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dcterms:Date	"2001-10-23"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Employment guidelines for 2002/Joint employment report 20012
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lpv:document identification number	"en.20011023.4.2-051"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2001-10-23-Speech-2-0522
lpv:speaker	lp:Maj Britt Theorin2
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Socialdemokratiska arbetarepartiet (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 chair; Committee on Women's Rights and Equal Opportunities (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 member; PES (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (2000-02-16--2002-01-14)3 member; Delegation for relations with South Africa (1999-10-06--2002-01-14)3 member; Conference of Committee Chairs (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, equality is a prerequisite for economic growth. Twenty-five million fewer women than men participate in the European labour market. That is a huge unexploited resource which needs to be made use of if Lisbon’s employment objectives are to be achieved and if economic growth is to be guaranteed. At the same time, the birth rate is falling dramatically. Demographic experts predict that Europe’s labour force will consist of considerably fewer people in the future, when more women will therefore have to be in gainful employment and, at the same time, give birth to more children. How are we to balance the equation? A basic prerequisite is an equality perspective in all four pillars of the employment policy guidelines, and I am therefore very pleased that Mrs Weiler has been so attentive to the proposals tabled by the Committee on Women’s Rights and Equal Opportunities. The most important thing is perhaps to ensure that European women and men can combine professional life with having a family and children. The Member States must make child care available and offer parental leave. The women of Europe must not be forced to choose between professional life and having a family. The Commission’s focus on jobs is very encouraging, for better jobs and better working conditions for women are among the prerequisites for having more women in paid employment. Precarious and low-paid jobs which require little in the way of qualifications and in which women are over-represented at present are hardly going to attract women. Quality, which is the recurring theme in the guidelines for the year 2000, must also apply to work done by women. Overcoming gender discrimination at work and in the social insurance systems is a challenge. Discrimination against women in the labour market is not only unproductive, it also ruins the opportunities for individual women, for women as a group and for society as a whole. Quite simply, growth and human development require us to put an end to gender discrimination. Equality is an investment."@en1
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