Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2010-09-06-Speech-1-980"
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"All of us in the European Union must have an equal opportunity to participate fully in the life of society, as well as to work and be economically active, and to have standards of living and well-being that are considered normal in the society in which we live. Unfortunately, today’s global economic and social crisis has deepened poverty and exclusion for women in particular, especially for elderly women. Since women’s life expectancy is, on average, six years longer than men’s, gender is becoming a vitally important factor in ageing. I think that the fight against women’s poverty and exclusion must continue to be one of the important challenges in the EU, and accordingly the Member States should improve their social protection systems, lifelong learning and active policies of engagement in order to create opportunities for women at different stages of life to take an active part in the life of society and to protect them from the threat of exclusion. It is important to concentrate the joint efforts of the Member States on guaranteeing equal opportunities, because equal rights between men and women are not an objective in themselves, but a precondition for the EU’s overall objectives – growth, employment and achieving social cohesion."@en1
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