Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2001-01-18-Speech-4-030"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2001-01-18"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Balanced participation of women and men in the decision-making process2
dcterms:Language	"sv"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20010118.2.4-030"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2001-01-18-Speech-4-0312
lpv:speaker	lp:Maj Britt Theorin2
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Socialdemokratiska arbetarepartiet (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3,3 chair; Committee on Women's Rights and Equal Opportunities (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3,3 member; PES (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3,3 substitute; Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (2000-02-16--2002-01-14)3,3 member; Delegation for relations with South Africa (1999-10-06--2002-01-14)3,3 member; Conference of Committee Chairs (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3,3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, a successful man once said that half of heaven is borne up by women. But the voices of women are absent when it comes to taking key decisions and setting priorities. In other words, women, who make up more than half of the world’s population, are seriously under-represented in political, economic and social areas. This is unacceptable in a democracy. Nowhere is the rift between and equality greater than within the decision-making process. In order to achieve a balance, a concrete plan of action with a set timetable is needed. An important part of such a plan is a benchmarking system. I am therefore very pleased that Mrs Karamanou would like to see such a system. I propose that the EU’s objectives regarding women in the decision-making process be based on the average of the three most successful Member States within each field, with annual reports from the Member States. It is mainly women who are victims of violations of human rights, such as rape, sexual offences, abuse in the home and trafficking. Women are under-represented on the legal and legislative bodies that judge these crimes. This leads to the latter being given low priority. Often, the perpetrators are not prosecuted. The equal participation of women in decision-making processes is not only a matter of demanding social justice and democracy, but is also essential if women’s experience and knowledge is to be made the most of. Failure to utilise women’s decision-making abilities is an unacceptable waste. In Sweden, the Social Democratic Party has opted for the allocation of quotas. This comes after many years’ struggle to increase the number of women involved in the party, which is to say women Women represent 50 per cent of our Government and 44 per cent of the Swedish Parliament. The only party to have openly opposed this is the Conservative Party. All these women, however, are qualified. Women should not only bear up half of heaven, they should also accept responsibility for decisions concerning our whole world."@en1
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