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"Madam President, my sincere congratulations to Richard Howitt on an excellent, multi-faceted report. It is impossible to comment on all its important aspects, so I will focus on women’s rights. Women all over the world are the victims of discrimination and inequality. They are humiliated and the victims of violence. Although gender equality is reflected in the EU priorities on human rights, the treatment of women as second class citizens continues to be tolerated and insufficient action is taken to combat it.
I therefore call for the European Instrument for Democracy and Human Rights to be used to combat all aspects and forms of violence against women, including physical, psychological, social, economic and political violence. Women’s rights should be made a priority subject in negotiations with all candidate countries. It is necessary to constantly remind the Turkish authorities that the continuing scale of violence against women – including honour killings and early and forced marriages – are a crucial obstacle to Turkey’s accession to the European Union. The prevention of selective abortion is also important, as is the prevention of female infanticide and the genital mutilation of girls, the promotion of health education and programmes on sexual and reproductive rights and health, all of which are considered a priority in the development policy of the European Union.
I urge the European Commission and Member States to address violence against women on an international level and the gender dimension of human rights violations."@en1
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