Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2005-10-12-Speech-3-248"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2005-10-12"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Women and poverty in the EU2
dcterms:Language	"sk"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20051012.21.3-248"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2005-10-12-Speech-3-2492
lpv:speaker	lp:Zita Pleštinská2
lpv:spokenAs	member; IMCO (2004-07-21--2007-01-14)3 substitute; TRAN (2004-07-22--2007-01-14)3 substitute; FEMM (2005-09-21--2007-01-14)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with Australia and New Zealand (2004-09-15--2007-03-13)3 member; EPP-ED (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Ukraine Parliamentary Cooperation Committee (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3 unknown; Slovenská demokratická a kresťanská únia (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3
lpv:translated text	"Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, Eurostat statistics show that up to 16% of the EU population face the threat of poverty, and this adds further significance to the report from Mrs Záborská. Let me first thank the rapporteur for a concise and substantive report, which may serve as a good starting point for the elimination of poverty and thus for fulfilling a fundamental objective of the Lisbon Strategy. The concept of poverty is closely linked to its feminisation. Women are the most vulnerable to poverty, especially as breadwinners of households. On the one hand, globalisation and the advent of computer technologies have increased economic opportunities and independence for some women. On the other hand, many women are being pushed towards the periphery of society and denied the benefits of this process due to low educational levels, social prejudice or greater age. I agree with the rapporteur that the Member States must prepare measures to ensure that women living in poverty are provided with equal access to public health systems – mainly primary healthcare, including the protection of mothers with children, as well as gynaecological care – education and work experience. This is the main remedy for a diagnosis of poverty. The time has come when we cannot remain passive in a world where women and children die of hunger, remain illiterate and are unable to build a decent life for their closest family members. We must protect life at each and every moment, and make the world a better place for all, without prejudice. I therefore urge the Commission, along with all of us, to adopt a responsible attitude to the misery afflicting millions of poor people, be it the poor of the developing world or of our cities, and thus to create opportunities for a decent life, in the spirit of solidarity and European values."@en1

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