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"Madam President, honourable Members, ladies and gentlemen, it is a great defeat still, on this late summer’s day of 2006, to have to stand here and talk about gender-based violence, honour killings and genital mutilation. That this is the case shows that such behaviour is, in fact, still in some way accepted within society and something that we have not yet overcome. For as long as we do not agree that abuse, both physical and psychological, is also a violation of human rights for women and children, millions of women and children will be subjected to exactly that.
One way of showing that we are agreed to signpost this as unacceptable behaviour is to approve and highlight such international agreements as exist – the UN Convention on Women’s Rights, the UN Convention on Children’s Rights, the EU Charter on Fundamental Rights and the tool that the Daphne programme represents. I am appalled to hear that the Independence and Democracy Group will be voting against parts of this programme.
Threats, violence and other outrages involving horrific activities such as genital mutilation all get explained away or justified at times on the grounds of tradition or culture. This means that we need to stir up a debate in workplaces, in schools, at the dinner table and even amongst the peace-keeping soldiers we send abroad in the name of the UN.
Those countries with which we have agreements need support. I was speaking about this very subject with women in Kyiv in Ukraine just last Saturday. I have also discussed this a great deal with women’s groups from Turkey. There is much to do in this field. Many of the proposals in this report today are very constructive.
We also need to review the scale of punishments. In Sweden, for example, the maximum punishment for grievous sexual attacks on children is the same as that for serious fraud. There is room for thought on this matter.
In New York they have successfully reduced crime perpetrated against women and violence against women. I see this as a first step towards being able to achieve the same in Europe, but to do so requires us to agree on just how unacceptable and heinous this situation is."@en1
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