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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2011-04-04"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:EU policy framework to fight violence against women (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"pl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20110404.17.1-128-000"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2011-04-04-Speech-1-129-0002
lpv:speaker	lp:Janusz Wojciechowski2
lpv:spokenAs	vice-chair; AGRI (2009-07-20--2012-01-18)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Kazakhstan, EU-Kyrgyzstan and EU-Uzbekistan Parliamentary Cooperation Committees, and for relations with Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Mongolia (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 unknown; Prawo i Sprawiedliwość (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee (2009-09-16--2012-01-31)3 member; PECH (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 substitute; CONT (2009-07-21--2012-01-18)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, when discussing how to combat violence against women, we mainly think about violence within families or in personal relationships. It goes without saying that this type of violence constitutes a serious wrongdoing, and the Member States should take firm legal measures to fight it. I agree with the spirit of the Svensson report in this respect. However I would like to take the opportunity of this debate to highlight a different type of violence not infrequently experienced by women. I am talking about state-imposed violence, entailing removing children from their mothers, which is happening with increasing frequency. Taking away a child is the worst possible violence that can be inflicted on a mother, and this sometimes happens for entirely trivial reasons. I know of dramatic examples in Poland of children being taken away from their mothers, including one case in which a family court removed a 10 year-old boy from his mother because the mother was accused of praying too much. There are situations in which children are removed because the parents are poor. Instead of helping the family, the children are taken away to a foster family or taken into care. There are also dramatic cases in which children are taken from their mothers due to disputes between the parents. Dramatic scenes sometimes ensue when children are taken from their mothers by the police, social workers or court officials. The value of the family is depreciating in Europe, and the state is interfering more and more in family life. This not infrequently results in state-sanctioned violence which harms parents and which, above all, harms children. Taking children from their mothers, and taking mothers from their children – for there are two sides to the matter – should be a final resort for when the child is being abused or suffering violence. Children should not, under any circumstances, be taken away because of poverty. Families and women in families should be given comprehensive support, and we should avoid breaking family ties, because this is not infrequently a medicine worse than the malady."@en1
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