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"I would thank the rapporteur for an important report, because education is an important factor where women’s right to paid work is concerned.
The concepts of family life and family are central to this report, as well as to other reports concerning parents and children. No definition is provided of the concept of ‘family’, but I presume that the concept is used to denote a variety of alternative family configurations, and not only the traditional picture of a nuclear family consisting of a mother, father and their own biological children. Rather, the concept of a family must also include, for example, lone parents, parents of the same sex and other arrangements that people now choose for leading their lives. In order to clarify this, I hope that Parliament will vote in favour of Amendment 8.
The report proposes a wide range of measures for giving young women the same educational opportunities as men. I support most of the proposals, with the exception of the text that emphasises the importance of older family members, namely grandparents, and what they can do to help students or working parents. The current generation of grandparents often work professionally themselves. Even if they are pensioners, they are entitled to live their own lives, while obviously enjoying the company of their grandchildren. It is not they, however, who should assume responsibility for child care.
Society has a responsibility to develop child care and other forms of care so that all parents who seek such care, and whether they are studying or in paid work, have access to high-quality and educationally sound care for their children.
Both women and men are entitled to engage in study, to have a working life and to produce children. They are entitled to ‘both/and’ rather than ‘either/or’."@en1
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