11 Amendments of Izaskun BILBAO BARANDICA related to 2015/2111(INI)
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas female entrepreneurship is a powerful source of economic independence that offers an opportunity for women to combine labour and care tasks and helps them gain flexibility in their careersjoin the world of work; whereas this should be carefully distinguished from ‘bogus’ self- employment;
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital N
Recital N
N. whereas EU Directive 2004/113/EC prohibits gender discrimination in access to goods and services, which includes banks and financial services and services associated with setting up businesses; whereas it is difficult to prove indirect discrimination in this context and Member States hardly ever reportdo not have data and precise information on cases of discrimination in terms of access to finance;
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital P
Recital P
P. whereas female social entrepreneurs contribute significantly to the reduction of social exclusion and strengthen social cohesion, whereas the creation of new development opportunities and social entrepreneurship is an empowering experience for women that possibly leadsn other fields empowers women and enables them to progress on equal terms, leading possibly to increased participation in traditional entrepreneurship;
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Encourages Member States to recognise the value of female entrepreneurship for their economies and the hurdles that need to be overcome; calls on Member States and regions to put forward concrete strategies to fully exploit women’s potential as entrepreneurpromote a culture of female entrepreneurship bearing in mind work being done on needs, motives and conditions to eradicate gender stereotypes and promote different management and leadership styles, as well as new ways of organising and managing companies;
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Calls on Member States to adopt programmes to help, support and advise female entrepreneurs in order to start value and wealth-generating pioneering companies with socially responsible principles;
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on Member States to collect at regional level gender-disaggregated data, including on socivarious female entrepreneurship, fields, to acknowledge their contribution in the social field and to report regularly on the number of female entrepreneurs; recommends that data are collected and consolidated at a European level with the support of the European Institute for Gender Equality and Eurostat;
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission and Member States to recognise the value of entrepreneurship for work-life balance and to expand overall support for female labour market participation; looks forward, in the aftermath of the decision to withdraw the proposal to amend the Maternity leave Directive, towithdrawing the proposal to amend the Maternity leave Directive slows down progress on equality policies at EU level, with a constructive dialogue amongst institutions needed to see how best to support these policies on a work-life balance policiesfor men and women;
Amendment 73 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on Member States’ equality bodies to raise awareness levels among financiers regarding their obligation to ensure equality and to explore possibilities of introducing gender equality into investment mandatesgovernments, authorities and equality bodies (where available) to reach agreements with financial sectors to ensure equality between men and women and to explore possibilities of introducing gender equality into staff structures and into financial products and the advertising thereof;
Amendment 76 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Calls on the Member States to draw up aid maps setting out measures to support entrepreneurship among women and competitiveness and entrepreneurship in business, ranging from the fostering of an entrepreneurial culture to the adoption of new technologies or funding for RDI;
Amendment 80 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Calls on the Commission and Member States to promote the visibility of financing entrepreneurial activity through microfinanceby drawing up aid maps for microfinance, among other measures, under the European Progress Microfinance Facility and to look into collaboration with the private sector for investment in ‘female’ sectors, such as government loan guarantees;
Amendment 95 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Calls on schools and universities to encourage girls and women to take up subjects that lead to careers in finance and high-growth sectors such as new technologyies, including green technology, and ITdigital environments, IT and RDI, areas in which processes of power are played out;