Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2008-06-04-Speech-3-293"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2008-06-04"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Forced prostitution and trafficking in women for the purpose of sexual exploitation (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"sv"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20080604.28.3-293"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2008-06-04-Speech-3-2942
lpv:speaker	lp:Eva-Britt Svensson2
lpv:spokenAs	member; IMCO (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 substitute; LIBE (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 unknown; Vänsterpartiet (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 vice-chair; FEMM (2007-02-01--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Ukraine Parliamentary Cooperation Committee (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3 vice-chair; EUL/NGL (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member; Delegation for relations with Israel (2007-03-14--2009-07-13)3
lpv:translated text	". Madam President, hundreds of thousands of women and children are transported like commodities in the EU. They are sexually exploited, ill-treated, threatened, used, and deprived of all human dignity. What crime have they committed to be condemned to such an existence? Their crime is in fact poverty and lack of social rights and the fact that there are men who think that their money gives them the right to use women and children as commodities. Usually young girls are enticed with false promises of jobs and good money, but then the nightmare begins. To the shame of the EU and the Member States this trade is allowed to continue and, indeed, increase. No one can fall back on the excuse that ‘we knew nothing’. We know, but too little is done. We must therefore get an answer from the Commission to our questions arising from the ‘Red Card to Forced Prostitution’ campaign. I maintain that the sex slave trade is a form of terrorism. The EU and the Member States have been particularly effective in adopting more or less good measures to combat terrorism. But this other terrorism which hurts women and children has not been given the same priority, either by the EU or the Member States. We also need to realise that more and more men are becoming involved in this tragic trade. Men must not only refrain from buying sexual services themselves. They must also show other men that it is not OK to buy women’s bodies. It is up to men to ensure that the demand, hence also the trade in women’s bodies, is reduced. As long as there is a demand and a market with big financial gains, the trade will continue. I repeat: women are not for sale. We must put a stop to this."@en1

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