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"Madam President, I would like to thank the rapporteur. I think she has drawn up an excellent report. As we all know, none of us in this room is getting any younger and the need for us to view ageing positively is vitally important. It is a miracle that we are living longer and healthier lives and we should be celebrating this. However, for many women, this is not the case, and this report addresses this.
In 2010, it is mostly women who bear the majority of caring responsibilities in a family, whether it be for children or for elderly relatives and, as we know from this report, this results in women living in poverty in their old age, at a time when they should have dignity and respect, as our rapporteur has said.
This report is also important because it introduces the issue of elder abuse, something which we in this House all condemn, and something which needs to be given a higher political priority.
We should also require best practice to be shared in connection with active ageing, the University of the Third Age, and the ways that we can use new technologies. I would like to thank the rapporteur and I hope we will all campaign to make ageing as active and as dignified as possible."@en1
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