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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2001-10-23"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Equal treatment for men and women in employment2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20011023.11.2-233"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2001-10-23-Speech-2-2342
lpv:speaker	lp:Lousewies van der Laan2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Slovak Republic Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-09-29--2002-01-14)3 member_of_the_bureau; ELDR (1999-09-13--2003-01-29)3 vice-chair; CONT (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 unknown; Democraten 66 (1999-07-20--2003-01-29)3 member; Committee on Women's Rights and Equal Opportunities (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 member; Delegation for relations with the Palestinian Legislative Council (1999-09-29--2002-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, the rapporteur has made every effort to reach consensus. She therefore deserves all credit for the emphatic result that is now before us. Many necessary improvements have been made to the measures against sexual intimidation and in connection with adoption leave and a woman’s right to return to her old job after maternity leave. If the Commission and the Council are serious about the equal treatment of men and women, they would do well to adopt all these amendments. I was astonished to find out from my Christian-Democratic counterparts that pregnancy is a purely female issue. On the contrary: it is of the utmost importance for men to be given the opportunity to be more involved in the new life that they have helped create. The joint amendment that is before us does not create new rights. We simply do not want men who wish to make use of their existing national rights, for example, to three –days’ leave, to be prevented from doing so. In the view of the liberal group, unlike that of the two major groups, it consequently seems hardly too much to ask for men and women to be able to make use of existing rights to combine work and care tasks without experiencing discrimination. We do live, after all, in the twenty-first century. Needless to say, the green-liberal-GUE amendment on mainstreaming is also an important addition. I therefore hope that the others will also support us in this and that we indeed face a more equal future backed by a broad majority."@en1

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