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"Madam President, I have been denouncing female genital mutilation since I became a Member of Parliament. This silent and accepted crime is suffered by millions of women and girls throughout the world: 70 million, I repeat, 70 million. An unbearable figure for those who stop to examine the terrible consequences of these practices, hidden under the guises of psychological, health, and religious reasons, all of which are false. The truth is that circumcision, preferentially practised on 14-year-old girls, and even those aged one year old, can lead to death by haemorrhagic shock and, at best, cause and bring about strong psychological consequences from the trauma.
We should strive with all our efforts in Europe to eradicate this violation of human rights, which infringes on the right to equal opportunities and puts health at risk.
It is, ladies and gentlemen, abuse, cruelty and torture against girls, and this degrading treatment also occurs in Europe. We must therefore activate all the available prevention mechanisms in our legal system and encourage our judges to act to prevent the genital mutilation of girls in Europe, punishing those who carry it out. EU law has to speak with a single voice to combat the mutilation on our soil.
Lastly, I call on civil society and NGOs to become actively involved in education and prevention campaigns. There is still a long way to go, but we are a large group who will not give up, as we owe it to the 70 million mutilated women."@en1
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