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Mr President, first of all I should like to thank you, Mrs De Keyser, once again for this very comprehensive and very balanced report. The Commission's approach, which I have explained in detail, is also reflected in full in this report.
One key aspect that was widely acknowledged during the debate was education and training. It is a main focus of our approach and of the action plans in the Neighbourhood Policy. We need to train women: we need to train them so that they can play their role in society – a more political role, and a role within those forums that will ultimately result in peace negotiations. We are in the process of doing so, not only as part of the Neighbourhood Policy, but also, for example, in Latin America – as was discussed at the summit – and, in general, in the context of mainstreaming.
In this context, I would also point out that we are in the process of organising a Euro-Mediterranean ministerial conference which will deal specifically with the following question: how can we improve the role of women in the societies in the region? In this regard, women themselves must be able to take on much more political roles. A preparatory meeting will be held in two weeks in Rabat.
With regard to prevention, I absolutely agree that women must benefit more from it. A realistic approach could consist in encouraging the parties negotiating peace to get many more women involved. It is a much more realistic approach than laying down quotas: it is not up to us to impose quotas, but we need to say to the parties involved that they also need to think of the other half of society, namely women. I absolutely agree that we need to examine this point in more detail and more depth.
Finally, in our new development strategy, we are going to put a greater emphasis on the issue of gender equality in development cooperation."@en1
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