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On the day after the day devoted to women’s rights, I am pleased to see that the European Parliament is also taking this issue to heart. No fewer than three reports on the subject are to be put to the vote today.
Unfortunately, however, the reports only contain general and commonplace statements. The report on combating violence against children, young people and women is no exception. To combat this type of violence effectively, it is necessary to focus on those who perpetrate violence, not just on the victims. Above all, it is essential to be able to understand the social, family, economic or even religious reasons why individuals lose control and resort to violence. In truth, all this report does is to state that there has been an exponential rise in these types of violence. It fails to deal with the real causes of such behaviour. In fact, all this violence tends to result from the same causes.
Violence against women cannot be eliminated without addressing the factors that contribute, directly or indirectly, to women being in a submissive position. I am thinking particularly of the status of women in Islam. In Islam, women are perceived as inferior and submissive. Under no circumstances are women’s rights a secondary consideration."@en1
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