Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2011-03-08-Speech-2-070-000"

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lpv:document identification number	"en.20110308.7.2-070-000"2
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lpv:speaker	lp:Ilda Figueiredo2
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lpv:translated text	"Madam President, it is particularly significant that this year, on International Women’s Day, we are discussing these reports that seek to draw attention to the inequalities and discrimination that persist. In some countries, society is even taking backward steps. When we highlight an historic date linked to women’s struggle for recognition and the exercising of their rights, we are highlighting the worsening of unemployment and unstable jobs, along with low wages, and discrimination in terms of wages and on the basis of maternity that assail women workers; these are taking on expressions that are particularly shocking and unacceptable in the younger generations. Situations of loss of income are on the increase and women are getting poorer. The situations of disabled, immigrant and retired women with small pensions, and of low paid women workers, are particularly critical. The problems faced by women in the rural world and in family agriculture are increasing, as are those of women running micro- and small enterprises. The impact of austerity measures in some countries, such as Portugal, Greece and Ireland, is having repercussions for the lives of women as workers, citizens and mothers. That is the case with the deliberate reduction of wages, the freezing of admissions to university courses, and the blocking of collective bargaining; and with the cuts to healthcare, education, social security and a variety of forms of social support. Preventing the taking of measures, under the pretext of the crisis, which threaten women’s right to equality and to the necessary economic and social cohesion, is therefore a crucial issue. Fine words and declarations of good intentions are not enough. It is time to break with the neoliberal policies of the Stability and Growth Pact, with liberalisations and privatisations, and with free competition, which are always in the service of economic and financial interest groups. It is time to prioritise women and their rights, equality, and economic and social cohesion, so that we can have a better society; so that we can truly respect human rights and consolidate the progress that women have helped to build for our civilisation."@en1
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