Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2004-03-08-Speech-1-081"

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dcterms:Date	"2004-03-08"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Situation of women2
dcterms:Language	"fr"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20040308.7.1-081"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2004-03-08-Speech-1-0822
lpv:speaker	lp:Olga Zrihen2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Committee on Citizens' Freedoms and Rights, Justice and Home Affairs (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; PES (2001-04-06--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Czech Republic Joint Parliamentary Committee (2002-02-07--2004-04-30)3 unknown; Parti socialiste (2001-04-06--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 vice-chair; Committee on Women's Rights and Equal Opportunities (2002-01-21--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, I might have been very happy and proud on this 8 March, as we are finally going to be heard in Parliament and you, Mr President, have honoured us with an address. In a few days and in a few minutes, however, we are going to vote on yet another report that argues in favour of perpetuating discrimination between the sexes. Studies have shown that gender is not the determining factor in life expectancy; other factors – such as family life, socio-economic factors, professional status, where one lives, smoking habits and eating habits – were shown to be more significant. Lifestyle is, therefore, a multidimensional factor that has a far greater impact than gender on life expectancy. According to studies that removed aspects such as lifestyle, social class and environmental factors from the equation, the difference of life expectancy between men and women is between nought and two years. The growing discrepancy in terms of life expectancy in the populations of certain countries cannot, therefore, be attributed to biological differences. Having made this observation, however, we must also acknowledge that lobby pressure, even on women’s rights issues, remains a strong influence. In the coming weeks, insurers will, naturally, make every effort to convince us that the report, which concludes that men and women must be insured in a fair and equitable manner, is unworkable and unacceptable. Given that the Commission determinedly supports this proposal, we are thus forced to accept further discrimination. I, for one, can do no other than deplore this; I wish people would stop saying one thing and doing something different in practice."@en1

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