2021/2080(INI) Reaching women's economic independence through entrepreneurship and self-employment
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Progress: Procedure completed
| Role | Committee | Rapporteur | Shadows |
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| Lead | FEMM |
WEISS Pernille ( EPP)
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BIEDROŃ Robert ( S&D),
SOLÍS PÉREZ Susana ( Renew),
PETER-HANSEN Kira Marie ( Verts/ALE),
STEGRUD Jessica ( ECR),
MODIG Silvia ( GUE/NGL)
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RoP 54
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Events
2022/05/03
EP - Decision by Parliament
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The European Parliament adopted by 542 votes to 43 with 52 abstentions a resolution on reaching women’s economic independence through entrepreneurship and self-employment.
Women entrepreneurs and self-employed workers represent an under-exploited source of sustainable economic growth, job creation and innovation potential. Yet women represent only 34.4% of the self-employed in the EU and 30% of its young entrepreneurs. Furthermore, less than 8% of CEOs of large companies are women and only 10% of the top positions in private equity and venture capital firms globally are held by women.
Entrepreneurship programmes, education and skills development
The resolution underlined that women’s entrepreneurship contributes to increasing women’s economic independence and their empowerment, which is an essential precondition for reaching gender-equal societies and should be encouraged and promoted across the EU. In this regard, the Commission is called on to:
- step up its efforts to increase the employment rate of women in Europe and facilitate their access to the labour market, including by providing more incentives to promote women’s entrepreneurship;
- strengthen networks focusing on women’s entrepreneurship on European level to boost innovation and cooperation between national, EU and international networks;
- implement programmes to encourage creativity in innovation, ensure entrepreneurship in the labour market and ensure that women can bring added value to society;
- highlight prominent women entrepreneurs and investors as role models by launching a Europe-wide campaign raising awareness about the potential of entrepreneurship targeting predominantly women.
For their part, Member States are invited to introduce business-friendly reforms to encourage equality and female entrepreneurship.
While welcoming public and private women’s entrepreneurship programmes in the Member States that include aspects of networking, mentoring, training, coaching and consultancy services and professional advice on legal and fiscal matters, Members called on the Commission and Member States to analyse the impact of women’s entrepreneurship programmes and share best practices to strengthen and increase the share of women entrepreneurs and self-employed within the EU.
The resolution called for greater women-focused promotion of and awareness-raising about STEM subjects, digital education and financial literacy in order to combat prevailing stereotypes in education, training, school curricula and career guidance.
Members regretted the fact that women are under-represented in leadership positions and highlighted the need to promote equality between men and women at all levels of decision-making in business and management and called for the development of a strategy with Member States to ensure the meaningful representation of all women from diverse backgrounds in decision-making roles and with specific actions and policies to promote their economic empowerment.
Parliament called on the Member States and the Commission to facilitate simplified access to finance for female entrepreneurs and self-employed workers, including non-conventional forms of finance such as equity loans. It suggested using the existing European Structural Funds to target and promote female entrepreneurs and self-employed women. It also highlighted the important role of micro-credit in improving women's financial inclusion.
The Commission is urged to establish a European network of gender-conscious investors to provide women-led companies with relevant connections, networks and funding opportunities.
Members also stressed the need for awareness-raising and information campaigns on current and future EU funding possibilities for women entrepreneurs to provide tailored support to women business owners and women entrepreneurs and increase the visibility of women leaders so they can provide stronger role models and break current stereotypes. In this regard, the Commission is urged to establish a women’s entrepreneurship action plan .
Better framework for women entrepreneurs
Members emphasised the need to remove administrative barriers to starting a business to make becoming an entrepreneur or self-employed more attractive to women, including also immigrant women. They called on Member States to consider developing standardised administrative packages for entrepreneurs to follow in the early stages of starting a business. There is a need for guidance and simplified forms, procedures and processes to help self-employed women entrepreneurs navigate the regulatory landscape.
Member States should also consider enhanced tax incentives or flexible tax structures to improve framework conditions for entrepreneurship and self-employment.
Recognising that female entrepreneurship and self-employment provide the flexibility to achieve a better work-life balance, the resolution called on the Commission and Member States to ensure a better work-life balance through better maternity, paternity, parental and carer’s leave, flexible working hours and on-site childcare facilities, and by promoting telework .
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2022/05/02
EP - Debate in Parliament
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2022/04/07
EP - Committee report tabled for plenary
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The Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality adopted an own-initiative report by Pernille WEISS (EPP, DK) on reaching women’s economic independence through entrepreneurship and self-employment.
Entrepreneurship and self-employment play an important role in creating jobs, innovation and growth to strengthen EU’s competitiveness. Unfortunately, women remain substantially under-represented as entrepreneurs. They constitute 52 % of the total European population, but only 34.4 % of the EU self-employed and 30 % of start-up entrepreneurs. Moreover, less than 8 % of top companies’ CEOs are women.
Women’s economic independence and empowerment is central to realising women’s rights and gender equality and includes the ability to participate equally in labour markets, access to and control over productive resources and meaningful participation in economic decision-making at all levels. Women entrepreneurs and self-employed women are an under-utilised source of sustainable economic growth, job creation and innovation potential.
Promoting entrepreneurship
The report underlined that women’s entrepreneurship contributes to increasing women’s economic independence and their empowerment, which is an essential precondition for reaching gender-equal societies and should be encouraged and promoted across the EU. In this regard, the Commission is called on to:
- step up its efforts to increase the employment rate of women in Europe and facilitate their access to the labour market, including by providing more incentives to promote women’s entrepreneurship;
- strengthen networks focusing on women’s entrepreneurship on European level to boost innovation and cooperation between national, EU and international networks;
- highlight prominent women entrepreneurs and investors as role models by launching a Europe-wide campaign raising awareness about the potential of entrepreneurship targeting predominantly women;
While welcoming public and private women’s entrepreneurship programmes in the Member States that include aspects of networking, mentoring, training, coaching and consultancy services and professional advice on legal and fiscal matters, Members called on the Commission and Member States to share best practices to strengthen and increase the share of women entrepreneurs and self-employed within the EU.
The report called for greater women-focused promotion of and awareness-raising about STEM subjects, digital education and financial literacy in order to combat prevailing stereotypes in education, training, school curricula and career guidance.
Members regretted the fact that women are under-represented in leadership positions and highlighted the need to promote equality between men and women at all levels of decision-making in business and management and called for the development of a strategy with Member States to ensure the meaningful representation of all women from diverse backgrounds in decision-making roles and with specific actions and policies to promote their economic empowerment.
Access to capital
Noting that women entrepreneurs are more likely to use alternative sources such as crowd lending and funding platforms, the report called on Member States and the Commission to boost awareness and facilitate easier access to finance for women entrepreneurs and self-employed including alternative forms of financing. The important role of microcredits in improving women’s financial inclusion by overcoming market and social barriers in the financial markets is underlined in the report.
Member States and regional and local authorities are encouraged to make use of the current European Structural Funds to target and promote women entrepreneurs and self-employed women. In addition, the Commission is urged to establish a European network of gender-conscious investors to provide women-led companies with relevant connections, networks and funding opportunities.
The report also stressed the need for awareness-raising and information campaigns on current and future EU funding possibilities for women entrepreneurs to provide tailored support to women business owners and women entrepreneurs and increase the visibility of women leaders so they can provide stronger role models and break current stereotypes. In this regard, the Commission is urged to establish a women’s entrepreneurship action plan .
Better framework for women entrepreneurs
Members emphasised the need to remove administrative barriers to starting a business to make becoming an entrepreneur or self-employed more attractive to women, including also immigrant women. They called on Member States to consider developing standardised administrative packages for entrepreneurs to follow in the early stages of starting a business. There is a need for guidance and simplified forms, procedures and processes to help self-employed women entrepreneurs navigate the regulatory landscape.
Member States should also consider enhanced tax incentives or flexible tax structures to improve framework conditions for entrepreneurship and self-employment.
Recognising that female entrepreneurship and self-employment provide the flexibility to achieve a better work-life balance, the report called on the Commission and Member States to ensure a better work-life balance through better maternity, paternity, parental and carer’s leave, flexible working hours and on-site childcare facilities, and by promoting telework .
Documents
2022/03/22
EP - Vote in committee
2022/03/14
EP - Amendments tabled in committee
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2021/12/07
EP - Amendments tabled in committee
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2021/11/10
EP - Committee draft report
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2021/07/08
EP - Committee referral announced in Parliament
2021/04/19
EP - WEISS Pernille (EPP) appointed as rapporteur in FEMM
Documents
- Decision by Parliament: T9-0139/2022
- Debate in Parliament: Debate in Parliament
- Committee report tabled for plenary: A9-0096/2022
- Amendments tabled in committee: PE729.886
- Amendments tabled in committee: PE702.913
- Committee draft report: PE699.289
- Committee draft report: PE699.289
- Amendments tabled in committee: PE702.913
- Amendments tabled in committee: PE729.886
Activities
- Roberts ZĪLE
- Clara AGUILERA
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Lefteris CHRISTOFOROU
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Stanislav POLČÁK
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Billy KELLEHER
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Andżelika Anna MOŻDŻANOWSKA
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Pernille WEISS
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Jessica STEGRUD
Plenary Speeches (1)
Votes
Parvenir à l'indépendance économique des femmes par l'entrepreneuriat et l'emploi indépendant - Reaching women's economic independence through entrepreneurship and self-employment - Förderung der wirtschaftlichen Unabhängigkeit von Frauen durch Unternehmertum und Selbstständigkeit - A9-0096/2022 - Pernille Weiss - Proposition de résolution (ensemble du texte) #
2022/05/03 Outcome: +: 542, 0: 52, -: 43
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NI| Amendments | Dossier |
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2021/2080(INI)
2021/12/08
FEMM
195 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 2 — having regard to Article 2
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 1 b (new) — having regard to the study entitled `Enhancing Women’s Economic Empowerment through Entrepreneurship and Business Leadership in OECD Countries´ published by the OECD Directorate for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs in 2014,
Amendment 100 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Welcomes Commission initiatives such as Women TechEU and the European Innovation Council Women Leadership Programme and the creation of various European networks for female entrepreneurs; urges the Commission and the Member States to promote such initiatives more actively by focusing on the EU growth potential and to support the achievements of women entrepreneurs;
Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 a (new) 1 a. Stresses the importance of broadening the horizon of women entrepreneurship to include more sectors than STEM and IT and to promote various forms of entrepreneurship; Calls on the Commission and Member States to implement measures to improve the diversification of entrepreneurship and to allocate specific resources to promote social and collective forms of women entrepreneurship;
Amendment 102 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 Amendment 103 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to include public-private partnerships in their initiatives because private companies can play a valuable role as advisors and impart relevant and specialised skills to women entrepreneurs;
Amendment 104 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 a (new) Amendment 105 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Highlights the necessity and importance of recognising and promoting women entrepreneurs and investors as role models; notes, in this regard, the EU Prize for Women Innovators 2021 and the European Network of Female Entrepreneurship Ambassadors, which encourages women to consider entrepreneurship as a career; calls on the European Commission to highlight prominent female entrepreneurs and investors as role models by launching a Europe-wide campaign raising awareness about the potential of entrepreneurship targeting predominantly women and conducting case studies of women entrepreneurs;
Amendment 106 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Highlights the necessity and importance of recognising and promoting women entrepreneurs as role models and to ensure that these role models represent women in all their diversity; notes, in this regard, the European Network of Female Entrepreneurship Ambassadors, which encourages women to consider entrepreneurship as a career;
Amendment 107 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Highlights the necessity and importance of recognising and promoting women entrepreneurs as role models; notes, in this regard, the European Network of Female Entrepreneurship Ambassadors and/or any relevant national or local organisation, which encourages women, who so wish, to consider entrepreneurship as a career;
Amendment 108 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Highlights the necessity and
Amendment 109 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 a (new) 3 a. Urges the Commission to continue working with the Member States to urgently break the deadlock in the Council and adopt the proposed Directive on ‘Women on Boards’;
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 1 c (new) — having regard to the study entitled `International Survey of Adult Financial Literacy´ published by the OECD in 2020,
Amendment 110 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 b (new) 3 b. Calls on the Commission to develop an strategy with Member states to ensure the meaningful representation of all women from diverse backgrounds in decision-making roles and with specific actions and policies to promote their economic empowerment; Calls to ensure that all measures for women entrepreneurship include an intersectional perspective to ensure that all women receive the relevant help and support and that no woman is left behind;
Amendment 111 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Welcomes the fact that it is possible to step up specific training in entrepreneurship, and that it is also possible to obtain a university degree in the subject;
Amendment 112 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Welcomes public and private women entrepreneurship programmes in the Member States that include elements of networking, mentoring and training to support and advise women entrepreneurs; notes that publicly available reports and testimonials in seven Member States suggest the positive impact of these programmes;
Amendment 113 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Welcomes public and private women entrepreneurship programmes in the Member States that include elements of networking, mentoring and training to support and advise women entrepreneurs and promote their economic independence; notes that publicly available reports and testimonials in seven Member States suggest the positive impact of these programmes; urges the Commission
Amendment 114 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Welcomes public and private women entrepreneurship programmes in the Member States that include elements of
Amendment 115 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Welcomes public and private women entrepreneurship programmes in the Member States that include elements of networking, mentoring and training to support and advise women entrepreneurs; notes that publicly available reports and testimonials in seven Member States suggest the positive impact of these programmes; urges the Commission to collect data from all Member States and analyse the impact of
Amendment 116 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 a (new) 4 a. Calls on the Member States to promote a well-developed training strategy to provide different levels of training, from awareness raising and information to specialised and advanced training and recognise the various opportunities and constraints of the specific business environment and the wide range of characteristics and needs of women entrepreneurs with specific attention to work–life balance;
Amendment 117 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 a (new) 4 a. Encourages the European Commission to strengthen various networks focusing on female entrepreneurship on European level to boost innovation and cooperation between national, EU and international networks; notes that further cooperation can strengthen the internal market of the European Union;
Amendment 118 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Calls the Commission to make up- to-date and comparable statistics available for the purpose of analysing the economic significance of entrepreneurs and self- employed, and the various categories within entrepreneurship and self-employed with respect to industry and gender to identify the share of women entrepreneurs and self-employed; highlights however the importance of equality before the law and that a gender distribution of 50:50 is not necessary, since individuals are unequal. Every individual who wants to pursue entrepreneurial activity should be encouraged to take this step, since the running of a business, creates jobs and incomes and thus added value for business and the entire society;
Amendment 119 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Calls the Commission to make specific, up-
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 1 d (new) — having regard to Chapter 2 of the study entitled `The Missing Entrepreneurs 2019: Policies for Inclusive Entrepreneurship´ published by the OECD in December 2019,
Amendment 120 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Calls the Commission and the EIGE to make up-
Amendment 121 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Calls, in particular, for greater women-focused promotion of STEM subjects, digital education and financial literacy in order to combat prevailing stereotypes and ensure that more women enter these sectors and contribute to their development; highlights the importance of promoting education and careers in finance to women to support the development of a reliable network of
Amendment 122 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Calls
Amendment 123 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Calls, in particular, for greater women-focused promotion of STEM subjects, digital education and financial literacy in order to combat prevailing
Amendment 124 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Calls, in particular, for
Amendment 125 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Calls, in particular, for greater women-focused promotion of STEM subjects, digital education and financial literacy in order to
Amendment 126 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Calls, in particular, for greater women-focused promotion of STEM subjects, digital education and financial literacy in order to
Amendment 127 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 a (new) 6 a. Highlights the necessity to provide more and better information about entrepreneurship as an attractive career option, both for young women in school and for women outside the labour force who are considering starting or getting back into work; emphasises the necessity to promote policies for female-owned enterprises to include instruments for stimulating high-growth firms as well as growth and development in medium-sized and larger businesses;
Amendment 128 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 a (new) 6 a. Encourages Member States and regional and local authorities to invest in reskilling and upskilling programmes targeted at self-employed women and female entrepreneurs with a specific focus on financial literacy re-skilling;
Amendment 129 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 a (new) 6 a. Calls for the need to recognize the entrepreneurial potential of women in all sectors and education fields including the female-dominated as for example in healthcare and teaching;
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 18 a (new) — having regard to the European Institute for Gender Equality’s (EIGE) Gender Equality Index,
Amendment 130 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 b (new) 6 b. Highlights the need to provide further training and retraining opportunities to employees and those moving from employment to self- employment; calls on the Commission to promote lifelong learning for all; highlights that the entrepreneurial dimension shall also be recognized in all youth programmes on the European level;
Amendment 131 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 b (new) 6 b. Calls on Member States and the Commission to further increase awareness of support policies among women entrepreneurs and to decrease bureaucratic difficulty in accessing programs aimed at fostering entrepreneurship;
Amendment 132 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 c (new) 6 c. Highlights the need for one stop shops who offer e.g. courses and training within a wide range of disciplines e.g. accounting and marketing to entrepreneurs with both a little or no experience or qualifications; notes this initiative can encourage more women to become entrepreneurs;
Amendment 133 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Welcomes the fact that efforts are being made to promote support from experts and consultants who can build up entrepreneurs’ confidence and help them at all stages of the process, taking account of all the aspects involved in entrepreneurship, including issues relating to legislation, tax, administration, economics, and accounting, as well as legal, formal, labour and recruitment issues, and so on;
Amendment 134 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 b (new) 6b. Calls on the Commission to establish programmes that foster creativity in innovation, to ensure that entrepreneurship can cope with the high level of volatility in the labour market, and to ensure that women can bring added value to society in pursuit of the common good;
Amendment 135 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 c (new) 6c. Calls on the Commission to ensure that entrepreneurship programmes are not affected by a biased, ideological approach that stifles the desire to do business and makes it less likely that the future will be an innovative one in which women will be able to make full use of their talents;
Amendment 136 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 d (new) 6d. Calls on the Commission to promote entrepreneurship support programmes for older people, especially women, who have been left out of the labour market on the grounds of age;
Amendment 137 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7.
Amendment 138 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Emphasises the need to recognise women entrepreneurship and self- employment as
Amendment 139 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 a (new) 7 a. Encourages Member States and regional and local authorities to make use of the existing European Structural Funds to target and promote female entrepreneurs and self-employed women;
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 18 b (new) — having regard to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs),
Amendment 140 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Calls on Member States and the Commission to
Amendment 141 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Calls on Member States and the Commission to boost awareness and to facilitate easier access to f
Amendment 142 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Calls on Member States and the Commission to increase financing opportunities, create dedicated funds, and seek innovate ways to support and facilitate access to funds for women entrepreneurs and self-
Amendment 143 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Calls on Member States
Amendment 144 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Calls on Member States and the Commission to facilitate access to funds for women entrepreneurs and self-
Amendment 145 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Calls on Member States and the Commission to facilitate access to funds for women entrepreneurs and self- employed women; urges the Commission to establish a European network of
Amendment 146 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 a (new) 8 a. urges the Commission to facilitate pan-European networking of female entrepreneurs and to support their cooperation;
Amendment 147 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 b (new) 8 b. urges the Commission to establish, with adequate funding, a Female Entrepreneurship Action Plan as a part of Small Business Act and as a part of it, a pan-European entrepreneurship, innovation and investment event gathering scientists, entrepreneurs, start- ups and above all, private equity investors, to accelerate new female business opportunities;
Amendment 148 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9.
Amendment 149 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Welcomes the efforts by the dedicated private investment funds that incorporate
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 18 a (new) — having regard to Article 6 of the United Nations Convention on the rights of persons with disabilities,
Amendment 150 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 Amendment 151 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Welcomes public and private funds that implement diversity policies; notes, in this regard, the diversity commitment initiative, which is the first initiative in the world where private funds have committed to measuring and tracking representation on gender and to reporting annually and in public on their findings; notes that diversity also includes diversity of opinions and political views; also, stresses that individual merit and performance should not be overlooked for the sake of filling quotas
Amendment 152 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Welcomes public and private funds that implement diversity policies; notes, in this regard, the diversity commitment initiative, which is the first initiative in the world where private funds have committed to measuring and tracking representation on gender and to reporting annually and in public on their findings; Suggests that these diversity commitments become mandatory for all funds;
Amendment 153 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Welcomes public and private funds that implement
Amendment 154 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 a (new) 10 a. Calls on the Member States to support women entrepreneurs with microcredits in order to improve financial inclusion by overcoming market and social barriers in the financial market for disadvantaged groups; notes that the advantage of microfinance offers the possibility for the entrepreneurs to have strong incentives for creating a sustainable business since they must repay the loan and this instrument is designed specifically for the needs of people who experience difficulties in obtaining access to conventional credit;
Amendment 155 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 Amendment 156 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 Amendment 157 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Calls on the Commission and Member States to systematically track and monitor gender-disaggregated data across the whole Union to ensure high-quality data on EU and national funding programmes; highlights that this could serve as a basis for more informed policy decisions in the future
Amendment 158 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Calls on the Commission and Member States to systematically track and monitor gender-disaggregated data across the whole Union to ensure high-quality data on EU and national funding programmes; highlights that this could serve as a basis for more informed policy decisions in the future; notes that a women’s entrepreneurial dimension has to be recognized in the formation of business- and SME-related policies to ensure an adequate policy framework that supports more female entrepreneurship and innovation by diversity;
Amendment 159 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Calls on the Commission and Member States to systematically track and monitor gender-disaggregated data across the whole Union to ensure high-quality data on EU and national funding programmes; Reminds as well the importance to collect equality data in order to have information on intersecting experiences of discrimination and highlights that this could serve as a basis for more informed policy decisions in the future;
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 18 Amendment 160 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Calls on the Commission and Member States to systematically track and monitor gender-disaggregated data across the whole Union to ensure high-quality data on EU and national funding programmes; highlights that this could
Amendment 161 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Calls on the Commission and Member States to systematically track and monitor gender-disaggregated data, including disability as an indicator, across the whole Union to ensure high-quality data on EU and national funding programmes; highlights that this could serve as a basis for more informed policy decisions in the future;
Amendment 162 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Calls on the Commission and Member States to systematically track and monitor
Amendment 163 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 a (new) 11a. Calls on the Commission to clearly define the concept of female entrepreneurship with a view to simplifying access to finance and other forms of support by removing bureaucratic hurdles, hence ensuring equality between men and women when it comes to the accessing of capital by self- employed workers and SMEs.
Amendment 164 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 a (new) 11a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States not to make the financing of women’s business ventures conditional upon being consistent with ideological criteria;
Amendment 166 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 a (new) 11 a. Calls on Member States to implement the 2019 Council recommendation on ensuring effective access to social protection systems and entitlements, including pension and leaves for all self-employed workers and to implement all the principles set out in the European Pillar of Social Right as a way to ensure non-discrimination and foster gender equality;
Amendment 167 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 b (new) 11 b. Calls on Member States and the Commission for the introduction of gender mainstreaming at all stages of the design process of support measures for women entrepreneurs and to consult with a diverse group of potential and current women entrepreneurs in order to ensure they are aligned and match their expectations and needs;
Amendment 168 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Emphasises the need to remove administrative barriers to starting a business in order to make becoming an entrepreneur or self-employed more attractive to women;
Amendment 169 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Emphasises the need to remove administrative barriers to starting a business in order to make becoming an entrepreneur or self-employed more attractive to women; calls on Member States to consider developing standardised administrative packages for entrepreneurs to follow in the early stages of starting a business; believes that this will ease the administrative burden in interactions with
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution Recital -A (new) -A. Whereas gender equality is a fundamental value and key objective of the EU and a basic precondition for the full enjoyment of human rights by women and girls that is essential for their empowerment, the development of their full potential and the achievement of a sustainable and inclusive society; whereas the discrimination faced by women associated with gender, stereotypes and inequalities, combined with intersectional discrimination, has a plethora of harmful social and economic consequences;
Amendment 170 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Emphasises the need to remove administrative barriers to starting a business in order to make becoming an entrepreneur or self-employed more attractive to women who so wish; calls on Member States to, if possible and beneficial in the long term, consider developing standardised administrative packages for entrepreneurs to follow in the early stages of starting a business; believes that this will ease the administrative burden in interactions with local authorities such as tax authorities, municipalities, etc.;
Amendment 171 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Emphasises the need to remove administrative barriers to starting a business in order to make becoming an entrepreneur or self-employed more attractive to women and also immigrant women; calls on Member States to consider developing standardised
Amendment 172 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Emphasises the need to remove administrative barriers to starting a business in order to make becoming an entrepreneur or self-employed more attractive to women and men; calls on Member States to consider developing standardised administrative packages for entrepreneurs to follow in the early stages of starting a business; believes that this will ease the administrative burden in interactions with local authorities such as tax authorities, municipalities, etc.;
Amendment 173 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 a (new) 12 a. Highlights the need to develop Europe’s innovation ecosystem to empower more women to create sustainable and profitable businesses and innovation to strengthen EU competitiveness, economic growth and job creation;
Amendment 174 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 a (new) 12 a. Calls on the European Commission to implement the measures laid out in its Better Regulation Communication as well as in its SME Strategy without delay.
Amendment 175 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 b (new) 12 b. Emphasises the need of guidance, simplified forms, procedures and processes to help self-employed female entrepreneurs navigate in the regulatory landscape for example in order to export; notes that microbusinesses and SME’s in particular already struggle with the resources to navigate and manage compliance obligations across Member States; encourages the Commission and Member States to evaluate and where necessary improve the guidance and administration;
Amendment 176 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 c (new) 12 c. Welcomes the Commission’s better regulation agenda; believes that the Commission’s willingness to implement the ‘one in, one out’ approach is an important step towards minimizing administrative burdens on businesses, including start-ups and SMEs, making it more attractive for women to become entrepreneur or self-employed;
Amendment 177 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 d (new) 12 d. Calls on Member States to consider enhanced tax incentives or flexible tax structures to improve framework conditions for entrepreneurship and self-employment; points as an example to the taxation of entrepreneurs in their early stage, taxing of only revenue or delaying tax payments in order to secure capital can make it more attractive for women to become entrepreneur or self-employed;
Amendment 178 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 a (new) 12a. Calls on Member States to put in place the policies necessary for women to return to employment, in particular through entrepreneurship, who have opted to put their careers on hold in order to bring up their children, and want to go back to work, by providing them with the requisite training and support and by facilitating financial and logistical backing for the transition from the role of stay-at-home mother to self-employed person;
Amendment 179 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Highlights the importance of work- life balance for women entrepreneurs and self-employed; calls on
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution Recital -A a (new) -A a. whereas female entrepreneurship leads to emancipation and empowerment of women, whereas women’s economic empowerment includes the ability to participate equally in existing markets, access to and control over productive resources, control over their own time, lives and bodies, self-fulfilment, and meaningful participation in economic decision-making at all levels; whereas women’s economic empowerment is central to realising women’s rights and gender equality;
Amendment 180 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Highlights the importance of work- life balance for women entrepreneurs and self-employed; calls on Member States to support social frameworks, such as flexible childcare, that are essential to encouraging more women to take part in entrepreneurship; Stresses the importance to achieve equal share of domestic and care responsibilities between genders and calls for equal fully paid and non- transferable maternity, paternity and parental leave between parents; welcomes actions already taken by some Member States on this matter
Amendment 181 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Highlights the importance of work- life balance for women entrepreneurs and self-employed; calls on Member States to support social frameworks, such as flexible childcare and opportunities for parental leave, that are essential to encouraging and enabling more women to take part in entrepreneurship; emphasises that further enabling and improving women’s possibilities to enter into entrepreneurship can play a vital role in closing the gender pay gap for Member States; welcomes actions already taken by Member States on this matter; recognises national differences in social policy and respect for subsidiarity;
Amendment 182 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Highlights the importance of work- life balance for women entrepreneurs and self-employed; recognises that female entrepreneurship and self-employment provides the flexibility to achieve a better work-life balance; calls on the Member States
Amendment 183 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Highlights the importance of work- life balance for women entrepreneurs and self-employed; calls on Member States to support social frameworks, such as flexible childcare, that are essential to encouraging more women to take part in entrepreneurship; welcomes actions already taken by Member States on this matter; recognises national differences in social policy and respect for subsidiarity and reminds of the fact that it is in the self-interest of member states to promote family-friendly working models;
Amendment 184 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Highlights the importance of work- life balance, care economy and good quality and affordable social services as a prerequisite for women entrepreneurs and self-employed; calls on Member States to
Amendment 185 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Highlights the importance of work- life balance for women entrepreneurs and self-employed; calls on Member States to support social frameworks, such as flexible childcare, that are essential to encouraging mo
Amendment 186 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Highlights the importance of work- life balance for women entrepreneurs and
Amendment 187 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Highlights the importance of work- life balance for women entrepreneurs and self-employed; calls on the Commission to provide for the implementation of instruments and policies to safeguard maternity and prevent this from being an obstacle to participation by women in business activities; calls on Member States to support social frameworks, such as flexible childcare, that are essential to encouraging more women to take part in entrepreneurship; welcomes actions already taken by Member States on this matter; recognises national differences in social policy and respect for subsidiarity;
Amendment 188 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Highlights the importance of work- life balance for women entrepreneurs and self-employed; calls on Member States to support social frameworks, such as flexible childcare, that are essential to encouraging more women to take part in entrepreneurship;
Amendment 189 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 a (new) 13 a. Encourages Member States, on the basis of a pooling of best practices, to introduce, for the benefit of both women and men, ‘care credits’ to offset breaks from employment taken in order to provide informal care to family members and periods of formal care leave, such as maternity, paternity and parental leave, and to count these credits towards pension entitlements fairly;
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution Recital -A b (new) -A b. whereas increasing women’s and girls’ educational attainment contributes to women’s economic empowerment and more inclusive economic growth, whereas education, upskilling and re-skilling over the life course, especially to keep pace with rapid technological and digital transformations, are critical for women’s and girls’ health and wellbeing, as well as for increasing their professional opportunities;
Amendment 190 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 a (new) 13 a. Highlights that working hours and working patterns in rural areas differ considerably from those in urban areas; calls on the Member States and on regional and local authorities to offer childcare that is adapted to the specific needs of women in rural areas;
Amendment 191 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 b (new) 13 b. Is concerned that the Court of Auditors, in its Special report No10/21 on gender mainstreaming in the EU budget, found that the Commission has not adequately applied gender mainstreaming, made insufficient use of sex-disaggregated data and indicators; calls on the Commission to implement gender-responsive budgeting to ensure women and men benefit equally from public spending including within Next Generation EU and within all the economic recovery measures;
Amendment 192 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 b (new) 13 b. Urges the Member States to fully transpose and implement the Work-Life Balance Directive and calls on the Commission to monitor it effectively;
Amendment 193 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 c (new) 13 c. Regrets that women bear a disproportionately heavier load than men in balancing work and family due to, amongst others, the unequal sharing of the burden of childcare and housekeeping responsibilities; recognises the importance of parental leave in achieving the work-life balance necessary for women to engage in entrepreneurship and self-employment; calls on the Commission and on the Member States to guarantee a better work-life balance through better maternity and paternity leaves, flexible working hours, on-site childcare facilities and by promoting telework;
Amendment 194 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 c (new) 13 c. Welcomes the Commission’s proposal for a Pay Transparency Directive, but highlights that its scope should be extended to include all workers; Calls on the Commission to step up its efforts to increase the employment rate of women in Europe and facilitate their access to the labour market, including by providing more incentives to promote female entrepreneurship; Calls on the Council to finally unblock the "Women on Boards" directive to enhance more gender balance in economic decision making.
Amendment 195 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 d (new) 13 d. Regrets the fact that women are under-represented in leadership positions, and highlights the urgent need to promote equality between men and women at all levels of decision-making in business and management; recognises the importance of establishing temporary binding quotas for women on boards and other decision- making bodies; calls on the Council to unblock the Women in Boards Directive;
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 3 Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution Recital -A c (new) -A c. whereas women’s economic empowerment boosts productivity, increases economic diversification and income equality; whereas studies and statistics show that companies greatly benefit from increasing employment and leadership opportunities for women;
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas female entrepreneurs and self-employed are an under-utilised source of economic growth and job creation; whereas supporting this group can strengthen EU competitiveness; highlights the fact that it is ultimately all entrepreneurial activity that creates jobs and incomes and thus added value for business and society and should be promoted by member states;
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas female entrepreneurs and self-employed are an under-utilised source of economic growth and job creation; whereas studies show that women often have a different management and leadership style than men and that gender diversity in teams is beneficial for all in society and economy whereas supporting this group can strengthen EU competitiveness;
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas female entrepreneurs and self-employed are an under-utilised source of economic growth and job creation; whereas s
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas women are the largest untapped entrepreneurial and leadership potential in Europe; whereas female entrepreneurs and self-employed are an under-utilised source of economic growth
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas female entrepreneurs and self-employed par
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A a (new) A a. whereas women are disproportionately affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly women working in precarious employment, feminised sectors and the informal economy; whereas these impacts range from a worrying increase in gender-based violence and harassment, unpaid and unequal care and domestic responsibilities, through restricted access to sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR), to significant economic and employment impacts for women;
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A a (new) A a. whereas entrepreneurship is a potential way for immigrant women to integrate into the society, enter the workforce and gain in societal appreciation in their countries of destination;
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B B. whereas the relative scarcity of women entrepreneurs should be considered an untapped source for innovation and development, especially in the context of Europe’s green and digital transformations and its economic recovery following the COVID-19 crisis; whereas the European economy has the potential to benefit from a growth in GDP of EUR 16 billion by encouraging more women to enter the digital jobs market, whereas improving gender equality and empowering female entrepreneurship are key to accelerating and fortifying European recovery;
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 5 a (new) — having regard to its resolution of 19 January 2016 on external factors that represent hurdles to European female entrepreneurship,
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B B. whereas the relative scarcity of women entrepreneurs
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B a (new) Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C C. whereas women only constitute 34.4 % of the self-employed in the EU and 30 % of its start-up entrepreneurs; whereas even though self-employed women are in the minority among self-employed workers, they are more likely to fall into poverty; whereas the lack of social provisions for self-employed workers is especially problematic for women as the lack of access to adequate pension rights, sick pay, paid maternity/parental leave aggravates the gender pay and pension gap for self-employed women;
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C C. whereas women only constitute 34.4 % of the self-employed in the EU and 30 % of its start-up entrepreneurs;
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C C. whereas women
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C C. whereas women
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D D. whereas women face more
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D D. whereas women face more difficulties in pursuing entrepreneurship than men; whereas barriers include a lack of specific training, a lower level of self- confidence, less access to social and business networks and difficulties in reconciling work and family life; therefore encourages women not to internalise the narrative that female entrepreneurs are not taken seriously due to their gender, but instead to take respect and equality in the work environment for granted;
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D D. whereas women face more
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D D. whereas some women may face more difficulties in pursuing entrepreneurship than men; whereas barriers include a lack of specific training, a lower level of self-
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 6 Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D D. whereas women face more difficulties in pursuing entrepreneurship than men; whereas barriers include a lack of specific training, a lower level of self- confidence, less access to social and business networks and difficulties in reconciling work and family life and an increase in unpaid care work;
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D D. whereas women face more difficulties in pursuing entrepreneurship than men; whereas barriers include a lack of specific training, a lower level of self- confidence, less access
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D D. whereas it may be the case that women face more difficulties in pursuing entrepreneurship than men; whereas barriers include a lack of specific training, a lower level of self-
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D D. whereas women face more difficulties in pursuing entrepreneurship than men; whereas barriers include a lack of specific training, a lower level of self- confidence, less access to social and business networks and difficulties in reconciling work and family life as a result of governmental policies that provide insufficient support for families;
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D a (new) D a. whereas harmful structures and stereotypes perpetuate inequality; whereas traditional gender roles and stereotypes still influence the division of labour at home, in education, at the workplace and in society; whereas unpaid care and domestic work is mostly carried out by women, impacting employment and career progression and contributing to the gender pay and pension gap; whereas work-life balance measures, such as the Work-Life Balance Directive, need to be urgently and properly transposed by the Member States and complemented by further measures in order to involve more men in unpaid work,
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D a (new) D a. whereas women facing intersectional discrimination due to their racial, ethnic or economic background, origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender expression and identity impacts the way women experience challenges, including in pursuing entrepreneurship and becoming self-employed;
Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D a (new) Da. whereas, since there is no unambiguous official definition, at EU level, of female entrepreneurship, many businesses run by women are at a disadvantage when it comes to accessing bonuses, incentives and tax relief, or are even unable to do so, thus losing out on attractive funding opportunities;
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E E. whereas promoting women entrepreneurs as role models can be useful in encouraging women to consider entrepreneurship as a career; whereas it is important that these role models show women in all their diversity and appeal to women from diverse backgrounds and intersecting identities;
Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E E. whereas to access to networks, mentoring and promoting women entrepreneurs as role models
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E a (new) E a. whereas some private companies have included actions such as mentoring, networking and support to increase women's access to finance and technology to support women's entrepreneurship as part of their corporate social responsibility (CSR) strategies;
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 18 b (new) — having regard to the Commission communication of 3 March 2021 entitled ‘Union of Equality: Strategy for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 2021- 2030’ (COM(2021)0101),
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F F. whereas statistics show that
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F F. whereas statistics show that female entrepreneurs have more difficulties than men in raising finance and capital; whereas women-led companies still account for a very small portion of investment recipients; whereas all-male founding teams received 93 % of all capital invested in European tech in 20188 ; whereas women’s innovations are less often identified and acknowledged as innovations and promising ideas; _________________ 8 Skonieczna, A. and Castellano, L.,
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F F. whereas statistics are interpreted as a way to show that female entrepreneurs would have more difficulties than men in raising finance; whereas women-led companies
Amendment 53 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F F. whereas there are statistics that show that female entrepreneurs have more difficulties than men in raising finance; whereas women-led companies still account for a very small portion of investment recipients; whereas all-male founding teams received 93 % of all capital invested in European tech in 20188; _________________ 8 Skonieczna, A. and Castellano, L.,
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G G. whereas d
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G G. whereas
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution Recital H H. whereas only 10 % of business angels in Europe are women9 and only 10 % of all senior positions in private equity and venture capital firms globally10 are occupied by women; whereas several studies show that investment managers tend to provide capital to those who are similar to themselves
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution Recital H H. whereas only 10 % of business angels in Europe are women9 and women are especially underrepresented among private equity investors on digitalization; only 10 % all senior positions in private equity and venture capital firms globally10 are occupied by women; whereas several studies show that investment managers tend to provide capital to those who are similar to themselves; whereas developing the ecosystem is key to improving funding conditions sustainably for women-led companies and creating a reliable network of female investors; _________________ 10 International Finance Corporation,
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution Recital H H. whereas only 10 % of business angels in Europe are women9 and only 10 % all senior positions in private equity and venture capital firms globally10 are occupied by women; whereas several studies show that investment managers tend to provide capital
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution Recital H H. whereas only 10 % of business angels in Europe are women9 and only 10 % all senior positions in private equity and venture capital firms globally10 are occupied by women; whereas
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 11 Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution Recital H H. whereas
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution Recital H a (new) H a. whereas venture capital firms with women partners are twice to three times more likely to invest in female-led businesses following the classic theories of in-group favouritism in employment11a; _________________ 11a Women in VC, Experior Venture Fund and Unvconventional, 2021. Funding in the CEE Region Through the Lens of Gender Diversity and Positive Impact. Online.
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution Recital H a (new) H a. whereas equality enables freedom, when it perceives people in their individuality, not only as representatives of a collective.
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution Recital H b (new) Amendment 64 #
Motion for a resolution Recital H c (new) H c. whereas one of the main causes for the persistent funding gap for women- driven enterprises in the EU is that women are less likely than men to seek external funding such as bank loans, venture capital or funding from state programmes, and instead resort to self- funding through personal savings or funding from family members13a; _________________ 13a OECD, 2021. The Missing Entrepreneurs - Policies for Inclusive Entrepreneurship. Paris: OECD Publishing.
Amendment 65 #
Motion for a resolution Recital I I. whereas six Member States have created 11 private funds to fill the gap in funding for female entrepreneurs and these funds use gender considerations in their investment criteria; whereas some of these funds have received national or EU support, which shows the important role of public policies in promoting entrepreneurship11
Amendment 66 #
Motion for a resolution Recital I I. whereas six Member States have created 11 private funds to fill the gap in funding for
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution Recital I I. whereas six Member States have created 11 private funds to fill the gap in funding for female entrepreneurs and these funds use
Amendment 68 #
Motion for a resolution Recital J J. whereas there are challenges in effectively measuring entrepreneurship in the EU; whereas this is due in part to the current lack of an unambiguous classification that allows companies run by women to be clearly identified;
Amendment 69 #
Motion for a resolution Recital J a (new) J a. whereas less than 8% of top companies’ CEOs are women;
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 12 Amendment 70 #
Motion for a resolution Recital K K. whereas 59 % of scientists and engineers in the EU in 2018 were men and only 41 % were women, representing a gap of 18 %12 ; whereas social norms, stereotypes, cultural discouragement and gendered expectations about career choices, which are often reinforced through educational content and curricula, are two of the main drivers of gender segregation in higher education and in the labour market; _________________ 12 Eurostat, 'Women in science and
Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution Recital K K. whereas 59 % of scientists and engineers in the EU in 2018 were men
Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution Recital K K. whereas 59 % of scientists and engineers in the EU in 2018 were men and
Amendment 73 #
Motion for a resolution Recital K a (new) K a. whereas women’s economic independence and empowerment is central to realizing women’s rights and gender equality; whereas promotion of economic independence requires boosting women entrepreneurship and self- employment but also the implementation of a set of policies that ensure: women’s equal participation in the labour markets; equal pay for equal work or work of equal value; women’s access to and control over productive resources; access to decent work; control over their own time, lives and bodies; equal sharing and recognition of domestic and care responsibilities; and increased voice, agency and meaningful participation in economic decision- making at all levels from company boards, banks, governments to international institutions;
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution Recital K a (new) Amendment 75 #
Motion for a resolution Recital K a (new) K a. whereas in 2020, there were more people who knew someone who stopped a business than knew someone who started one1b, which reminds of the importance to nurture a fertile ground for every kind of entrepreneurship, and to stay connected with other economies, to remain alert to new opportunities, and to safeguard the jobs of the future; _________________ 1b https://www.gemconsortium.org/reports/la test-global-report
Amendment 76 #
Motion for a resolution Recital K a (new) K a. whereas it is crucial that Europe has an equal amount of women and men as entrepreneurs to ensure diversification of contents and products; whereas a better and more equal mix of women and men as entrepreneurs improves the quality and diversity of innovations, products and services.
Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution Recital K a (new) K a. Whereas the gender pay gap in the EU stands at 14.1% and has only changed minimally over the last decade; whereas 24% of the gender pay gap is related to the overrepresentation of women in relatively low-paying sectors, such as care, health and education;
Amendment 78 #
Motion for a resolution Recital K a (new) K a. whereas in the 2014-2018 period the median annual income for full-time entrepreneurs was equal for men and women13a; _________________ 13a OECD, 2019. The Missing Entrepreneurs - Policies for Inclusive Entrepreneurship. Paris: OECD Publishing.
Amendment 79 #
Motion for a resolution Recital K b (new) K b. whereas from 2014 to 2018 only 34.5% of women in the EU and 37.7% of women in the OECD felt like they had the necessary skills and knowledge to start their own business; whereas women are nearly 10% more likely to report a fear of failure than men14a; _________________ 14a OECD, 2019. The Missing Entrepreneurs - Policies for Inclusive Entrepreneurship. Paris: OECD Publishing.
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 13 Amendment 80 #
Motion for a resolution Recital K c (new) Amendment 81 #
Motion for a resolution Recital K d (new) K d. whereas from 2014-2018 women across the OECD were twice as likely to start their own businesses than those in the EU15a; _________________ 15a OECD, 2019. The Missing Entrepreneurs - Policies for Inclusive Entrepreneurship. Paris: OECD Publishing.
Amendment 82 #
Motion for a resolution Recital K e (new) K e. whereas women in rural and disadvantaged regions are more likely to engage in entrepreneurship and self- employment than those in urban and economically prosperous regions;
Amendment 83 #
Motion for a resolution Recital K f (new) K f. whereas women considerably and consistently underperform in terms of financial literacy in comparison to men; whereas this gender-gap in financial literacy acts as a barrier for women when accessing funding and overall impedes them from participating confidently in economic and financial activities16a; _________________ 16a OECD, 2020. OECD/INFE 2020 International Survey of Adult Financial Literacy. Paris: OECD Publishing.
Amendment 84 #
Motion for a resolution Recital K g (new) K g. whereas between 2014 and 2018 female-led start-ups were as likely to offer new products and services than those led by men in the EU17a; _________________ 17a OECD, 2019. The Missing Entrepreneurs - Policies for Inclusive Entrepreneurship. Paris: OECD Publishing.
Amendment 85 #
Motion for a resolution Recital K h (new) Amendment 86 #
Motion for a resolution Recital K i (new) Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution Recital K a (new) Ka. whereas starting and running a business is becoming increasingly complex in Europe because the bureaucratic and legislative requirements and procedures are a disincentive or make it impossible to see projects through;
Amendment 88 #
Motion for a resolution Recital K a (new) Ka. whereas women with disabilities can find it more difficult to start their own businesses;
Amendment 89 #
Motion for a resolution Recital K b (new) Kb. whereas entrepreneurship requires knowledge and specific technical skills;
Amendment 9 #
— having regard to the study entitled `The Professional Status of Rural Women in the EU´ published by the Policy Department for Citizens' Rights and Constitutional Affairs in its Directorate- General for Internal Policies in May 2019,
Amendment 90 #
Motion for a resolution Recital K c (new) Kc. whereas entrepreneurship among older people is not being promoted despite the fact that the labour market does not take advantage of the profiles of older people, whose livelihoods and future pensions may be at risk;
Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution Recital K d (new) Kd. whereas the current situation corresponds to one of volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity (VUCA), in which a high level of training is required in skills relating to creativity and the ability to cope with change;
Amendment 92 #
Motion for a resolution Subheading 1 Amendment 93 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph -1 (new) -1. Underlines that women’s entrepreneurship contributes to increase women’s economic independence, and their empowerment is an essential precondition to reach gender equal societies and should be encouraged and promoted across the EU; notes that women’s economic independence allows them to equally participate in labour market, offers control over productive resources and enhance participation in economic decision-making at all levels, as well as self-determination and autonomy about their bodies and lives and is thus crucial to realising women’s rights and gender equality;
Amendment 94 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph -1 a (new) -1 a. Regrets the fact that women do not start and run businesses to the same extent as mendo; urges the Member States to introduce business-friendly reforms to promote equality and increase female entrepreneurship; calls for the Commission, the Parliament and the Council to closely examine women’s needs and participation in the labour market, as well as horizontal and vertical labour market segregation;
Amendment 95 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph -1 b (new) -1 b. Reiterates its calls on the Commission and the Member States to improve the collection of gender- disaggregated data, statistics, research and analysis, in particular regarding the participation of women in the labour market and in areas such as informal employment, entrepreneurship, access to financing and to healthcare services, unpaid work, poverty and the impact of social protection systems, Recalls the role of EIGE in this respect and calls on the Commission to use these data to effectively implement gender impact assessments of its policies and programmes, and those of other EU agencies and institutions;
Amendment 96 #
Motion for a resolution Subheading 1 a (new) Entrepreneurship programmes, education and competence building
Amendment 97 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Welcomes Commission initiatives such as Women TechEU and the European Innovation Council Women Leadership Programme and the creation of various European networks for female entrepreneurs; urges however the Commission to promote
Amendment 98 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1.
Amendment 99 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Welcomes Commission initiatives such as Women TechEU and the European Innovation Council Women Leadership Programme and the creation of various European networks for female entrepreneurs; urges the Commission to promote such initiatives more actively by focusing on the EU sustainable growth potential and to support the achievements of women entrepreneurs
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