Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2005-03-08-Speech-2-031"
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"Mr President, last Friday in New York we agreed on a declaration on the ten-year review of the Platform for Action agreed in Beijing ten years ago. The EU delegation — both governments and civil society — gave strong messages of commitment to further progress. Thanks to the great cooperation with Mrs Jacobs, the Minister, there has been some progress over this period. However, poverty still has a female face and violence against women is pervasive: one in four women in the world is subject to violence, a significant number of them in their own homes.
I also take this opportunity to condemn yesterday's horrific events in Turkey. I condemn the violence used by the police against women involved in peaceful demonstration.
I am also disappointed with the negotiations last week in New York. As a result of intense international pressure, the US Administration reluctantly accepted the internationally backed declaration because it contained the word 'abortion'. We in Europe have an honest and meaningful debate about those issues. European socialist women are ready to fight with all their energy against this conservative backlash in the US. This is the right time for action. Let us use the New York meeting to inject new energy and commitment at EU and national level: legislation, evaluation and accountability.
In its declaration, the Luxembourg Government advocated the reinforcement of its institutional mechanisms and the integration of gender into all its actions and policies. Today, European socialist women have launched a pledge card with five priorities, the most important of which is more and better jobs for women. We cannot hope to achieve our economic and social objectives set in Lisbon without more women in work. This is not about women fighting for women, but about a common battle, fighting for a better EU for women."@en1
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