Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2000-10-05-Speech-4-018"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2000-10-05"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Equal opportunities2
dcterms:Language	"pt"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20001005.1.4-018"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2000-10-05-Speech-4-0192
lpv:speaker	lp:Ilda Figueiredo2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Committee on Women's Rights and Equal Opportunities (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 member; EMPL (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 unknown; Partido Comunista Português (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation for relations with the Mashreq countries and the Gulf (1999-09-29--2002-01-14)3 substitute; AGRI (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 member; EUL/NGL (1999-07-20--2002-03-05)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Commissioner, Mrs Péry, ladies and gentlemen, as the Commission’s reports acknowledge, major issues still remain to be resolved in the field of equal opportunities for men and women. In practically every sphere of activity, serious inequalities still exist. Despite the differing situations in Member States, there are generally fewer women in the labour market, they are most affected by unemployment, including long-term unemployment, and by casual labour, part-time work and atypical, insecure and badly paid work. Women’s average salaries are still lower than men’s, by around 28% on average, which is a contributory factor to women making up the bulk of the poor and to preventing them from participating in social and political life. Since we know that quality employment that provides rights is a fundamental factor in guaranteeing equality between men and women and in guaranteeing women the same kind of independence as men, it is crucial that we study the causes of this situation and adopt the necessary measures to overcome it, specifically through policies on employment, training, education and on infrastructures for supporting the family and children, giving priority to this issue at a practical level and not just making declarations of intent. With regard to participation in the decision-making process, either at political level, in the business world or in the trade union movement, women are still in the minority. Whilst this situation can be explained to some extent by the difficulties women face in the labour market and within the family, it is also true that political parties must shoulder their democratic responsibility to guarantee equal opportunities for women to participate in political life and in the decision-making process itself, in order to put an end to the scandalous situation that still exists at the beginning of the new millennium."@en1

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