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Mr President, I would like to begin this speech by thanking Parliament's services for their cooperation and great professionalism throughout the process of drawing up this report, which has taken an extremely long time to get to the vote.
We must continue to promote consideration and debate in order to progressively reach a situation in which equal opportunities are a reality for everybody, regardless of their gender or their social, economic or political status.
I would like, finally, to stress the role of families – in particular women, who in the majority of cases are responsible for caring for disabled people – and the crucial role played on a daily basis by associations of disabled people.
It is essential that the work of families and organisations be supported and recognised, from both economic and social points of view, since in many cases it is an activity that requires full dedication, leading to isolation.
Therefore, and although this is a subsidiary issue, I believe that we institutions of the European Union must consider all working together to that end.
I would also like to thank the Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality for authorising the drawing up of this report, and also the plenary of Parliament and the Conference of Presidents, who have authorised it.
Producing this report on the situation of disabled women or women who share their daily lives with disabled people gives me immense satisfaction, in view of the importance of this issue for all of them, and for all of us as a society.
This is the result of many contributions over this period of time not just from my colleagues in the Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality, but also from disabled people’s organisations and from the European Commission at the meeting with Commissioner Špidla.
This report was approved almost unanimously within the Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality with just one abstention and that makes it clear that this is a balanced report, which is intended to highlight not just the situation of disabled women but also the extremely important role played by women responsible for and dedicated to care and assistance for people suffering any kind of disability, as well as the work of the associations involved in it.
This report – which we will vote on later in this House – contains an important appeal: the need for both the European Commission and the Member States to try to introduce and implement flexible measures and a system of assistance that reflects the heterogeneous nature of this group of people, so that they can be applied and adapted to each case, since there is no place for stereotypes here, and women generally suffer double discrimination. On the one hand, because they are women – which is still a handicap in many European regions, regrettably – and, on the other, because they are disabled.
We need to provide appropriate resources and policies, with innovative services, in order to guarantee the most independent and autonomous life possible.
I would also like to stress the importance of the development of information and communication technologies, a fundamental tool in the integration of disabled people into society.
It is important to increase public awareness from childhood, since it is they, the children, who hold the key to the future in their hands."@en1
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