Progress: Procedure completed
Role | Committee | Rapporteur | Shadows |
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Lead | FEMM | REINTKE Terry ( Verts/ALE) | KOZŁOWSKA Agnieszka ( PPE), GARCÍA PÉREZ Iratxe ( S&D), VON STORCH Beatrix ( ECR), BEARDER Catherine ( ALDE), AIUTO Daniela ( EFDD) |
Committee Opinion | ITRE | ||
Committee Opinion | EMPL | STEINRUCK Jutta ( S&D) | Laura AGEA ( EFDD), Agnieszka KOZŁOWSKA ( PPE), Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO ( GUE/NGL), Dominique MARTIN ( ENF), Jana ŽITŇANSKÁ ( ECR) |
Lead committee dossier:
Legal Basis:
RoP 54
Legal Basis:
RoP 54Subjects
Events
The European Parliament adopted by 371 votes to 92 with 80 abstentions a resolution on gender equality and empowering women in the digital age.
The Members urged the Commission and the Council to fully exploit the potential that the information society, ICT and the internet have to promote women’s empowerment, women’s rights and freedoms and gender equality. They asked the EU institutions and Member States to incorporate the gender perspective into all digital initiatives. The Commission was called upon to: (i) exploit the Digital Single Market Strategy with a view to addressing the severe gender gap within the ICT sector; (ii) include in the upcoming Strategy for equality between women and men 2016-2020 specific actions to support the integration and participation of women in the information society and to strongly promote women’s networks online.
Member States were asked to establish multiannual action plans aimed at:
increasing women’s access to the information society, improving and increasing women’s use of ICT, giving women a more significant role in ICT sectors; fostering women’s ICT knowledge through education and training; promoting employment and entrepreneurial spirit among women through regular use of the internet and digital services; developing online content that promotes gender equality, fostering the continuous exchange, dissemination and communication of equality values; promoting access to and use of ICTs as tools against gender discrimination in areas such as gender violence, and promoting international cooperation, establishing a work-life balance, and the design, implementation, dissemination and evaluation of equality policies and plans.
Participation : Parliament called on the Commission and Member States to:
make better use of the considerable potential that digitalisation has at all levels of political participation and the inclusion of women in the decision-making processes; promote digitalisation in politics in order to promote direct democracy and to overcome obstacles that cause difficulties for women and underrepresented groups in attempting to establish themselves in electoral and institutional environments; make full use of the ‘ Europe for the Citizens ’ programme to specifically target civil society and women’s organisations working in areas relating to digitalisation and ICT; promote women’s full participation in the media , including in management, and in regulatory and monitory bodies, in order to strive for a more gender-equal media realm fighting gender stereotyping; in this regard the Commission was urged to foster the creation of networks among civil society organisations and professional media organisations.
Labour market : according to Members, the entry of more women into the ICT sector would boost a market in which labour shortages are foreseen and in which equal participation of women would lead to a gain of around EUR 9 billion in EU GDP each year .
Parliament called on the Commission, Member States and social partners to promote gender equality in ICT companies and other relevant industries, representative bodies and training institutions, including in positions of responsibility, to closely monitor and follow up the progress made, and to share best practices in this area.
The Commission and the Member States should, among others:
address the severe underrepresentation of women in the ICT sector, in particular among people in higher positions and on boards; Members urged the unblocking in Council of the Directive on Equal Representation on Executive Boards ; safeguard fundamental workers’ rights and to combat precarious working conditions ; the Commission should propose new protection mechanisms adapted to the working and career patterns shaped by digitalisation, paying particular attention to the situation of women; recognise the full potential of the flexibility offered by digitalisation in the area of work-life balance; support lifelong learning paying particular attention to women aged 55 and over, in order to safeguard them from exclusion from the labour market; finally start actively implementing the Commission Recommendation on strengthening the principle of equal pay between men and women through transparency and continued positive action, preferably by means of legislation.
The resolution stressed the importance of collective bargaining at all levels, especially in areas, which are strongly affected by digitalisation, in order to ensure the principle of equal pay for equal work.
Education and training : Members noted that women remain heavily underrepresented in ICT degree programmes, where they constitute only around 20 % of graduates in the field. Furthermore, the male-dominated working environment, with only 30 % of the workforce being female, contributes to the trend of many women leaving the ICT sector within a few years of completing their university degrees.
The resolution underlined the importance of ensuring gender mainstreaming in the education sector by promoting digital literacy and the participation of women and girls in ICT education and training through the inclusion of coding, new media and technologies in education curricula at all levels, as well as extra-curricular activities.
The Commission was asked to increase the visibility of women by setting up a pilot project on a European online university specifically focused on ICT and technical engineering and introducing a tailored scholarship programme for women in the area of ICT and new media.
Investment and funding entrepreneurship : Members recalled that only 9% of developers in Europe are women, only 19% of bosses in the ICT and communications sectors are female (compared with 45% in other service sectors) and women represent just 19% of entrepreneurs (compared with 54% in other service sectors
Parliament asked Member States and the Commission to make funds available , to improve access to existing funds and, if necessary, to make funds available for female entrepreneurs to create ICT-related businesses and digital start-ups.
The Commission should in particular:
in relation to the Digital Agenda, thoroughly monitor and evaluate the application of gender mainstreaming and gender budgeting within the framework of EU fund; in cooperation with the European Investment Bank, set up support programmes in relation to investing in ICT through the European Structural and Investment Funds, including favourable credit conditions and loans for firms in the ICT sector, in which at least 40 % of the workforce are female.
Fight against violence against women in a digitalised world: Parliament called on the decision-makers to respond to the challenges posed by the use of ICT and the internet to commit crimes, issue threats or perpetrate acts of harassment or violence against women based on misogyny, homophobia or transphobia or any other form of discrimination.
Members called on the Member States to allocate the resources necessary for law enforcement, i.e. implementation of existing laws against cyber-violence, cyber-bullying, cyber-harassment, cyber-stalking and hate speech. They also called on the Commission to:
address sexism and gender stereotypes in education and the media, as part of the recast Equal Treatment Directive; present, as soon as possible, a European Gender Violence Strategy that includes a legislative instrument and tackles new forms of violence against women and girls, such as cyber-bullying, the use of degrading images online, the distribution on social media of private photos and videos without the consent of the people involved, etc.
Documents
- Results of vote in Parliament: Results of vote in Parliament
- Decision by Parliament: T8-0204/2016
- Debate in Parliament: Debate in Parliament
- Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading: A8-0048/2016
- Committee report tabled for plenary: A8-0048/2016
- Committee opinion: PE571.705
- Amendments tabled in committee: PE573.212
- Committee draft report: PE571.449
- Committee draft report: PE571.449
- Amendments tabled in committee: PE573.212
- Committee opinion: PE571.705
- Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading: A8-0048/2016
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Votes
A8-0048/2016 - Terry Reintke - § 25 #
IT | GB | BE | DE | ES | SE | FI | EL | CZ | PT | DK | HR | LT | IE | EE | CY | MT | LU | AT | RO | SK | LV | BG | PL | SI | HU | NL | FR | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total |
59
|
46
|
17
|
65
|
36
|
12
|
9
|
14
|
20
|
14
|
9
|
7
|
7
|
9
|
6
|
5
|
6
|
3
|
15
|
21
|
12
|
8
|
15
|
41
|
6
|
15
|
25
|
60
|
|
S&D |
131
|
Italy S&DFor (22)Alessia Maria MOSCA, Andrea COZZOLINO, Brando BENIFEI, Caterina CHINNICI, Daniele VIOTTI, Elena GENTILE, Elly SCHLEIN, Enrico GASBARRA, Flavio ZANONATO, Gianni PITTELLA, Isabella DE MONTE, Luigi MORGANO, Massimo PAOLUCCI, Michela GIUFFRIDA, Nicola CAPUTO, Nicola DANTI, Patrizia TOIA, Pier Antonio PANZERI, Pina PICIERNO, Renata BRIANO, Roberto GUALTIERI, Silvia COSTA
|
United Kingdom S&DFor (17) |
3
|
5
|
1
|
3
|
4
|
Portugal S&D |
3
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
1
|
2
|
Romania S&DFor (8) |
3
|
1
|
3
|
3
|
2
|
3
|
France S&DFor (9) |
||||
ECR |
53
|
1
|
United Kingdom ECRFor (11) |
3
|
5
|
2
|
1
|
2
|
Denmark ECRFor (1)Against (3) |
1
|
1
|
3
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
||||||||||||||
Verts/ALE |
40
|
4
|
2
|
Germany Verts/ALEFor (11) |
Spain Verts/ALE |
2
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
3
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
5
|
|||||||||||||
GUE/NGL |
41
|
3
|
1
|
Germany GUE/NGLFor (4)Abstain (1) |
Spain GUE/NGLFor (5)Abstain (2) |
1
|
1
|
Greece GUE/NGLAbstain (1) |
3
|
3
|
1
|
4
|
2
|
3
|
3
|
||||||||||||||
ALDE |
52
|
4
|
2
|
Spain ALDEFor (1) |
1
|
2
|
4
|
2
|
1
|
2
|
2
|
1
|
3
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
1
|
4
|
Netherlands ALDEAgainst (3) |
France ALDEFor (2)Abstain (5) |
|||||||||
EFDD |
33
|
United Kingdom EFDDAgainst (11)Abstain (1) |
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
NI |
9
|
1
|
Greece NIFor (2)Against (2) |
1
|
1
|
2
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
ENF |
36
|
4
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
4
|
1
|
1
|
3
|
France ENFAgainst (20)
Bernard MONOT,
Dominique BILDE,
Dominique MARTIN,
Edouard FERRAND,
Florian PHILIPPOT,
Gilles LEBRETON,
Jean-François JALKH,
Jean-Luc SCHAFFHAUSER,
Joëlle MÉLIN,
Louis ALIOT,
Marie-Christine ARNAUTU,
Marie-Christine BOUTONNET,
Marine LE PEN,
Mireille D'ORNANO,
Mylène TROSZCZYNSKI,
Nicolas BAY,
Philippe LOISEAU,
Sophie MONTEL,
Steeve BRIOIS,
Sylvie GODDYN
|
|||||||||||||||||||
PPE |
167
|
Italy PPEFor (2)Against (11) |
4
|
Germany PPEFor (2)Against (22)
Albert DESS,
Andreas SCHWAB,
Angelika NIEBLER,
Birgit COLLIN-LANGEN,
Burkhard BALZ,
Christian EHLER,
Dieter-Lebrecht KOCH,
Herbert REUL,
Ingeborg GRÄSSLE,
Jens GIESEKE,
Joachim ZELLER,
Manfred WEBER,
Markus FERBER,
Markus PIEPER,
Monika HOHLMEIER,
Norbert LINS,
Peter JAHR,
Peter LIESE,
Sabine VERHEYEN,
Sven SCHULZE,
Thomas MANN,
Werner KUHN
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
Czechia PPEFor (1)Against (3)Abstain (2) |
Portugal PPE |
2
|
2
|
4
|
1
|
1
|
3
|
1
|
Austria PPEAgainst (5) |
9
|
Slovakia PPEAgainst (6) |
4
|
Bulgaria PPEAgainst (7) |
Poland PPEFor (1)Against (19)
Adam SZEJNFELD,
Agnieszka KOZŁOWSKA,
Andrzej GRZYB,
Barbara KUDRYCKA,
Bogdan Andrzej ZDROJEWSKI,
Bogdan Brunon WENTA,
Czesław Adam SIEKIERSKI,
Danuta JAZŁOWIECKA,
Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA,
Jacek SARYUSZ-WOLSKI,
Jan OLBRYCHT,
Janusz LEWANDOWSKI,
Jarosław WAŁĘSA,
Jerzy BUZEK,
Julia PITERA,
Krzysztof HETMAN,
Marek PLURA,
Michał BONI,
Róża THUN UND HOHENSTEIN
|
5
|
Hungary PPEAgainst (11) |
Netherlands PPEAgainst (5) |
France PPEFor (1)Against (13) |
A8-0048/2016 - Terry Reintke - § 66 #
IT | FR | DE | ES | GB | CZ | BE | PT | PL | SE | BG | RO | IE | FI | HR | AT | MT | LV | LT | NL | EE | EL | CY | LU | SI | DK | SK | HU | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total |
59
|
63
|
66
|
35
|
46
|
20
|
17
|
15
|
41
|
12
|
15
|
22
|
9
|
9
|
7
|
15
|
6
|
8
|
6
|
26
|
6
|
14
|
5
|
3
|
6
|
10
|
12
|
14
|
|
S&D |
132
|
Italy S&DFor (22)Alessia Maria MOSCA, Andrea COZZOLINO, Brando BENIFEI, Caterina CHINNICI, Daniele VIOTTI, Elena GENTILE, Elly SCHLEIN, Enrico GASBARRA, Flavio ZANONATO, Gianni PITTELLA, Isabella DE MONTE, Luigi MORGANO, Massimo PAOLUCCI, Michela GIUFFRIDA, Nicola CAPUTO, Nicola DANTI, Patrizia TOIA, Pier Antonio PANZERI, Pina PICIERNO, Renata BRIANO, Roberto GUALTIERI, Silvia COSTA
|
10
|
United Kingdom S&DFor (17) |
4
|
3
|
Portugal S&D |
3
|
5
|
3
|
9
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
1
|
1
|
3
|
1
|
3
|
2
|
1
|
3
|
3
|
2
|
||||
PPE |
166
|
Italy PPEFor (8) |
Germany PPEFor (10)Against (7) |
Czechia PPEAbstain (2) |
4
|
Portugal PPEFor (4)Against (1) |
Poland PPEFor (12)Against (3)Abstain (3) |
2
|
Bulgaria PPEAgainst (1)Abstain (2) |
Romania PPEFor (2)Against (4)Abstain (3) |
4
|
2
|
2
|
Austria PPEAbstain (5) |
3
|
4
|
1
|
Netherlands PPE |
1
|
2
|
1
|
1
|
Slovenia PPEFor (3)Against (1)Abstain (1) |
Slovakia PPEAgainst (5)Abstain (1) |
Hungary PPEAgainst (10) |
||||
ALDE |
53
|
France ALDEFor (7) |
2
|
4
|
4
|
2
|
1
|
4
|
2
|
1
|
2
|
2
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
Netherlands ALDEAbstain (3) |
3
|
1
|
2
|
||||||||||
Verts/ALE |
40
|
5
|
Germany Verts/ALEFor (11) |
Spain Verts/ALE |
4
|
2
|
2
|
1
|
1
|
3
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
|||||||||||||
GUE/NGL |
42
|
3
|
France GUE/NGL |
5
|
1
|
3
|
3
|
1
|
4
|
1
|
3
|
4
|
2
|
1
|
|||||||||||||||
EFDD |
33
|
1
|
United Kingdom EFDDAgainst (2) |
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
ENF |
37
|
4
|
France ENFFor (2)Abstain (18)
Bernard MONOT,
Dominique BILDE,
Dominique MARTIN,
Edouard FERRAND,
Gilles LEBRETON,
Jean-François JALKH,
Jean-Luc SCHAFFHAUSER,
Joëlle MÉLIN,
Louis ALIOT,
Marie-Christine ARNAUTU,
Marie-Christine BOUTONNET,
Marine LE PEN,
Mireille D'ORNANO,
Mylène TROSZCZYNSKI,
Nicolas BAY,
Philippe LOISEAU,
Steeve BRIOIS,
Sylvie GODDYN
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
4
|
4
|
|||||||||||||||||||
ECR |
55
|
1
|
Germany ECRAbstain (5) |
United Kingdom ECR |
2
|
3
|
Poland ECRAbstain (17)
Anna FOTYGA,
Beata GOSIEWSKA,
Bolesław G. PIECHA,
Czesław HOC,
Edward CZESAK,
Jadwiga WIŚNIEWSKA,
Janusz WOJCIECHOWSKI,
Karol KARSKI,
Kazimierz Michał UJAZDOWSKI,
Kosma ZŁOTOWSKI,
Marek JUREK,
Mirosław PIOTROWSKI,
Ryszard CZARNECKI,
Stanisław OŻÓG,
Sławomir KŁOSOWSKI,
Tomasz Piotr PORĘBA,
Zdzisław KRASNODĘBSKI
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
1
|
Denmark ECRAgainst (3)Abstain (1) |
3
|
|||||||||||||
NI |
9
|
2
|
1
|
1
|
Greece NIAgainst (2)Abstain (2) |
1
|
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IT | ES | DE | FR | RO | BG | BE | PT | PL | GB | IE | SE | FI | LV | HR | LT | AT | MT | EE | EL | CZ | CY | SI | LU | HU | DK | NL | SK | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total |
55
|
32
|
63
|
62
|
21
|
13
|
17
|
14
|
42
|
45
|
9
|
11
|
8
|
7
|
7
|
7
|
15
|
6
|
6
|
12
|
20
|
4
|
5
|
3
|
13
|
10
|
25
|
12
|
|
S&D |
126
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Italy S&DFor (21)Alessia Maria MOSCA, Andrea COZZOLINO, Brando BENIFEI, Caterina CHINNICI, Daniele VIOTTI, Elena GENTILE, Elly SCHLEIN, Enrico GASBARRA, Flavio ZANONATO, Gianni PITTELLA, Isabella DE MONTE, Luigi MORGANO, Massimo PAOLUCCI, Michela GIUFFRIDA, Nicola CAPUTO, Nicola DANTI, Pier Antonio PANZERI, Pina PICIERNO, Renata BRIANO, Roberto GUALTIERI, Silvia COSTA
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13
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10
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1
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1
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4
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4
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2
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2
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2
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Czechia PPEAgainst (1)Abstain (1) |
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4
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4
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4
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1
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4
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Poland ECRAgainst (2) |
United Kingdom ECRFor (1) |
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Bernard MONOT,
Dominique BILDE,
Dominique MARTIN,
Edouard FERRAND,
Gilles LEBRETON,
Jean-François JALKH,
Jean-Luc SCHAFFHAUSER,
Joëlle MÉLIN,
Louis ALIOT,
Marie-Christine ARNAUTU,
Marie-Christine BOUTONNET,
Marine LE PEN,
Mireille D'ORNANO,
Mylène TROSZCZYNSKI,
Nicolas BAY,
Philippe LOISEAU,
Steeve BRIOIS,
Sylvie GODDYN
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Amendments | Dossier |
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2015/2007(INI)
2015/12/14
EMPL
96 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion Recital A (new) A. having regard to the Commission's "Code of Best practices for Women and ICT", 2013,
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Calls on the Commission, the Member States and the social partners to promote real gender equality especially in the digital economy including in ICT companies, representative bodies and training institutions and to closely monitor and follow up on the progress made;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Calls on the Commission, the Member States and the social partners to promote gender equality in ICT companies, representative bodies and training institutions and to closely monitor and follow up on the progress made; calls on the Commission to update current data regarding female workers in the ICT sector and to assess the economic impact of incorporating more women into the sector;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion Paragraph -1 (new) -1. Points out that digitalisation has a substantial impact on the labour market by modifying job dynamism, creating new job opportunities and more flexible working conditions such as telecommuting or teleworking which could serve as a an effective tool for better reconciliation of professional and domestic duties for both women and men;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion Paragraph -1 a (new) -1a. Points out that only 20% of 2.7 million people working in the ICT sector are women, they are underrepresented at all levels in the ICT sector, especially in decision-making positions;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion Paragraph -1 b (new) -1b. Highlights the fact that the Commission's estimations show that allowing more women to enter the digital jobs market can create an annual € 9 billion GDP boost in the EU area;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion Paragraph -1 c (new) -1c. Stresses the importance of improving digital skills and IT-literacy among women and boosting their inclusion into ICT, which is one of the highest paying sectors, which could contribute to women's financial empowerment and independence resulting in the reduction of the total gender wage gap and future pension gap;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Points out that low participation of women and girls in ICT-related education and later in employment is a result of a complex interplay of gender stereotyping that starts at early stages of life and education and continues to professional career; takes note of the fact that factors limiting women and girls from participating in the ICT education and employment include: lifelong stereotyping, segregation into "typically female and male" activities, hobbies and toys that starts at the earliest levels of education, a relative lack of female role models in the ICT sector as well as the limited visibility of women in this sector especially in leadership position;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Strongly supports efforts to increase the proportion of women managers in the EU;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 b (new) 1b. Notes that State intervention is necessary when a gender is structurally disadvantaged and is denied the chance of self-realisation; emphasises that the aim must not be gender parity, but rather equal opportunities;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 c (new) 1c. Emphasises that diversity is a sign of economic success;
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion Recital B (new) B. having regard to the in-depth analysis Women in ICT, 2012 (Directorate general for Internal Policies; Policy department, Gender Equality),
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2.
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Calls on the Member States to
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Calls on the Member States to address the gender gap in the ICT sector by creating more incentives for women, such as role models and career paths, in order to increase the visibility of women;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Calls on the Member States to address the gender gap in the ICT sector by creating more incentives for women, such as role models and career paths, in order to increase the visibility of women;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Calls on the Member States to address the gender gap in the ICT sector by creating more incentives and support structures for women, such
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Calls on the Member States to address the gender gap in the ICT sector by creating more incentives for women, such as role models and career paths, in order to increase the visibility of women; urges the Commission and the Member States to
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Calls on the Member States to address the gender gap in the ICT sector by use of positive action, by stressing the business case for diversity and by creating
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 – point a (new) (a) urges the Commission and the Member States to unblock the Directive improving the gender balance among non-executive managers of companies listed on stock exchanges and expand its scope to all directors; Member States should furthermore introduce measures to promote women's career progression at all levels of leadership within companies through positive actions;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Emphasises that quotas for female managers cannot apply to microenterprises and small and medium- sized enterprises (SMEs), as they simply do not have sufficient employees;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Calls on the Member States to organise digital literacy courses to facilitate the entry into ICT companies of women who, for various reasons, do not possess these specific skills; points out that failure to implement this policy adequately would result in further discrimination regarding access for women to this sector;
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion Recital C (new) C. having regard to the in-depth analysis Empowering Women on the Internet, 2015 (Directorate general for Internal Policies; Policy department, Gender Equality),
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Recalls that the study entitled ‘Women active in the ICT sector’ estimated there would be 900 000 unfilled positions in the ICT sector in Europe; calls therefore on the Commission and the Member States to take appropriate measures to attract far more women into careers in the digital sector;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Highlights the fact that the ICT sector is characterised by both vertical and horizontal segregation which is even higher that the other sectors, as well as a gap between women's educational qualifications and their position in the ICT sector; whereas the majority (54 per cent) of women employed in ICT sector occupy lower paid and lower skill-level positions and only a small minority of them (8 per cent) are in the high skill software engineer positions; whereas women are also underrepresented in the decision-making within this sector with only 19,2 per cent of ICT sector workers having female bosses compared to 45,2 per cent of non-ICT sector workers;
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Whereas women tend to be second earners with ICT jobs featuring heavily in this field, encourages Member States to have tax and benefit systems that are free of disincentives for second earners to work or work more;
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 b (new) 2b. Calls on the Commission and Member States to ensure that appropriate training courses are organised so as to provide women with suitable skills in the IT sector;
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 b (new) 2b. Emphasises that the subsidiarity principle must be strictly applied in connection with quotas;
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 b (new) 2b. Stresses that the ICT sector is rapidly growing, creating around 120,000 new jobs every year, however skills shortage in ICT and related services might cause up to 900,000 unfilled vacancies by 2020, due to a skills mismatch, stresses therefore the importance to make a full use of women's potential and talents to fill up those vacancies and include women to the ICT sector in order to boost economy in the EU and women's employment opportunities as well as offer a level of protection against exclusion from the labour market;
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 c (new) 2c. Calls on the Commission to ensure that any EU funding for women’s digital literacy is closely, constantly and continually monitored so as to prevent any misuse thereof and ensure that it is effectively deployed;
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 c (new) 2c. Calls, in the context of all measures taken in this area, for the bureaucratic burden on firms to be kept to a minimum; points out that excessive amounts of red tape can jeopardise acceptance and lead to job losses and job relocations; welcomes the workable, consensus-based compromises reached by the two sides of industry in Member States with a strong tradition of codetermination; regards codetermination as a best-practice model for European economies;
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3.
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Demands a regular exchange of best practices among all relevant stakeholders, in
Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Demands a regular exchange of best practices among all relevant stakeholders, including social partners, to discuss the implementation of the gender aspect in the
Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Demands a regular exchange of best practices among all relevant stakeholders, including social partners, to discuss the implementation of the gender aspect in the Digital Agenda; regrets that the Digital Agenda as well as the Digital Single Market Strategy largely neglects the impact that the digitalisation has on the labour market; calls on the Commission to address this issue in its 2016 work programme initiative
Amendment 43 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Demands a regular exchange of best practices among all relevant stakeholders, including social partners and civil society, to discuss the implementation of the gender aspect in the Digital Agenda; welcomes the European "Code of Best Practices for Women and ICT" and calls for its wide and active implementation; welcomes the establishment of the Europe-wide "Grand coalition for digital jobs" and encourages the involved companies to put a special focus on recruitment and equal career opportunities for women; calls on the Commission to address this issue in its 2016 work programme initiative ‘New start for working parents’;
Amendment 44 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Demands a regular exchange of best practices among all relevant stakeholders, including social partners, to discuss the implementation of the gender aspect in the Digital Agenda; calls on the Commission to address this issue in its 2016 work programme initiative ‘New start for working parents’; emphasises the contribution this can make to easing the skills shortage in many Member States;
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Highlights the potential of new forms of work and increased mobility in reconciling professional and family life, in particular with regard to the situation on the labour market of parents of young children and persons with disabilities;
Amendment 46 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Highlights the fact that some Member States (Germany, Spain, Sweden) initiated policies to encourage a positive gender balance within Europe's ICT professions, and these policies are primarily aimed at promoting ICT-related studies and career paths for girls and women from an early age;
Amendment 47 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 b (new) 3b. Points out that digitalisation in the labour market changes nature of work and relations between employer and employee as well as creates new possibilities of organisation of work; stresses that these new opportunities require rethinking and redefying terms such as place and boundaries of work time; stresses that employees labour rights guaranteed by Member States' labour law, should be safeguarded independently of new forms and organisation of work brought by digitalisation;
Amendment 48 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4.
Amendment 49 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to identify
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Calls on
Amendment 50 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Calls on the Commission and the Member States
Amendment 51 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to identify new forms of employment, especially for women so a full and proper work-life balance may be possible and guaranteed, and to safeguard fundamental workers’ rights and the social protection of employees in order to combat precarious working conditions;
Amendment 52 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to
Amendment 53 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to identify new forms of sustainable and inclusive employment especially for women
Amendment 54 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to identify new forms of employment especially for women and to safeguard fundamental workers’ rights and the social protection of employees in order to combat precarious working conditions; points out that women are disproportionately affected by the effects of job insecurity;
Amendment 55 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to identify new forms of quality employment especially for women
Amendment 56 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to identify new forms of employment especially for women and to safeguard
Amendment 57 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to
Amendment 58 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Calls on the Member States to exploit the potential of new forms of employment such as home working, teleworking or freelance work as a means of reconciling work and family life;
Amendment 59 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Acknowledges the potentials digitalisation has for entrepreneurship and highlights the importance to provide for the necessary funding structures for ICT-related businesses and digital start- ups, especially improving the access to funding for female entrepreneurs;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Calls on the
Amendment 60 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Takes the view that more flexible working hours make it much easier for men and women to organise their lives in keeping with their circumstances and stage of life;
Amendment 61 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Calls on the Commission to encourage Member States to take action in the area of affordable childcare so as to facilitate equal access for women to the labour market;
Amendment 62 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Points out that the gender pay gap
Amendment 63 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5.
Amendment 64 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Points out that the gender pay gap continues for self-employed women and women working in the ICT sector; stresses that the principle of equal pay for equal work in
Amendment 65 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Points out that the gender pay and career development gap continues for self- employed women and
Amendment 66 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Points out that the gender pay gap continues for self-employed women and women working in the ICT sector; stresses that the principle of equal pay for equal work in the same workplace to ensure just and fair wages is being challenged even though it constitutes one of the fundamental pillars of social justice in employment and should therefore be protected above all else;
Amendment 67 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Points out that the gender pay gap continues for self-employed women and women working in the ICT sector; calls on the Member States to regulate accordingly contracts for self-employed workers; stresses also that the principle of equal pay for equal work in the same workplace to ensure just and fair wages is being challenged;
Amendment 68 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Points out that the gender pay gap continues for self-employed women and women working in the ICT sector; stresses th
Amendment 69 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Points out that the gender pay gap continues at an inacceptable high level for self-employed women and women working in the ICT sector; stresses that this fundamentally challenges the principle of equal pay for equal work in the same workplace to ensure just and fair wages
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Calls on the Commission, the Member States and the social partners to promote
Amendment 70 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Points out that the gender pay gap
Amendment 71 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Highlights the need for e-learning to be used more intensively as a means of gaining qualifications and skills by persons with reduced mobility;
Amendment 72 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 Amendment 73 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6.
Amendment 74 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Welcomes the opportunity for a better
Amendment 75 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Welcomes the opportunity for a better work-life balance for women in the digital age even if, despite the ways in which society has changed, structures have still not been sufficiently adjusted and do not make it possible for women to fully profit from this option; emphasises the risks posed by constant accessibility (e.g. burnout); advocates, therefore, a ‘right to log off’ for workers;
Amendment 76 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Welcomes the opportunity for a better work-life balance for women in the digital age; emphasises th
Amendment 77 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Welcomes the opportunity for a better work-life balance for women in the digital age; emphasises the risks posed by constant accessibility (e.g. burnout); advocates, therefore, a ‘right to log off’ for workers, as well as suitable support for the prevention and treatment of risks arising from employment in the digital sector;
Amendment 78 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6.
Amendment 79 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Welcomes the opportunity for a better work-life balance for women in the digital age;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Calls on the Commission, the Member States and the social partners to promote gender equality, to introduce and guarantee career equality in ICT companies, representative bodies and training institutions and to closely monitor and follow up on the progress that still needs to be made;
Amendment 80 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Welcomes the opportunity for a better work-life balance for women in the digital age; expresses, however, its concern over the danger that new ways of working, such as teleworking, increase women’s double burden of work and home life; emphasises the risks posed by constant accessibility (e.g. burnout); advocates, therefore, a ‘right to log off’ for workers;
Amendment 81 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Welcomes the opportunity for a better work-life balance for women in the digital age
Amendment 82 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Welcomes the opportunity for a better work-life balance for women in the digital age; emphasises the risks posed by potential demand for a constant accessibility of employees (e.g. burnout);
Amendment 83 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 – point a (new) (a) emphasises that work-related mental health problems, such as burnout, caused by the constant accessibility present a serious risk; advocates, therefore, a 'right to disconnect' for workers;
Amendment 84 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Stresses that distance working also helps women achieve a better work-life balance in the digital era, enabling them to reconcile the demands of the workplace with need to devote due attention to the wellbeing of their families;
Amendment 85 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to positively address the situation regarding flexible work and job security that is prominent in the ICT sector, whereas it has been shown that flexible work can help women gain a foothold in the labour market;
Amendment 86 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Points out that the demand for new skills, particularly in the ICT field, needs to be tackled through training as well as through further education and lifelong learning, in the interests of promoting digital literacy and tackling the existing gender gap in order to enlarge the pool of highly qualified candidates; recalls that the European Social Fund may participate in funding such training courses.
Amendment 87 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Points out that the demand for new skills, particularly in the ICT field, needs to be tackled through training as well as through further education and lifelong learning, in the interests of promoting digital literacy and tackling the existing gender gap in order to enlarge the pool of highly qualified candidates; recommends that digital literacy where needed be added to traditional training courses, thereby bringing essential content into line with new labour market requirements.
Amendment 88 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Points out that the demand for new skills, particularly in the ICT field, needs to be tackled through training, active labour market measures as well as through further education and lifelong learning, in the interests of promoting digital literacy and tackling the existing gender gap in order to enlarge the pool of highly qualified candidates
Amendment 89 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Points out that the demand for new skills, particularly in the ICT field, needs to be tackled through training as well as through further education and lifelong learning, in the interests of promoting
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Calls on the Commission, the Member States and the social partners to promote gender equality in ICT companies, representative bodies and training institutions, to promote gender balance in decision-making teams, and to closely monitor and follow up on the progress made;
Amendment 90 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Points out that there is a pressing need to tackle the demand for new skills, particularly in the ICT field,
Amendment 91 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Highlights the importance of quality childcare and calls on Member States to ensure that working parents have access to accessible and affordable childcare services;
Amendment 92 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to use experiences from the MINT subjects in order to substantially increase the share of female students in ICT related subjects; points out that existing stereotypes strongly promote the existing gender gap in ICT education having a negative impact for the economic development and the competitiveness of the European Union;
Amendment 93 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Points out the lack of sufficiently conclusive recommendations and the need to gather data on the new forms of work so as to enable the Member States to take informed decisions when shaping policies for new types of employment in the context of digital technologies;
Amendment 94 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Takes the view that women over 55 are more likely to have depreciated e-skills due to the lack of life-long learning and that digitalization constitutes an important barrier for older job seekers with limited e-skills, calls on the Commission and the Member States to support life-long learning as well as training and schemes which prepare for a better adaptation or a potential change of career path according to the growing demand for e-skills in many different sectors with a special regard to women over 55 in order to safeguard them from the exclusion from the labour market;
Amendment 95 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 b (new) 7b. Stresses the importance of learning ICT skills at an early age and calls on Member States to ensure that girls are encouraged to take up ICT classes throughout their education; stresses the importance of accessible ICT learning and calls on Member States to encourage females from all economic backgrounds to develop their ICT skills through fully funded apprenticeships and traineeships;
Amendment 96 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 b (new) 7b. Urges the Member States in the light of the ongoing digitalisation of society to enable population groups who are at a disadvantage in this respect (such as senior citizens) to supplement their qualifications and update their digital skills;
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217 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution Heading 1 on
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A a (new) A a. whereas the free and open source software industry has changed the way software is produced, distributed, supported, and used, and has a visible social impact enabling richer digital inclusivity, including for women and girls;
Amendment 100 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Stresses that ICTs can be used in online training programmes, thereby facilitating women’s access to e-learning; enable women to participate in decision- making by means of electronic voting; and increase women’s ability to take part in surveys and discussion forums, and even to submit complaints and report other individuals anonymously;
Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 a (new) 6 a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to promote digitalisation in politics in order to ensure proper direct democracy and the direct involvement of women and citizens, thereby overcoming out-dated schemes and obstacles that cause difficulties for women attempting to establish themselves in electoral and institutional environments;
Amendment 102 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 b (new) 6 b. Calls on Member States to adopt online voting methods for electoral consultations, in order to eliminate logistical barriers which remain even today, particularly for women, and to reduce the costs of building polling stations, thereby furthermore circumventing the need to use public facilities and interrupt the services provided therein, such as school activities;
Amendment 103 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 Amendment 104 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 Amendment 105 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 Amendment 106 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 a (new) 7 a. Highlights the importance new media can play in strengthening women´s participation in democratic processes; calls on the Commission and Member States to promote women´s full participation in the media, including management as well as regulatory or monitory bodies; more specifically calls on the Commission to create a European Media Monitoring group with a specific gender equality branch in order to strive for a more gender equal media realm fighting gender stereotyping and misrepresentation of women; furthermore urges the Commission to foster the creation of networks among civil society organisations and professional media organisation in order to empower women to take an active part and recognize the specific need of women in media;
Amendment 107 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 a (new) 7 a. Stresses the key role of international civil society in internet governance, through such forums as the Global Internet Forum; Calls on the Commission and Member States to engage with and support digital civil society organisations at grassroots and an international level, and advance the participation and representation of women and girls in all of these forums and networks;
Amendment 108 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 a (new) 7 a. Calls on Member States to consult their citizens directly on legislative decisions by means of digital solutions, thereby enabling women to promote the public’s interests with greater energy and in the process overcome the gap that exists between men and women in relation to public administration;
Amendment 109 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 a (new) 7 a. Calls on the Commission to recognise the importance of extending its Digital Agenda to rural areas so that all citizens, in particular women, are not excluded and isolated and can utilise all digital opportunities;
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A a (new) A a. Whereas the advent of the digital world has fundamentally changed how societies work and interact; and how the digital world impacts not just markets but society, and impacts women not just as consumers, but as citizens and workers;
Amendment 110 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Calls on the Commission, the Member States and social partners to promote gender equality in ICT companies, including for positions of responsibility, representative bodies and training institutions and to closely monitor and follow up the progress made;
Amendment 111 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Calls on the Commission, the Member States and social partners to promote gender equality in ICT companies and other relevant industries, representative bodies and training institutions and to closely monitor and
Amendment 112 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Calls on the Commission, the Member States and social partners to promote gender equality in ICT companies, representative bodies and training institutions and to closely monitor and follow up the progress made as well as share best practices in this area;
Amendment 113 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Calls on the Commission, the Member States and social partners to promote
Amendment 114 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 Amendment 115 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. C
Amendment 116 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to
Amendment 117 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to address the severe underrepresentation of women in the ICT sector, in particular those in higher positions and on boards; urges the Commission and the Member States to
Amendment 118 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to address the severe underrepresentation of women in the ICT sector
Amendment 119 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 a (new) 9 a. Underlines the importance of ensuring that women employed in the ICT sector are adequately qualified to occupy senior positions; emphasises the need to provide high-quality education to ensure that women entering the labour market have an appropriate level of digital skills;
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A a (new) Aa. whereas the information society, driven by information and communication technologies (ICTs), brings with it huge opportunities for generating and distributing wealth and knowledge, for diversifying uses of time and space and making them more flexible, and for moving towards more inclusive and equitable models for society; whereas, likewise, these opportunities bring with them the risk of economic, social, cultural and gender segregation and fracturing between the territories, groups and persons of which they are comprised or where they live;
Amendment 120 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 a (new) 9a. Calls on the Commission to ensure that the ICT sector tackles the lack of qualifications of migrant women in this field, and offers work and training programmes;
Amendment 121 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Urges the Commission and the Member States to
Amendment 122 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10.
Amendment 123 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Urges the Commission and the Member States to safeguard fundamental workers’ rights and the social protection of employees and to combat precarious working conditions; urges the Commission to propose, and the Member States to further develop, new protection mechanisms adapted to the working and career patterns shaped by digitalisation,
Amendment 124 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Urges the Commission and the Member States to safeguard fundamental workers
Amendment 125 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 a (new) 10 a. Highlights to the Commission the evidence that shows girls moving away from science, engineering, maths and technology subjects at school due to gender stereotypes surrounding these subjects and a lack of role models, thus leaving an underrepresentation of females in these subjects at University and extending into the work place; therefore urges the Commission and Member States to promote STEM education to girls from a young age;
Amendment 126 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 a (new) 10 a. Considers that access to free broadband for all would grant increased possibilities for women to access the labour market, in addition to a series of further advantages with regards to environmental, economic and social matters, and would contribute to social inclusion for persons with low and very low income;
Amendment 127 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 Amendment 128 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11.
Amendment 129 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Notes that the digitalisation of the labour market requires adaptation of both labour market policies and the underlying social security systems; calls on the Commission and the Member States, with regard to the Commission’s roadmap ‘New start to address the challenges of work-life balance faced by working families’, to address the impact of digitalisation on workers with care responsibilities and parents on parental leave, as regards working conditions and the need for adaptation of the workplace, skills development and lifelong learning opportunities;
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A a (new) A a. whereas a recent study authorised by the European Commission has revealed that less than 30 % of the ICT sector workforce is female, and that only 3 % of female graduates have a degree in ICT, with respect to 10 % of male graduates1 a; __________________ 1ahttps://ec.europa.eu/digital- agenda/en/news/women-active-ict-sector
Amendment 130 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 a (new) 11 a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to support life-long learning as well as training and schemes which prepare for a better adaptation or potential change of career path according to the growing demand for e-skills in many different sectors with a special regard to women over 55 in order to safeguard them from the exclusion from the labour market;
Amendment 131 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12.
Amendment 132 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 a (new) 12 a. points out, that the gender pay gap results in an even higher pension gap; stresses that the principle of equal pay for equal work in the same workplace to ensure just and fair wages must be guaranteed as pointed out by Commission President Juncker;
Amendment 133 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 a (new) 12 a. Calls on Member States to invest in digital working practices that would enable women to more readily and effectively reconcile their private life with their working life and more smartly manage their time, thanks to teleworking;
Amendment 134 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 Amendment 135 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 Amendment 136 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Underlines the importance of
Amendment 137 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Underlines the importance of
Amendment 138 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Underlines the importance of ensuring gender mainstreaming in the education sector by promoting digital literacy and the participation of women and girls in ICT education and training through the integration of coding, new media and technologies in education curricula at all levels and in all types of education and training, including for teaching staff, in order to reduce and remove digital skills
Amendment 139 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Underlines the importance of ensuring gender mainstreaming in the education sector by promoting digital literacy and the participation of women and girls in ICT education and training through the integration of coding, new media and technologies in education curricula at all levels, as well as extra-curricular, informal and non-formal education, and in all types of education and training, including for teaching staff, in order to reduce and remove digital skills gaps; highlights, in this connection, the importance of open educational resources (OERs), which ensure better access to education for all;
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A b (new) Ab. whereas various studies conducted into the information society and gender highlight that, despite progress, there are still significant gender gaps relating to the participation of women in spaces for innovation and technology, whether as leaders, creators or users, and in relation both to access to information and communication technologies and to computer skills;
Amendment 140 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 a (new) 13 a. Encourages Member States to introduce age appropriate ICT education at early stages with a particular focus on inspiring girls to develop interest and talent in the digital field and to safeguard them from constraining and negative stereotypes as well as segregation of activities and toys whereby digital-related themes are associated with "natural predispositions of boys" which discourage girls to advance their e-skills;
Amendment 141 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 a (new) 13 a. Underlines that both gender stereotypes and digital training should be addressed starting within the primary education system, and moving all the way to adult learning and training for people who have been out of the work force;
Amendment 142 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 a (new) 13 a. Urges the Commission and Member States to facilitate education and lifelong learning aimed specifically at older women for the duration of their working life and beyond, in particular, to those with caring responsibilities and women who have taken a break from their career or are re-entering the workplace. This is to ensure they are not left behind in the increasingly rapid shift towards digitalisation;
Amendment 143 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 a (new) 13 a. Notes that education in digital technologies, ICT, and coding at an early age is especially important in empowering girls, encouraging them into the field and overcoming gender stereotypes; Emphasises that increasing the representation of women in subjects of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) in higher education is key to increasing their representation in the digital sector;
Amendment 144 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 a (new) 13 a. Calls on the Member States to address the gender gap in the ICT sector by creating more incentives and support structures for women, such as role models, mentoring programmes and career paths, in order to increase the visibility of women; calls therefore on the Member States to adapt educational systems, where necessary, with a view to promote teaching and interest in the so called STEM (Sciences, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) in general and for female students in particular;
Amendment 145 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 a (new) 13a. Underlines that gender stereotypes and digital education should be tackled at all stages of learning, from primary education up to adult learning and training for persons who have been excluded from the labour market;
Amendment 146 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 a (new) 13 a. Emphasises the value of women being able to access online training courses to improve their personal qualifications, in light of logistical travel issues and/or economic difficulties in accessing more expensive classroom courses, with the same results being achieved;
Amendment 147 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 b (new) 13 b. Notes the important role and enormous potential that arts and design education, formal informal and non- formal, the creative industries, and the cultural sector have in empowering women and girls and propelling them into the digital sector; Emphasises therefore the importance of connecting between STEM and economic sectors education and the arts, transforming STEM into STEAM;
Amendment 148 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 b (new) 13b. Stresses the importance of ICTs for providing girls and women, persons with special needs, such as those with disabilities, and the inhabitants of rural areas and remote areas cut off from urban centres access to education and training, and even to teleworking, in order to achieve education of these groups that successfully enables them to enjoy financial independence in adult life;
Amendment 149 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A b (new) A b. whereas only 9 % of developers in Europe are women, only 19 % of bosses in the ICT and communications sectors are female (with respect to 45 % in other services sectors) and women represent just 19 % of entrepreneurs (with respect to 54 % in other services sectors)2 a ; __________________ 2ahttps://ec.europa.eu/digital- agenda/en/news/women-active-ict-sector
Amendment 150 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14.
Amendment 151 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Calls on the Commission to promote digital technologies as tools for reducing barriers to entry in the labour market in the framework of lifelong learning and to set EU benchmarks for public and private investment in skills as a percentage of GDP; stresses the need to organise awareness-raising, training and gender mainstreaming campaigns for all involved in digitalisation policy;
Amendment 152 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 a (new) 14 a. Encourages Member States and the Commission to promote, in particular by means of information and awareness- raising campaigns, the participation of women in business sectors that are stereotypically considered ‘male,’ as is digitalisation; stresses the need to organise awareness-raising, training and gender mainstreaming campaigns for all the actors involved in digitalisation policy;
Amendment 153 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 a (new) 14 a. Calls on the Commission to empower and resource the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) to establish an Internet platform, the purpose of which would be to help women entrepreneurs to fully benefit from the Single Market and Digital Agenda. This platform should facilitate women entrepreneurs in networking, and especially encourage and empower marginalised groups of women, for example refugees and immigrants, to access and benefit from the opportunities of digitalisation and self-employment by means of online services;
Amendment 154 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 a (new) 14 a. welcomes the European "Code of Best Practices for Women and ICT" and calls for its wide and active implementation; welcomes the establishment of the Europe-wide "Grand coalition for digital jobs" and encourages the involved companies to put a special focus on recruitment and equal career opportunities for women;
Amendment 155 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 a (new) 14 a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to promote the further development of digital skills, in particular during parental leave, and to make these easy to understand in order to facilitate parents’ reintegration into work;
Amendment 156 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 a (new) 14 a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to implement programmes targeted at parents in order to familiarise them with the ICT technologies used by their children, thereby improving adults’ awareness of the potential encounters and relationships that can occur online, and reducing the generational gap that exists with regards to the ICT sector;
Amendment 157 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 Amendment 158 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 Amendment 159 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A c (new) Ac. whereas the growing demand for ICT skills and qualifications throughout the world presents a unique opportunity for correctly positioning girls, women and persons with special needs, such as those with disabilities, in the labour market and providing them with the tools necessary for them to succeed;
Amendment 160 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15. Urges the Commission, within the scope of the Digital Single Market Strategy, and more specifically with regard to the reference to building an inclusive e- society, to increase the visibility of women in technology by
Amendment 161 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 a (new) 15 a. Calls on the Commission and Member States, as well as businesses, to promote gender equality in ICT by collecting gender-aggregated data on the use of ICT, developing targets, indicators and benchmarks to track the progress of women's access to ICT and promote best practice examples of ICT companies;
Amendment 162 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 a (new) 15 a. Highlights the need for targeted policies to address and remove the specific barriers and multiple discrimination faced by women and girls from vulnerable marginalised communities, such as disabled women, ethnic minority women, LGBTI, rural, refugee, and Roma women, women carers, and women and girls with learning disabilities;
Amendment 163 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 b (new) 15 b. Calls on the Commission and Member States to increase their support for the empowerment of women in digital sectors and ICT in development cooperation and EU external relations, through promoting digital education and enabling women's entrepreneurship through various tools including micro- finance schemes and support networks;
Amendment 164 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 Amendment 165 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 Amendment 166 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16. Calls on the Member States and the Commission to make funds available and to improve access to funds for female entrepreneurs to create ICT-related businesses and digital start-ups, fostering innovation and investment within the EU, and encourages Member States to offer appropriate financial support and training to women intending to build a career in the digitalisation field, in order to encourage female entrepreneurship in this sector as well;
Amendment 167 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16. Calls on the Member States and the Commission to make funds available and to improve access to funds for female entrepreneurs to create ICT-related businesses and digital start-ups, as well as women mentorship and peer-to-peer exchange networks, fostering innovation and investment within the EU;
Amendment 168 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 17. Holds that
Amendment 169 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 17. Holds that, especially with regard to the objective of the Digital Single Market Strategy of creating the right conditions for an innovative and competitive ICT environment and improvements for finance opportunities for SMEs and start-ups, women
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B B. whereas these developments have strong potential for the empowerment of women, allowing access to information and knowledge beyond conventional means,
Amendment 170 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 Amendment 171 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 Amendment 172 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 18. Calls on the Commission in relation to the Digital Agenda to thoroughly monitor and evaluate the application of gender
Amendment 173 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 Amendment 174 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 Amendment 175 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 Amendment 176 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 20. Calls on the Commission, in cooperation with the European Investment Bank, to set up support programmes in relation to investing in ICT through the European Structural and Investment Funds, including favourable credit conditions and loans for firms, civil society organisations and start-ups in the ICT sector in which at least 40 % of the workforce are female;
Amendment 177 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 Amendment 178 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 Amendment 179 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 21. Calls on the Commission to support and promote a digital entrepreneurial culture for women, promote and financially support a European networking and mentoring platform for women and further strengthen the role of women in existing programmes; encourages Member States but also companies to create diversity policies that go beyond focusing on the recruitment of women in order to promote sustainable economic development and leadership;
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B B. whereas these developments have strong potential for the empowerment of women, allowing access to information and knowledge beyond conventional means, thereby opening up new opportunities to interact and campaign with a view to defending the rights and freedom of women
Amendment 180 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 a (new) 21 a. Highlights the role of social enterprise, and alternative business models such as mutuals and cooperatives in empowering women in digital entrepreneurship, and increasing the representation of women in digital sectors; Calls on the commission and Member States to promote social enterprise initiatives aimed at empowering women and girls in ICT;
Amendment 181 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 a (new) 21a. Calls on the European Commission, the Member States and all stakeholders to make more use of the Grand Coalition for Digital Jobs to support measures aimed at improving digital skills amongst women and girls, promoting female employment in the ICT sector, and increasing dissemination of the various education and vocational training options available;
Amendment 182 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 22.
Amendment 183 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 22. Calls for identification of the challenges posed by the use of ICT and the internet to commit crimes, issue threats or perpetrate violence against women based on misogyny, homophobia or transphobia; urges policymakers to address these issues properly and take account of the special needs of some groups of women, such as disabled women;
Amendment 184 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 22. Calls for identification of the challenges posed by the use of ICT and the internet to commit crimes, issue threats or perpetrate acts of harassment or violence against women based on misogyny, homophobia or transphobia; urges policymakers to address these issues properly;
Amendment 185 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 22. Calls for identification of the challenges posed by the use of ICT and the internet to commit crimes, issue threats or perpetrate violence against women based on misogyny, homophobia or transphobia; urges policymakers to address these issues properly and ensure a framework is in place ensure that law enforcement agencies are able to deal with digital crimes effectively;
Amendment 186 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 22. Calls for identification of the challenges posed by the use of ICT and the internet to commit crimes, issue threats or perpetrate violence against women based on misogyny, homophobia or transphobia; urges policymakers to address these issues properly taking into account the challenges related to online anonymity and potential transborder nature of such crimes and abuses;
Amendment 187 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 22. Calls for identification of the challenges posed by the use of ICT and the internet to commit crimes, issue threats or perpetrate violence against women based on misogyny, homophobia or transphobia; urges policymakers to address these issues properly; calls on the Member States to allocate necessary resources for law enforcement, i.e. implementation of existing laws, against cyber violence, cyberbullying, cyber harassment, cyberstalking and sexist hate speech;
Amendment 188 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 22. Calls for identification of the challenges posed by the use of ICT and the internet to commit crimes, issue threats or perpetrate violence against women based on misogyny
Amendment 189 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 22. Calls for identification of the challenges posed by the use of ICT and the internet to commit crimes, issue threats or perpetrate violence against women
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B B. whereas these developments have strong potential for the empowerment of women, allowing access to information and knowledge beyond conventional means, thereby opening up new opportunities to interact and campaign with a view to defending the rights and freedom of
Amendment 190 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 a (new) 22 a. Calls on the Commission to propose legislation to address sexism and gender stereotypes in education and the media, as part of the recast directive on equal treatment;
Amendment 191 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 a (new) 22a. Calls on the Commission to present, as soon as possible, a European Gender Violence Strategy that includes a legislative instrument and tackles new forms of violence against women and girls, such as cyberbullying, the use of degrading images online, the distribution on social media of private photos and videos without the consent of the persons involved, etc.
Amendment 192 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 a (new) 22 a. Emphasises the fact that the rapid diffusion of smartphones and increasing internet access amongst children, girls and women represents, on the one hand, an optimum source of emancipation and knowledge, but on the other hand poses the risk that these tools will be used to expose girls to harmful sexist insults (that are, in some cases, difficult to erase) and blackmail, with so-called revenge porn being one outcome of this; highlights therefore the need to increase measures to protect women and girls from cyber abuse;
Amendment 193 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 a (new) 22a. Calls on the Commission to demand greater efforts from the Member States to prosecute any homophobic or transphobic crimes that take place online, as well as to apply properly the EU legislation in force in this regard and relating to the rights of victims;
Amendment 194 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 b (new) 22 b. Calls on the Commission to develop a code of conduct for its own communications and the communication of the EU agencies in order to foster the empowerment of women and fight stereotypes and sexism;
Amendment 195 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 b (new) 22b. Calls on the Commission to propose legislation to prohibit sexism and gender stereotypes in education and the media, as part of the recast Equal Treatment Directive;
Amendment 196 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 c (new) 22 c. Calls on the Commission to prepare as soon as possible the necessary steps for ratification by the European Union of the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence, this being without prejudice to the EU responsibility to consider all necessary actions to end and prevent violence against women in all Member States, and to promote the ratification of the Istanbul Convention by the Member States; calls on the Member States to sign and ratify the Istanbul Convention as soon as possible;
Amendment 197 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 c (new) 22c. Calls on the Commission to produce a code of conduct for its own communication and that of EU agencies to combat stereotypes, sexualisation and the underrepresentation of women;
Amendment 198 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 23 23.
Amendment 199 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 23 23. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to consider the changed realities of women and girls, on account of digitalisation, in the implementation of future EU data protection legislation; emphasises that data controllers may only use sensitive data for limited purposes
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 1 — having regard to Articles 2 and 3(3), second subparagraph, of the Treaty on European Union (TEU) and Article 8 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU), the gender dimension of which clearly focuses on ‘equality between men and women’,
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B B. whereas these developments have strong potential for the empowerment of women, allowing access to information and knowledge beyond conventional means, thereby opening up new opportunities to interact and campaign with a view to defending the rights and freedom of women and girls, and LGBTI persons;
Amendment 200 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 24 a (new) 24a. Calls on the Commission to increase financial support for Safer Internet Digital Services Infrastructure, financed by the Connecting Europe Facility, and for the Member States to increase funding for lines of support for victims of cyberbullying; underlines that girls are twice as likely to be victims as boys;
Amendment 201 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 24 a (new) 24 a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to promote free and anonymous support services with female staff that can be accessed via the internet and/or by telephone, available to women who become trapped in a web of online grooming and are blackmailed and forced to suffer violence and abuse, scarring them for the rest of their lives;
Amendment 202 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 24 a (new) 24a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to adopt measures protecting girls from advertising in the digital environment that could incite them to behaviour harmful to their physical and mental health; calls on the Commission to renew and expand the Safer Internet programme, paying particular attention to the gender issue as one of the measures necessary to improve the safety of girls online;
Amendment 203 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 25 Amendment 204 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 25 25.
Amendment 205 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 25 25. Calls on the Commission to launch and support e-literacy and training programmes, as well as awareness campaigns, thereby raising awareness of the potential risks of the digital world and how to counter them among relevant parties concerned, such as students at all levels of education, teachers, education and law enforcement professionals; calls on the Commission to promote campaigns against stereotypes in social media and digital media;
Amendment 206 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 25 25. Calls on the Commission to launch and support e-literacy and training programmes, as well as awareness campaigns, thereby raising awareness of the potential risks of the digital world and how to counter them; calls on the Commission to promote campaigns against sexism and gender stereotypes in social media and digital media;
Amendment 207 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 25 25. Calls on the Commission to launch and support e-literacy and training programmes, as well as awareness campaigns, thereby raising awareness of the potential risks of the digital world and how to counter them; calls on the Commission to promote campaigns against stereotypes in social media and digital media and to use the potential of digital media to eliminate stereotypes;
Amendment 208 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 25 a (new) 25 a. Welcomes the proposal made by the Commission to include in its post-2016 Strategy on Trafficking in Human Beings provisions on prevention, assistance to victims, safe-return and reintegration, as well as the role of the internet; underlines that the phenomena of cyber-harassment and cyber-stalking should also be addressed;
Amendment 209 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 25 a (new) 25 a. Calls on the EU and the Member States to make available sufficient resources and funding for the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) in order for the Institute to conduct research and data gathering on how digital services and be better employed and harnessed to the service of women and gender equality.
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B B. whereas these developments have strong potential for the empowerment of women, allowing access to information and knowledge beyond conventional means and providing a platform for expression, thereby opening up new opportunities to interact and campaign as well as inspire others to action with a view to defending the rights and freedom of women and LGBTI persons;
Amendment 210 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 25 a (new) 25 a. Calls on the Commission to develop a code of conduct for its own communications and the communication of the EU agencies, fighting stereotypes, sexualisation and misrepresentation of women;
Amendment 211 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 26 Amendment 212 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 26 26. Calls for the EU institutions, agencies and bodies, as well as the Member States and their law enforcement agencies, to cooperate and concretely coordinate their actions to counter the use of ICT to commit crimes related to trafficking in human beings, cyber-harassment and cyber- stalking as they are often transborder in nature and a European-level coordination is vital for persecuting these crimes; calls on the Member States to review and potentially revise their criminal law to ensure that new forms of digital violence are clearly defined and recognized as well as that appropriate modes of persecution are in place; calls for the EU Cybersecurity Strategy and the Europol Cybercrime Centre to cover these issues; calls on the Commission to promote training and capacity-building for victim support in digital matters, for police and judicial authorities, as well as psychological support during court cases related to the issue;
Amendment 213 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 26 26. Calls for the EU institutions, agencies and bodies, as well as the Member States and their law enforcement agencies, to cooperate and concretely coordinate their actions to counter the use of ICT to commit crimes related to trafficking in human beings, cyber-harassment and cyber- stalking; calls on Member States to adopt reporting portals so that citizens will have their own secure and confidential place online where they can report harassing internet users; calls for the EU Cybersecurity Strategy and the Europol Cybercrime Centre to cover these issues; calls on the Commission to promote training and capacity-building for victim support in digital matters, for police and judicial authorities, as well as psychological support during court cases related to the issue;
Amendment 214 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 26 26. Calls for the EU institutions, agencies and bodies, as well as the Member States and their law enforcement agencies, to cooperate and concretely coordinate their actions to counter the use of ICT to commit crimes related to trafficking in human beings, including surrogacy, cyber- harassment and cyber-
Amendment 215 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 26 a (new) 26 a. Calls on the Member States to sign and ratify the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence and calls on the European Commission to initiate the necessary steps for the accession of the European Union to the Convention, as outlined in the recently issued EC Roadmap on EU Accession to the Istanbul Convention; stresses that ratification of the Council of Europe Convention is instrumental to eradication of violence against women, including digital forms of violence since it introduces harmonized legal definitions and modes of prosecution of crimes that are facilitated by the new communication technologies, such as trafficking in human beings and stalking;
Amendment 216 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 26 a (new) 26 a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to make funding available and promote education on safe and respectful use of the internet, as well as risks of online gender-based violence for both girls and boys, including within sex and relationship education; Highlights the importance of involving men and boys in the fight to eliminate violence against women and girls online;
Amendment 217 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 26 a (new) 26 a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to tighten monitoring of internet grooming by terrorist groups which recruit young women and force them into marriage or prostitution in third countries;
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B B. whereas these developments have strong potential for the empowerment of women, allowing access to information and knowledge beyond conventional means, thereby opening up new opportunities to interact and campaign with a view to defending the rights and freedom of women and
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B a (new) B a. whereas digitalisation has a strong impact on the consumption and distribution of media, more noticeably for younger users, opening new channels for media consumption, giving the chance for a less hierarchal media landscape, but also posing new challenges to the empowerment of women through negative, degrading and stereotyped portrayals of women;
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B a (new) B a. whereas digital media and ICT have the potential of providing a platform for overcoming gender stereotypes, and closing gender-based gaps in education, skills, and women's representation;
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B a (new) B a. whereas digital communications channels and social networks are particularly important for parents on parental leave and people working from home;
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C C. whereas digitalisation has an enormous impact on the labour market by changing value chains and creating new job opportunities and more flexible working patterns; whereas
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C C. whereas digitalisation has an enormous impact on the labour market by changing value chains and creating new job opportunities and more flexible working patterns
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C C. whereas digitalisation has an enormous impact on the labour market by changing value chains and creating new job opportunities and more flexible working patterns
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C C. whereas digitalisation has an enormous impact on the labour market by changing value chains and creating new job
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 3 Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C a (new) C a. whereas improving digital skills and IT-literacy among women and boosting inclusion of women into the ICT which is one of the highest paying sectors could contribute to their financial empowerment and independence resulting in the reduction of the total gender wage gap;
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C a (new) C a. whereas the ongoing process of digitalisation has opened up new opportunities for families in terms of flexi-time arrangements, allowing them to balance work and childcare responsibilities;
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C a (new) C a. whereas digitalisation does not change working conditions by itself, but by political decisions that shapes and determines it; whereas liberal market policies also affects the way the digital market have and will develop and what impact it will have on gender equality;
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C a (new) C a. whereas the ‘Arbeit 4.0’ scheme and the digitalisation of the workplace represent an excellent opportunity to reconcile work and family life;
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C b (new) C b. whereas the digital revolution can help realise a new, holistic working culture in Europe;
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D D. whereas
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D D. whereas
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E E. whereas the entry of more women into the ICT sector would boost a market in which labour shortages are foreseen and in which an equal participation of women would lead to a gain of around EUR 9 billion for EU GDP each year; whereas in the existing
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E E. whereas the entry of more women into the ICT sector would boost a market in which labour shortages are foreseen and in which an equal participation of women would lead to a gain of around EUR 9 billion for EU GDP each year; whereas the existing male-dominated workforce
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 8 a (new) — having regard to the 2014 WSIS Action Lines, which were combined with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) to enhance synergies between these global strategies, including the action to empower and promote the social, economic and political inclusion of all, irrespective of irrespective of irrespective of age, disability, genetic features, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, race, social or ethnic origin, religion or belief, economic or other status by 2030,
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E a (new) E a. whereas the ICT sector is characterised by particularly high vertical and horizontal segregation as well as a gap between women's educational qualifications and their position in the ICT sector; whereas women's share in the ICT sector amounts to less than 20 per cent; whereas the majority (54 per cent) of women in ICT jobs occupy lower paid and lower skill-level positions and only a small minority of them (8 per cent) occupy high skill software engineer positions; whereas women are also underrepresented in the decision-making within this sector with only 19,2 per cent of ICT sector workers having female bosses compared to 45,2 per cent of non-ICT sector worker;
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E b (new) E b. whereas women over 55 are at a particular risk of unemployment and labour market inactivity with the average EU employment rate for women aged 55- 64 being only 42 per cent compared to 58 per cent in case of men; whereas low level of IT literacy and e-skills further amplifies this risk; whereas improving and investing in digital competences of women over 55 would boost their employment opportunities and offer a level of protection against exclusion from the labour market;
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F F. whereas
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F F. whereas the impact of sexism and gender stereotyping
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F F. whereas sexism and gender stereotyping is an obstacle to equality between women and men, and a burden for economic development and the competitiveness of the EU, further widening the already strong digital gender gap in the field of ICT, media and information society;
Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F F. whereas sexism and gender stereotyping
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F F. whereas sexism and gender stereotyping is a burden for economic development and the competitiveness of the EU, further widening the already strong
Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F a (new) F a. whereas women face numerous difficulties in integrating in the ICT sector, causing them greater levels of stress and contributing increasingly to the so-called ‘leaky pipeline’ phenomenon in which they leave the sector mid-career;
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 8 a (new) — having regard to European Parliament resolution of 10 December 2013 on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (2013/2040(INI)),
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G G. whereas education and training are key to empowering women in the digital age, and thus to a society with future viability; whereas 60 % of school students in the EU never use digital equipment in their classroom; whereas the already low share of ICT female graduates has dropped; whereas women are very underrepresented in STEM subjects, and around half female graduates do not go on to work in STEM roles; whereas, in initiatives such as the Code Week, ICT for Better Education, the Leaders Club and the Grand Coalition for Digital Jobs, which aim at further fostering e-education and e- skills, women remain largely underrepresented;
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G a (new) G a. whereas promoting digital technologies and ICT have an important role to play in the EU's development cooperation policy, in line with the Sustainable Development Goals, particularly in socially and economically empowering women and girls, and lifting them out of poverty;
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G a (new) G a. whereas digitalisation favours the promotion of direct democracy via the web, thereby permitting women to be more involved in politics and improving their access to information;
Amendment 53 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G b (new) G b. whereas the partnership of digitalisation and direct democracy provides women with more opportunities to get involved directly, outside of traditional political schemes, and participate fully and in a comprehensive manner;
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution Recital H H. whereas ICT, like any technology, can be used and abused to threaten women, their rights and freedoms, and ultimately their empowerment, such as in the case of cyber-bullying, cyber-stalking, trafficking of human beings
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution Recital H H. whereas ICT, like any technology, can be used and abused to threaten women, their rights and freedoms, and ultimately their empowerment, such as in the case of cyber-bullying, cyber-stalking, trafficking of human beings through the internet, hate speech, incitement to hatred, discrimination and violation of fundamental rights; whereas anonymity the Internet contributes to the proliferation of these forms of violence against women; whereas such new challenges and risks need to be identified and addressed appropriately by policymakers as well as by enterprises, companies and civil society organisations, while providing room for information exchange on the internet;
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution Recital H H. whereas ICT, like any technology, can be used and abused to threaten women, their rights and freedoms, and ultimately their empowerment, such as in the case of cyber-bullying, cyber-stalking, trafficking of human beings through the internet, including hiring of surrogate mothers through the internet, hate speech, incitement to hatred, discrimination and violation of fundamental rights; whereas such new challenges and risks need to be identified and addressed appropriately by policymakers as well as by enterprises, companies and civil society organisations, while providing room for information exchange on the internet;
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution Recital H a (new) H a. whereas new communication and information technologies are used to create channels and platforms which facilitate the expansion of prostitution, also involving minors; whereas universal accessibility and easiness of using these new digital channels as well as anonymity they offer contribute to widening of the spectrum of potential actors involved, in particular among the most vulnerable groups in terms of sexual abuse, such as teenage girls; whereas there is a need for relevant law enforcement professionals to recognize the transformations in the way prostitution is carried out through the digital medium as well as to monitor relevant Internet platforms from this perspective, when there is a justified reason for suspecting a crime; whereas there is also a need to raise awareness among relevant education professionals about these new forms of digital threats in order to safeguard minors;
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution Recital H a (new) H a. whereas new communication and information technologies are abused to create channels and platforms which also facilitate the expansion of prostitution, also involving minors; whereas universal accessibility and easiness of using these new digital channels as well as anonymity they offer could also contribute to widening of the spectrum of potential actors involved, in particular among the most vulnerable groups in terms of sexual abuse, such as teenage girls; whereas there is a need for relevant law enforcement professionals to recognize the transformations in the way prostitution is carried out through the digital medium as well as to monitor relevant Internet platforms from this perspective, when there is a justified reason for suspecting a crime; whereas there is also a need to raise awareness among relevant education professionals about these new forms of digital threats in order to safeguard minors;
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution Recital H a (new) H a. whereas social media has contributed to the facilitation of hate speech and threats against women; whereas the scope of threats, including death threats, towards women has increased;
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 11 Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution Recital H a (new) H a. whereas gender budgeting and gender mainstreaming can be used as tools to further gender equality; whereas gender-based perspectives should be taken into account at all stages of the Commission's work on digitalisation in Europe to ensure that women are not just included but are at the forefront of digital developments;
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution Recital H a (new) H a. whereas 18 % of women in Europe have suffered some form of ill-treatment since adolescence as a result of knowledge made public on the internet, and there have been nine million victims of online violence in Europe;
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution Recital H b (new) H b. whereas social awareness about digital forms of violence both among the general public and the relevant professionals, such as law enforcement agents and teachers, remains insufficient to ensure adequate prevention, monitoring and assistance for victims; whereas different forms of online violence are not yet fully reflected in the criminal law as well as modes and procedures of prosecution in all member states; whereas there is a need for a recognition at the EU-level of the potentially transborder nature of the abuse and violence on the Internet;
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution Recital H b (new) H b. whereas there is a lack of responsiveness of the justice system; whereas abusers and haters are very rarely reported, investigated, prosecuted and sentenced;
Amendment 64 #
Motion for a resolution Recital H c (new) H c. whereas low participation of women and girls in ICT related education and later in employment is a result of a complex interplay of gender stereotyping that starts at early stages of life and education and continues to professional career; whereas factors limiting women and girls from participating in the ICT education and employment include: lifelong stereotyping, segregation into "typically female and male" activities, hobbies and toys that starts at the earliest levels of education, a relative lack of female role models in the ICT sector as well as the limited visibility of women in this sector especially in leadership positions;
Amendment 65 #
Motion for a resolution Recital H c (new) H c. whereas digital platforms are also used for the commercialisation of women´s bodies, including pornography and by the prostitution industry;
Amendment 66 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1.
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Urges the Commission and the Council to fully exploit the potential that the information society, ICT and the internet have to promote women’s empowerment, women’s rights and freedoms as well as gender equality, irrespective of age, disability, genetic features, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, race, social or ethnic origin, religion or belief, economic status;
Amendment 68 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Urges the Commission and the Council to fully exploit the potential that the information society, ICT and the internet have to promote women’s empowerment,
Amendment 69 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 a (new) 1 a. reaffirms that not all women are inevitably digitally illiterate because of their sex, notes that there is a significant number of women of all age groups in high profile ICT positions, and invites therefore the Member States to focus on political priority areas for all citizens;
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 22 a (new) — having regard to the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence (Istanbul Convention),
Amendment 70 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Stresses that Internet access constitutes a new essential service, necessary for the whole world, men, women, boys and girls, with the Internet now a key tool for the daily lives of individuals in their family, work, study and learning relationships; for management within companies, public authorities, institutions and organisations; and for the workings of social networks and the promotion of equal opportunities;
Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 b (new) 1b. Calls on the European institutions and Member States to run campaigns in order to make women aware, not just of the benefits of ICTs, but also of the risks involved, and to give them the necessary education and knowledge on how to protect themselves online;
Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 c (new) 1c. Underlines that gender stereotypes and roles that put women in an unfavourable position in relation to men are still very engrained in technological fields, making it difficult for them to develop fully their capacities as users, innovators and creators; stresses that eliminating and preventing this gender discrimination requires a clear political will and the participation of civil society;
Amendment 73 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 d (new) 1d. Highlights that the arguments for the active participation of women in the information society are arguments not just of justice and equality, but also of social and economic profit, of quality and competitiveness; since it is a case of avoiding the waste of the information society losing out on the capability, intelligence and creativity of half of its citizens, it is of vital importance to incorporate women’s talent, demands and capacity for innovation;
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 Amendment 75 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Calls on the Commission to exploit and better target the Digital Agenda and the Digital Single Market Strategy with a view to addressing the severe gender gap within the ICT sector, to foster
Amendment 76 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Calls on the Commission to exploit and better target the Digital Agenda and the Digital Single Market Strategy with a view to addressing the severe gender gap within the ICT sector as well as fostering the integration of women into the professional world, particularly in relation to technical and telecommunications professions, fostering education and training of women and girls in ICT, increasing the visibility of women in the digital arena, enhancing gender equality and participation of women through better access to funding and supporting civil society and women’s organisations in making an inclusive internet a reality;
Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Calls on the Commission to exploit and better target the Digital Agenda and the Digital Single Market Strategy with a view to addressing
Amendment 78 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Calls on the Commission to exploit and better target the Digital Agenda and the Digital Single Market Strategy with a view to addressing the severe gender gap within the ICT sector, fostering education and training of women and girls in ICT and other STEM subjects, increasing the visibility of women in the
Amendment 79 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Calls on the Commission systematically to apply gender-impact assessments and gender budgeting in the development and application of the Digital Agenda and Digital Single Market strategy, in order that the fundamental European principle of equality between women and men can be duly incorporated;
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 22 b (new) — having regards to the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action and more specifically its objectives with regard to "Women and the Media" calling for increasing the participation and access of women to expression and decision- making in and through the media and new technologies of communication as well as promoting a balanced and non- stereotyped portrayal of women in the media,
Amendment 80 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 b (new) 2b. Calls on the EU institutions and Member States to incorporate the gender perspective into all digital aspects of the initiatives and work undertaken by the EU, and of national policy;
Amendment 81 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 Amendment 82 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Urges the Commission to include in the upcoming Strategy for Equality between women and men 2016-2020 specific actions to support the integration and participation of women in the information society and to strongly promote women’s networks online as they are the manifestation of a self-organised, bottom- up approach to female empowerment and should receive all the support necessary for them to become long-term;
Amendment 83 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Urges the Commission to include in the upcoming Strategy for Equality between women and men 2016-2020, specific actions to support the integration and participation of women in the information society and to strongly promote women’s networks online as they are the manifestation of a self-organised, bottom- up approach to female empowerment and should receive all the support necessary for them to become long-term;
Amendment 84 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Urges the Commission to include in the upcoming Strategy for Equality 2016-2020 specific actions to support the integration and participation of women in the information society and to strongly promote women’s networks online as they are the manifestation of a self-organised, bottom-up approach to
Amendment 85 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 Amendment 86 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Notes the Commission communication on ‘A Digital Single Market Strategy for Europe’
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 a (new) 4 a. Calls for a stronger emphasis on free and open source software in the ICT sector and digital market; views free and open source a vital tool for promoting gender equality and democratization in the digital market and ICT sector; highlights the need for gender awareness in the open source sector as well;
Amendment 88 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5.
Amendment 89 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Calls on the EU and the Member States to develop, support and implement the actions promoted by the UN and its bodies, notably in the framework of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action and of the World Summits on the Information Society (WSIS), in order to strive for women’s empowerment in the digital age at European and global level; calls on Member States to communicate and share best practices with one another to promote an equal involvement of women in digital developments across Europe;
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas digitalisation has revolutionised the way people access and provide information, communicate, socialise, study and work, creating new opportunities to participate in public and political discussions, education and the labour market, opening up new prospects for a self-determined life and having enormous economic potential for the European Union and beyond;
Amendment 90 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Calls on the EU and the Member States to develop, support and implement the actions promoted by the UN and its bodies, notably in the framework of the
Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 a (new) 5 a. Calls on the Commission to recognise that digital power is driving a new, stronger wave of awareness about gender issues and gender equality; highlights to the Commission the effectiveness of the internet for means such as campaigns, forums and giving visibility to female role models which all help to accelerate gender equality; therefore asks the Commission to consider women at the forefront of its Digital Agenda so that the new digital age can be a driving force towards furthering gender equality.
Amendment 92 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Calls on the European Commission to establish a European Media Monitoring Group, with a specific gender-equality section for combating gender stereotypes, gender violence and the underrepresentation of women;
Amendment 93 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 b (new) 5b. Calls on the Member States to establish multiannual action plans to achieve gender equality in the information society and ICTs, whose objectives include: increasing women’s access to the information society; improving and increasing ITC use by women; giving women a more significant role in ICT sectors; fostering the generation of ICT knowledge in women in the fields of education and training; promoting employment and the entrepreneurial spirit amongst women through regular use of the Internet and digital services; developing online content that promotes gender equality; fostering the continuous exchange, dissemination and communication of equality values; promoting access to and use of ICTs as tools against gender discrimination in areas such as gender violence, international cooperation, establishing work-life balance, and the design, implementation, dissemination and evaluation of equality policies and plans;
Amendment 94 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6.
Amendment 95 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6.
Amendment 96 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to make better use of the considerable potential that digitalisation has at all levels of political participation and the inclusion of women in decision- making processes; highlights the major opportunities that digitalisation holds with respect to access to information, decision-making processes, transparency and greater government accountability;
Amendment 97 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to make better use of the considerable potential that digitalisation has at all levels of political participation and the inclusion of women in decision- making processes; highlights the major opportunities that digitalisation and e- government initiatives hold
Amendment 98 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to make better use of the considerable potential that digitalisation has at all levels of political participation and the inclusion of women in decision- making processes; highlights the major opportunities that digitalisation holds with respect to access to information, transparency and greater government accountability; stresses the need to also organise awareness-raising, training and gender mainstreaming campaigns in the digitalisation field, for all involved in education policy;
Amendment 99 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to make better use of the considerable potential that digitalisation has at all levels of political participation and the equal inclusion of men and women in decision-
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Amendment A #
Draft opinion Citation A (new) A. having regard to the European Parliament's in-depth analysis "Women in ICT", 2012 ;
Amendment AA #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 c (new) 7c. Stresses the importance of learning ICT skills at an early age and calls on Member States to ensure that girls are encouraged to take up ICT classes throughout their education; recommends that digital literacy is added to traditional training courses, where needed; highlights the fact that some Member States (Germany, Spain, Sweden) initiated policies to encourage a positive gender balance within Europe's ICT professions, and these policies are primarily aimed at promoting ICT-related studies and career paths for girls and women from an early age; stresses the importance of accessible ICT learning and calls on Member States to encourage females from all economic backgrounds to develop their ICT skills through fully funded apprenticeships and traineeships;
Amendment B #
Draft opinion Citation B (new) B. having regard to the European Parliament's in-depth analysis "Empowering Women on the Internet", 2015 ;
Amendment C #
Draft opinion Recital A (new) A.Whereas only 20% of 2.7 million people working in the ICT sector are women; whereas they are underrepresented at all levels in the ICT sector, especially in decision-making positions;
Amendment D #
Draft opinion Recital B (new) B. Whereas the Commission estimates that more women entering the digital jobs market can create an annual € 9 billion GDP boost in the EU area;
Amendment E #
Draft opinion Recital C (new) C. Whereas lower numbers of women and girls in ICT-related education and later in employment is amongst others a result of a complex interplay of gender stereotyping that starts at early stages of life and education and continues to professional career;
Amendment F #
Draft opinion Recital D (new) D. whereas as factors influencing the lower participation of women and girls in ICT education and employment are multiple and vary between Member States depending on how progressively issues such as gender stereotyping, and segregation in general as well as the relative lack of female role models in the ICT sector and the limited visibility of women in this sector, especially in leadership positions, in particular are being tackled;;
Amendment G #
Draft opinion Recital E (new) E. Whereas the study entitled ‘Women active in the ICT sector’ estimates there will be 900 000 unfilled positions in the ICT sector in Europe by 2020; whereas the ICT sector is rapidly growing, creating around 120,000 new jobs every year;
Amendment H #
Draft opinion Recital F (new) Amendment I #
Draft opinion Recital G (new) G. whereas it has been shown that flexible work can help women gain a foothold in the labour market;
Amendment J #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Calls on the Commission, the Member States and the social partners to promote gender equality
Amendment K #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Strongly supports efforts to increase the proportion of women managers in the EU; notes that legislative initiatives to improve gender balance should be considered if a gender is structurally disadvantaged within a working place and is denied the chance of self-realisation; emphasises that companies are more successful if they have gender diversity in their teams; emphasises that any quota obligation must take in account the different sizes of the companies and the different situation in the Member States
Amendment L #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Calls on the Member States to address the gender gap in the ICT sector by stressing the business case for diversity and by creating more and stronger incentives for both companies and women, such as role models and career paths, in order to increase the visibility of women;
Amendment M #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. points out that digitalisation has a substantial impact on the labour market by modifying job dynamism, creating new job opportunities and more flexible working conditions such as teleworking, which could serve as a a tool for better reconciliation of professional and domestic duties for both women and men;
Amendment MA #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 b (new) 2b. but in some cases also add on women's double burden of work and home life; (If adopted, to be placed after Compromise Amendment M )
Amendment N #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 b (new) 2b. encourages Member States to adapt educational systems, where necessary, with a view to promote teaching and interest in the so called STEM subjects (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) in general and for female students in particular; highlights the necessity to establish endowed professorships for women in ICT, to create role models for girls and women in this field;
Amendment O #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 c (new) 2c. calls on the Member States to create better conditions for employment of women; stresses in this regard the Barcelona Objectives and the importance of accessible and affordable quality childcare for the employment rate of women; stresses that equal opportunities for men and women are at the heart of equality policy;
Amendment P #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Demands a regular exchange of best practices among all relevant stakeholders, including social partners, to discuss the implementation of the gender aspect in the Digital Agenda; calls on the Commission to integrate a social dimension, including gender equality, in both, the Digital Agenda as well as the Digital Single Market Strategy; calls on the Commission to address this issue in its 2016 work programme initiative ‘New start for working parents’;
Amendment Q #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. welcomes the European "Code of Best Practices for Women and ICT" and calls for its wide and more effective implementation; welcomes the establishment of the Europe-wide "Grand coalition for digital jobs" and encourages the involved companies to put a special focus on recruitment and equal career opportunities for women; emphasises the contribution these initiatives can make to easing the skills shortage in many Member States;
Amendment R #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to
Amendment S #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Points out that digitalisation in the labour market changes the nature of work and relations between employers and employees including the possibilities and flexibility of organisation of work; stresses that these new opportunities require rethinking and redefying terms such as place and boundaries of working time; stresses that employees labour rights guaranteed by Member States' labour law, should be safeguarded independently of new forms and organisation of work brought by digitalisation;
Amendment T #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Points out that the gender pay
Amendment U #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Welcomes the many opportunit
Amendment V #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Notes that despite the ways in which society has changed, structures have still not been sufficiently adjusted and do not allow for women to fully profit from this option;
Amendment W #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 c (new) Amendment X #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Points out that the demand for new skills, particularly in the ICT field, needs to be tackled through training as well as through further education, active labour market measures and lifelong learning
Amendment Y #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to take appropriate measures to attract significantly more women into careers in the digital sector; stresses the importance of empowering women and to make full use of their potential and talents to fill up vacancies and include women to the ICT sector in order to boost the European economy and women's employment opportunities; highlights the importance of integrating coding, new media and technologies in the educational curricular at all levels and points out the potential of digital skills to reduce access barriers to the entry in the labour market; points to the importance of constant dialogue with social partners in order to overcome the gender gap in this field;
Amendment Z #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 b (new) 7b. Takes the view that women over 55 are more likely to have depreciated e-skills due to the lack of life-long learning and that digitalization constitutes an important barrier for older job seekers with limited e-skills, calls on the Commission and the Member States to support life-long learning as well as training and schemes which prepare for a better adaptation or a potential change of career path according to the growing demand for e-skills in many different sectors with a special regard to women over 55 in order to safeguard them from the exclusion from the labour market;
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