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"I am very pleased about today’s debate on women’s rights and I also welcome these excellent reports. However, I am not particularly thrilled about the fact that the majority of women, at least in Hungary, my home country, are not aware of their rights and cannot enforce them. This is the situation which calls for urgent measures. One of the reasons behind their inability to enforce their rights is the fact that they cannot afford a solicitor. What solutions do I have in mind? We need specially trained solicitors, a free legal aid service and a website with answers to the everyday legal problems women encounter. What legal problems are these? For instance, a woman who has not received child maintenance payments for months needs information on what to do, whom to contact for help. A woman who is physically abused by her husband, who calls the police only to be told that this is a family affair and they cannot intervene, needs to find out if the officers are right or if she can find help, and from whom. A woman who has three children and is rejected for the twentieth time at a job interview for made-up reasons should be able to find out if she has a chance for legal redress. A woman who is fired as soon as her employer discovers that she is pregnant needs to find out if she can turn to someone. In these and similar cases, there should…
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