Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2011-03-08-Speech-2-461-000"
| Predicate | Value (sorted: default) |
|---|---|
| rdf:type | |
| dcterms:Date | |
| dcterms:Is Part Of | |
| dcterms:Language | |
| lpv:document identification number |
"en.20110308.22.2-461-000"2
|
| lpv:hasSubsequent | |
| lpv:speaker | |
| lpv:spokenAs | |
| lpv:translated text |
"I am particularly struck by the poverty among lone elderly women. They have worked a whole lifetime, contributed to raising a family; if they worked, they receive inadequate pensions; if they only benefit from a state pension, that is even worse.
Pension schemes have not been kind to them. Perhaps they interrupted their careers to raise children and part-time work has reduced their income over the course of their entire working life. They could have had to support family members who were sick, elderly or disabled and welfare was not up to the task. This is certainly not an enviable condition.
With the help of the European Social Fund, we need to establish programmes to provide assistance and support. Local government – either directly or through non-governmental organisations – should take responsibility for these issues and collaborate with regions to better target their quotas from Structural Funds. The fight against poverty should not get stuck on the desks of statistics offices but should go down to the administrative level closest to the women who need them.
In Europe, there are still too many women with a lower salary than men, in search of work and of services that can help them to raise their children, too many women are victims of violence, too many immigrant girls suffer genital mutilation and there are far, far too many women who are alone, elderly and forgotten."@en1
|
Named graphs describing this resource:
The resource appears as object in 2 triples