Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2011-03-08-Speech-2-049-000"

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dcterms:Date	"2011-03-08"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Female poverty - Equality between women and men - 2010 (debate)2
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lpv:document identification number	"en.20110308.7.2-049-000"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2011-03-08-Speech-2-050-0002
lpv:speaker	lp:Barbara Matera2
lpv:spokenAs	member; BUDG (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 substitute; Special committee on the policy challenges and budgetary resources for a sustainable European Union after 2013 (2010-06-17--2011-06-30)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the Pan-African Parliament (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 unknown; Il Popolo della Libertà (2009-07-14--2013-12-05)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 vice-chair; FEMM (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 member; EPP (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 substitute; REGI (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 substitute; Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3
lpv:translated text	"Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, today, as we celebrate the 100th anniversary of International Women’s Day, we are voting on two reports that address areas in which women are marginalised and excluded from society. Women are traditionally at a higher risk of poverty, especially single mothers and women over the age of 65. Among the five objectives proposed by the European Commission in the EU 2020 strategy is the fight against poverty, which makes the report by Mrs Plumb extremely relevant, especially in terms of gender policies in the light of the economic and financial crisis. The vulnerability of individual women leaves them exposed to the risk of poverty, social exclusion and therefore isolation. This makes it incumbent on the institution we represent to put in place concrete strategies and programmes. I also congratulate Mrs Nedelcheva on a good report that promotes equality between men and women in the European Union. The representation of women in the public sector, as in the private sector, is very low compared with men. In the finance sector, the numbers are even less positive: women represent only 10% of board members of the major European listed companies and 3% of the chairpersons of those boards. I therefore support the introduction of quotas to increase the participation of women in the public and private sectors and especially in education; this must be supported because it plays a key role in preventing teachers from directing their students towards professional sectors according to gender stereotypes. I will conclude by recalling the words of one of the first American female mayors who said: ‘Whatever women do, they must do twice as well as men to be thought of as half as good’. In conclusion, let me say that luckily for us women, this is not difficult."@en1
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