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"Mr President, I would like to thank the other rapporteurs for their cooperation and support in writing this document. I am proud to be presenting a report here in the plenary, following International Women’s Day, on such an important topic and I appreciate the presence of Commissioner Jourová to address – and I hope follow up on – the recommendation the Parliament makes this week.
It should be a source of great pride to the EU that equality between women and men has been enshrined as a fundamental value of the Union since its very beginning. I do a lot of meetings and communications in my region and, when I talk about the support the EU provides to women, it generates an overwhelmingly positive response. There are 15 directives supporting gender equality and it is explicitly the subject of different aspects of the budget.
However, we are still a long way from achieving the goal of gender equality. Indeed, if it was all sorted, there would not be a need for this report at all, and I look forward to the day when that is the case. But, in many ways and for many reasons, I fear we are in danger of slipping backwards: that gender-related issues have fallen down the political agenda and, when they are considered, a certain amount of complacency has taken hold.
The report looks in detail at three specific areas: European structural and investment funds; the rights, equality and citizenship programme; and Horizon 2020. The structural and investment funds provide vital support, particularly for enabling women to work and on promoting gender equality, for example through supporting social infrastructure or women entrepreneurs. But there is not an overall strategy to make sure that there is systematic support to women in these programmes.
The rights, equality and citizenship programme includes some very important areas of funding, and this support goes directly to organisations that are working in communities and have the reach and expertise to make a difference. A good example of this is the Daphne programme for combating violence against women. However, this programme also demonstrates the creeping decline in support and focus on equality. It has seen a fall in its annual funding since 2011, despite the heavy demands for this work. The Horizon 2020 Framework Programme in many ways shows the good work taking note of gender issues can achieve. It includes gender mainstreaming and provides specific support in the research process, in gender equality plans and in research content. However, these efforts need to be consistently supported by specific budget lines.
In addition to these specific areas, the report looks at the budget more widely, including more recently-established work. For example, the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund included gender mainstreaming in its founding principles. There are very real and particular issues for women and girls in these situations, and the essential support we provide must recognise those. Overall, I have highlighted where there has been success, but where gender mainstreaming has been – or should be – adopted has also been underlined. For us to truly make progress on ending gender inequality we must move away from assuming support for women should be siloed in particular programmes and recognise the need to focus on the impact of all EU funds."@en1
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