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"Mr President, I would also like to thank my colleagues for our work together on this report, which cuts across many issues and needs a holistic approach. It is quite clear that we need fresh political ambition to eradicate poverty across Europe, and we must be absolutely clear that there is no way of alleviating poverty unless we also tackle gender inequality. The financial crisis and subsequent austerity measures have had a disproportionate adverse effect on women – far more than men – causing a feminisation of poverty. This report sets out how the European Union must work to address the concerns of vulnerable women, especially single mothers and caregivers and women suffering from multiple discriminations, who are so often left behind because of government policy.
The report is another step in the EU’s history of advancing women’s rights and gender equality and is particularly important in the light of austerity. We need a European definition of energy poverty and we need it to include a gender perspective, reflective of the fact that female-headed households are more likely to be energy poor. These are some of the many concrete targeted policies that we propose, which also include investing in research into the causes of female homelessness.
To conclude, the Commission and national governments must include a strong gender pillar in all of their social policy, demonstrating that the EU acts for its constituents and for social justice."@en1
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