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"Madam President, I would like, first of all, to thank the rapporteur, Mrs Gröner, for an excellent report and for the committed way in which she has tackled the issues involved. I would also like to thank my colleagues on the Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality for their committed approach when it comes to the fight against violence against women.
Those women and children who are subject to violence need the Daphne III programme. Violence against women by men occurs in all social groups. One cannot merely single out particular groups or particular factors such as drug and alcohol abuse – there is violence against women and children across the whole of society. Despite the fact that study after study confirms that violence occurs in all social groups, many people still refuse to see the truth, which is that violence occurs right across the spectrum. Myths about the involvement of alcohol or drugs continue to flourish. If we are to fight violence against women, we have to banish these myths that it is ‘them’ or ‘others’ or ‘addicts’ that abuse women and children. It is just as likely to be our own neighbour, workmate or relative who perpetrates such acts of violence.
This is one of the reasons why the Daphne programme must be split into two separate programmes – one programme especially for the prevention of, and fight against, violence against women and children and another for the prevention of narcotics abuse and for providing information in that regard. Having a joint programme for these two different social problems would be to perpetuate the myths that there is a connection between drug and alcohol abuse and violence against women by men. This then leads to the belief that if we solve the drug and alcohol problems we also solve the violence problem, but this is not the case. These are both social problems that need to be solved, but they require different measures if they are to be so. I am therefore pleased to see that the Commission has accepted division into separate programmes.
The Confederal Group of the European United Left/Nordic Green Left gives its full support to this report. We believe that it is particularly important that the programme also tackles the trafficking of women and children for sexual purposes. This is important because we must do everything we can to fight this modern slave trade. It is also important in order to highlight the fact that this slave trade is another example of the violence to which women and children are subjected.
There are two terms in the report that I would like to see changed. The first of these terms is ‘domestic violence’, which I believe we should call ‘violence against women by men’, since that is exactly what it is. Violence against women does not only occur within the four walls of a domestic household. Women who live in abusive relationships live with this physical and psychological torture 24 hours a day. The other term I would question is ‘private life’. There is no reason to make a distinction between public and private life. The perpetration of violence against women is a criminal act, whether in public or in private."@en1
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