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"Mr President, women constitute a good half of the earth’s population. Two thirds of all work is done by women, but only a tenth of all income is accrued by women.
The Beijing Declaration concerning the targets in terms of gender equality, development and peace and an action plan for achieving these targets was unanimously adopted more than ten years ago by 189 countries at the UN Fourth World Conference on Women.
The EU Member States were among these countries. The gap between words and action is still worryingly large when it comes to women’s rights and, as a result, poverty has been feminised in the world. We must put our faith in women in the poor countries and, in that way, also fulfil the UN’s Millennium Declaration, which states that extreme poverty must be halved by 2015.
There is no simple solution. Poverty is solved not through money but through commitment to human rights and sustainable development. The award of the Nobel prize to Wangari Maathai is an example of what can be done.
By guaranteeing women’s rights, land and water are also secured, as well as opportunities for self-provision and local development. We must dare to make demands of the surrounding world. That is why it is important for women to be accorded full status in aid policy, both as aid providers and as aid receivers. I want to know what work the Commissioner is doing in this area.
To turn the argument around, men constitute almost half the earth’s population. A third of all work is done by men, but nine tenths of all income is accrued by men. This fact also applies within the European Union, and I do not agree with the Commissioner’s description. Wage discrimination is increasing, as is female unemployment. Women have worse health, and they are poorer than men within the European Union.
Now that we are working on the Lisbon process, I wish to know what the Commission is doing to guarantee women’s rights, achieve sustainable economic development and enable women to appropriate the rights accorded to them."@en1
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