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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"1999-12-16"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Human rights2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.19991216.7.4-152"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:1999-12-16-Speech-4-1532
lpv:speaker	lp:Jill Evans2
lpv:spoken text	"Mr President, every time we hear in this Parliament about the denial of basic human rights, like the right to vote or the right to stand for election, it should serve to strengthen our own resolve to promote and improve democracy in all parts of the world. So, although the vote of the Kuwaiti National Assembly on 30 November to deny those very rights to women in Kuwait was a deep disappointment, it offers some hope for the future. The closeness of the vote in November has strengthened the resolve of the women and men in Kuwait who are working for this change in the law. They have pledged not to give up the campaign. They have set the 2003 general and municipal elections as their target for the first time that women will ever vote in Kuwait. They are going to put forward a women's rights bill every year in the National Assembly until they succeed in doing that. While we condemn the decision of the Kuwaiti National Assembly on 30 November it is also important for us to use our elected positions as parliamentarians to encourage and support those who want to bring about change. After all, it is not so long ago that women in many European Union countries were engaged in years of campaign and protest to win the right to vote and stand in elections. This was what brought about that change. In the United Kingdom, for example, the suffrage movement was set up in 1860. It was not until 1918 that some women – not all – got the right to vote. It was not until 1928 that all women in the United Kingdom got the right to vote. So we have been through these campaigns before in other countries. If we look at an international level, by 1990 women had the right to vote in almost every country where men could vote as well. Only Kuwait extended the vote to men and not to women. While it is difficult for most of us even to comprehend this kind of system, we have a responsibility to the people working there to support them in every way we can."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (1999-07-22--2002-01-14)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Lithuania Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-09-28--2002-01-14)3 member; G/EFA (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 vice-chair; Committee on Women's Rights and Equal Opportunities (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 unknown; Plaid Cymru - Parti of Wales (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; EMPL (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Evans, Jillian (Greens/ALE )."1

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