Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2000-05-17-Speech-3-316"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2000-05-17"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Peking action platform2
dcterms:Language	"fi"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20000517.15.3-316"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2000-05-17-Speech-3-3172
lpv:speaker	lp:Heidi Hautala2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Conference of Presidents (1999-07-20--2002-01-07)3 substitute; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (1999-07-22--2002-01-14)3 chair; G/EFA (1999-07-20--2002-01-07)3 member; Committee on Legal Affairs and the Internal Market (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 member; Committee on Women's Rights and Equal Opportunities (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 unknown; Vihreät (1999-07-20--2003-03-25)3 member; Delegation for relations with Switzerland, Iceland and Norway (1999-09-28--2002-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, we are going to New York first and foremost to discuss the position of women globally. Naturally, there is a need in the European Union, too, to improve the position of women in all walks of life, but we are now talking more about a worldwide conference. In my opinion, a worthwhile contribution to this event would be the concept that the empowerment of women can be regarded as a strategy for the development of society as a whole. By investing in women, we will be helping whole communities and societies on the road to development. The evidence in support of this is very convincing; many problems can be overcome by investing, for example, in the primary health care of women. In the eradication of poverty, supporting women, for example by ‘micro loans’ (negligible amounts from our point of view) has proved a very sound strategy for promoting economic activity. Education and training are, of course, the means for women to become members of full standing in society. I believe that if there is anything we in the European Union can contribute to this conference, it would relate to the fact that we have launched this ‘gender mainstreaming’ process, which entails trying to involve the gender viewpoint in all decision making. As all those present are well aware, this is not easy – we have a tremendous amount of work to do in this respect ourselves – but we can raise the issue that the role of women needs to be reassessed when it comes to questions of war and peace, for example. Women are, to a very great extent, the victims and those who suffer in wars now. Would it not be a good idea to debate what could be done by women to prevent or resolve these kind of present-day conflicts? Five years ago, at the Beijing Conference, it was stated that women’s rights are human rights. We quite agree with the rapporteur, Mrs Smet. We cannot accept what is happening to women in Afghanistan and we must promote the human rights of women at the New York Conference."@en1

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