Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2003-12-18-Speech-4-039"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2003-12-18"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:World Summit on the Information Society (first phase: Geneva, 10-12 December 2003)2
dcterms:Language	"el"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20031218.2.4-039"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2003-12-18-Speech-4-0402
lpv:speaker	lp:Anna Karamanou2
lpv:spokenAs	member; EMPL (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; Members from the European Parliament to the Joint Parliamentary Assembly of the Agreement between the African, Caribbean and Pacific States and the European Union (ACP-EU) (2002-02-06--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Panellinio Socialistiko Kinima (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation for relations with the countries of south-east Europe (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3 member; Conference of Committee Chairs (2002-01-21--2004-07-19)3 chair; Committee on Women's Rights and Equal Opportunities (2002-01-21--2004-07-19)3 member_of_the_bureau; PES (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on Citizens' Freedoms and Rights, Justice and Home Affairs (2002-03-13--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, the European Parliament recently adopted the own initiative report which I drafted on behalf of the Committee on Women's Rights and Equal Opportunities on the position of women in the new information society. I particularly welcome the fact that the proclamation made at the Geneva summit included the need to promote the incorporation of the gender equality dimension, in other words gender mainstreaming, in the information society. Nonetheless, the proper development of new technologies is not safeguarded by the introduction of legislative and regulatory measures alone because, as we know, the financial resources available are very limited. What needed to be pointed out with greater emphasis in Geneva was the need to renew the codes of conduct governing the use and development of the information society. In other words, we are talking about digital democracy. The participation of women in it may be very important, because women are in a position to promote a different ethical dimension based on the different system of values which characterises them. Unfortunately, so far, in the public debate on the development and consequences of new technologies, interest has focussed mainly on the economic repercussions, ignoring the analysis which examines the issues of democracy and the gender dimension, with the result that questions of technology are erroneously interpreted as ‘neuter’ democracy and gender. The lack of access to new technologies and digital illiteracy are increasingly developing into new forms of social exclusion from which women are directly at risk. The report which I drafted on behalf of the Committee on Women's Rights and Equal Opportunities lists the reasons which perpetuate this situation, such as social stereotypes and cultural prejudices, which limit women's options and raise barriers to their careers, resulting in more general adverse consequences on the economy from the non-rational use of human resources. Unfortunately, the summit avoided analysing in depth the social reasons which lead to the perpetuation of this phenomenon. I hope that the United Nations world summit on the information society will contribute to the public debate on the sort of information society we want."@en1
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