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"I would like to congratulate my fellow Member, Ádám Kósa, for his report. I welcome the fact that he places great emphasis on improving the situation of women with disabilities, because surveys and everyday experience also show that they face the gravest disadvantages during their lives.
The phenomenon of multiple discrimination is mentioned, but not defined clearly in current EU directives, the majority of which are unsuitable for tackling this problem effectively. Disability discrimination also affects women from another direction: it is usually women who are responsible for people with disabilities or who are in need of care, and therefore cuts in public care services have a multiple effect on them.
Women and girls with disabilities face a greater risk of abusive, negligent or humiliating treatment and they are three times more likely to become victims of violence. Furthermore, statistics show that women with disabilities are far less qualified than disabled men or healthy women. In this respect, access to information and communication technologies is of great importance, since these technologies are the primary means towards the integration of disabled people.
On average, every third or fourth disabled person is employed in the EU, but several Member States fall far behind this average. These people must be supported in accessing the labour market or keeping their jobs, and the governments must work together with employers and NGOs to develop initiatives to promote the employment of people with disabilities."@en1
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