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"Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, last Friday, 8 March, was International Women’s Day. I hope that each one of us, men and women, took part in meetings, seminars and conferences to confirm, once and for all, that equality between men and women is vital for the democratic development of our societies.
The values of the European Union laid down in the Charter of Fundamental Rights include the right to human dignity, the right to the integrity of the person, freedom of thought, conscience and religion and equality between men and women.
Therefore, here, in this Assembly, let us accept our responsibilities. It is up to us, the men and women of Europe, to apply these rights and ensure their application within the European Union and to defend and develop these values in the rest of the world. Here, I would like to point out how important the adoption of this report would be in this battle, as we must keep on tirelessly reminding ourselves that women are the primary victims of fundamentalism. They are victims of violence, social, economic, political and sexual discrimination, psychological and physical abuse, oppression, and are refused all the fundamental rights: equality, access to education and politics, and all in the very name of fundamentalism, which is the antithesis of human rights.
We can and must take action. We must promote and protect democracy and human rights in our Association Agreements. We must also ensure intercultural dialogue between the two banks of the Mediterranean by increasing monitoring for more active participation of women in the actions and programmes we support.
Lastly, we must support women seeking asylum in the European Union having suffered persecution in their own country in the name of fundamentalism. The defence of women’s rights and equality between men and women must be one of the cornerstones of our actions which requires specific attention from our Assembly. In this Assembly, from now on, with the vote on this directive, let us give women the means and the signal to cast off their chains and let us once more assume our responsibilities."@en1
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