6 Amendments of Barbara MATERA related to 2012/2035(INI)
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas the role of women in the green economy in several Member States continues to be underestimated and ignored, creating numerous discriminations in terms of lost benefits, such as social protection, healthcare insurance, adequate salaries and pension rights;
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas the transition to a green economy often raises particular issues of professional reinstatement for women, due to lack of adequate technological training required to undertake specialist roles in the green economy;
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. observes that renewable energy can be used in remote and isolated areas where there is no electricity and contributes to producing non-polluting energy; notes that renewable energy can create new job opportunities for women entrepreneurs in areas where female unemployment is particularly high and therefore encourages Member States to develop facilities to exploit renewable energy through the use of the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and the European Social Fund (ESF;)
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Calls on the Member States to ensure women’s equal representation ion political decisionmaking and the green jobboards of directors, expert panels and advisory groups in the field of green jobs so as to include the gender perspective in policies for this sector; if it is not possible to achieve this through voluntary means, targeted initiatives, such as quotas, must be used to strengthen democracythe establishment of quotas;
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23a. Invites Member States to develop training courses, through European Union programmes such as the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and the European Social Fund (ESF), designed to facilitate women’s access to new job opportunities created by the transition to the green economy; observes that men have easier access to advanced agricultural production and business technologies required for access to highly skilled positions in the green economy;
Amendment 68 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)
Paragraph 27 a (new)
27a. Calls on the Commission to pay particular attention to the fact that in many developing countries, the opportunities for women in green economy positions are still severely limited by social conditioning and patriarchal patterns, and that women fail to acquire access to information, training and technologies needed to access this sector;