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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2000-03-02"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:VOTE2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20000302.4.4-061"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2000-03-02-Speech-4-0622
lpv:speaker	lp:Lone Dybkjær2
lpv:spoken text	"Some progress has been made recently in increasing the number of women present in decision-making bodies around the Union. In our own Institution, 30% of elected representatives are now women, including the President of the European Parliament itself. Finland too has just elected a female President. On average, one quarter of Member State governments are composed of women and a little over one fifth of their parliaments. This is still far from satisfactory, especially given that the figures vary enormously between Member States where the Nordic countries experience a much higher female representation in positions of responsibility and decision making. This situation has more to do with attitude and respect for the quality and abilities of women’s contributions to society than fixed quotas. My Group does not favour the use of quotas in general since, in the long run, they can be counterproductive and even undermine the cause they aim to support. Nevertheless, we recognise that the experience in all Member Sates is not the same and some recourse to such measures may be justified, as a temporary remedy, to rebalance female representation where women are grossly under-represented. We were able to support the resolution on women in decision making, adopted with a view to commemorating International Women’s Day on 8 March, which has incorporated ten Liberal Group amendments and softened the reference to quotas in line with the approach outlined above."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	member_of_the_bureau; ELDR (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on Women's Rights and Equal Opportunities (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 vice-chair; Committee on Development and Cooperation (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 vice-chair; Members from the European Parliament to the Joint Parliamentary Assembly of the Agreement between the African, Caribbean and Pacific States and the European Union (ACP-EU) (1999-09-14--2002-01-14)3 unknown; Det Radikale Venstre (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (1999-07-21--2001-01-14)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Dybkjær (ELDR ),"1 "in writing."1

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