Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2003-11-20-Speech-4-027"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2003-11-20"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Subsidy package - Community action programmes2
dcterms:Language	"es"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20031120.1.4-027"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2003-11-20-Speech-4-0282
lpv:speaker	lp:Elena Valenciano2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on Development and Cooperation (2002-03-13--2004-07-19)3 member; PES (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on Women's Rights and Equal Opportunities (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Partido Socialista Obrero Español (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; 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) (2002-02-06--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, I would like to welcome the Commission's initiative to establish this Community action programme and I would also like to congratulate Parliament, which in a very short time has had to study and draw up its amendments, on its work. I would like to use this speech to defend the fundamental role of women’s organisations in the promotion of the European Union’s equal opportunities policy. Without them, without women’s organisations, it would have been very difficult to implement and extend the progress made in the promotion of women’s rights. It would also have been very difficult to diagnose the real situation of women in the different countries of the European Union. The progress made by the women’s movement stems from the solid work of their organisations. Women’s organisations also have the capacity to propose solutions which are very close to the ground and therefore very effective. Consequently, I believe that establishing a Community programme to support and promote these organisations is fundamental. There are many women’s organisations, each with its own specific nature and importance, all of which have done extremely respectable and useful work. But the problem is that not all organisations are equal and egalitarianism, in this case, could lead to clear injustice. The European Women’s Lobby is a great organisation made up of many others. That is to say, the European Women’s Lobby is a great umbrella organisation containing thousands of women’s organisations, hundreds and thousands of women who work on a daily basis in favour of women’s rights. We cannot compare an umbrella organisation with organisations that work individually. Therefore, from the outset, the Commission is proposing different treatment for the European Women’s Lobby and for all the other organisations. And naturally my group supports that approach. Why? Because those of us who come from the women’s movement know that to fragment the movement, to disintegrate it, to break it into tiny pieces, is ineffective, that the most effective way is to work together, because united we are stronger. Dividing resources is of no use whatsoever, except to weaken the women’s movement. And therefore, defending and supporting each and every women’s organisation which works for equality, we must not treat those which are not equal equally."@en1

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