Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2005-07-05-Speech-2-261"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2005-07-05"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:The role of women in Turkey2
dcterms:Language	"hu"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20050705.28.2-261"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2005-07-05-Speech-2-2622
lpv:speaker	lp:Edit Bauer2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; EMPL (2004-07-22--2007-01-14)3 unknown; Strana mad'arskej koalície - Magyar Koalíció Pártja (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Romania Joint Parliamentary Committee (2004-09-15--2006-12-31)3 member; LIBE (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 member; FEMM (2004-12-02--2007-01-14)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with Japan (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3 member; EPP-ED (2004-07-20--2009-03-22)3
lpv:translated text	"It is not just in Turkey that the situation of women is a yardstick of democratic development. Turkey has made huge progress in this regard, and this still holds true even though we know there are legal loopholes. No one questions the fact that the constitutional amendments and the new criminal code are a great step forward, not only in terms of women’s rights, but also in terms of universal human rights. Practice, however, shows that application of the law in implementing these rights is slow and inconsistent. The problem is not just that it is more difficult to change traditions and customs than it is to change the law. The report encourages the Turkish Government to be more consistent in its efforts to change the situation. It is good that the constitution assigns responsibility for creating equal opportunities to the government’s jurisdiction, but no underlying strategy is apparent regarding how the government intends to achieve this goal. It is good that men can legally only have monogamous marital relations, but in practice the Imams still perform the marriage ceremony for second and third wives too. It is good that around 40% of university teachers are women, but this does not alter the fact that nearly a quarter of women are illiterate. Wherever the government is committed, the results are visible. In recent weeks, as part of a government campaign, more than twenty thousand previously unregistered children were officially registered in the course of just one day. The aim of the report that has been presented, together with the proposed amendments, is to ensure that the progress made in practice helps to close the often enormous gap between the and the human rights situation."@en1
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"de facto"1 "de jure"1

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