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"Mr President, Patrizia Toia quite rightly talks about the scandal of only two Member States having actually ratified the Convention. We have heard in this House reasons why we should go ahead, but all I hear from some Member States is that the language does not suit them. This is an excuse to do nothing, rather than a reason to do something.
Continuing violence is happening now against women simply because they are women – often because they are viewed as objects to be owned. We have to stand up and ask whether, if that were happening to us, our daughters, our sisters, it would be right. If not, then it cannot be right for others.
Let us not forget that violence also targets women because they are lesbian, bisexual or transgender. It is scandalous that in many countries in the EU for example, they still require transgender women to undergo forced sterilisation, simply to be who they are. This is unacceptable and, as I said, we need to stand up against any opposition on the basis of the principle of subsidiarity. There can be no such principles when we are dealing with human rights, and women’s rights are human rights."@en1
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