Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2011-04-06-Speech-3-735-000"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2011-04-06"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Use of sexual violence in conflicts in North Africa and the Middle East2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20110406.41.3-735-000"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2011-04-06-Speech-3-736-0002
lpv:speaker	lp:Emine Bozkurt2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; AFET (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 member; S&D (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 member; Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly (2009-10-07--2014-06-30)3 chair; Delegation for relations with the countries of Central America (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 unknown; Partij van de Arbeid (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 member; Conference of Delegation Chairs (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 member; LIBE (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 member; FEMM (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3
lpv:translated text	"Madam President, the revolutions in North Africa and the Middle East have also brought opportunities. The work of rebuilding the country and of establishing democracy in Tunisia and Egypt can really start now. In the squares and streets of Cairo, Tunis and Benghazi, women have been, and continue to be, an important part of the revolutions. There are so many opportunities, but there are also dangers. The claims made on television by a young Libyan woman that she had been raped by Gaddafi’s troops shook the general public. However, these were not the first such reports, and there have been others since. Sexual violence is being used as a tool for oppressing women and for silencing them, for example, in Cairo, where women have been abused and subjected to virginity tests by the military. In the war in Libya, violence against women is being used as a weapon. In the power vacuum which arises in times of lawlessness, there is no control. Women lose the protection of the law. We therefore need to send out a clear signal, Madam President, that this cannot and should not be allowed to happen! We need to send out a clear signal to the new leaders that crimes of this kind must be investigated and punished. No one with these crimes on their conscience should be allowed to get away with it. I would also like to emphasise that these women must be protected and that the role of women in the rebuilding of society must not be overlooked. Women's rights must be enshrined in law and, to that end, women should also be appointed to positions on constitutional committees, in parliaments and governments, so that things like education for women, their rights and the combating of harmful traditional practices are placed high on the agenda. Economic independence is a key component of the empowerment of women and entrepreneurship should be encouraged, for example, through the use of micro-credits."@en1
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