
Paragraph 10 b (new)
10b. Calls on the Member States to include in their rural development programmes strategies focusing specifically on women's contribution to achieving the objectives of the Europe 2020 Strategy, particularly as regards the initiatives centring on innovation, research and development and stimulating job creation for women in rural areas, guaranteeing them decent pensions and promoting equal opportunities in rural areas in accordance with the concept of multifunctional agriculture;