Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2002-03-12-Speech-2-136"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2002-03-12"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Women and fundamentalism2
dcterms:Language	"sv"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20020312.7.2-136"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2002-03-12-Speech-2-1372
lpv:speaker	lp:Marianne Eriksson2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Delegation for relations with the Maghreb countries and the Arab Maghreb Union (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3 member_of_the_bureau; EUL/NGL (1999-10-13--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy (2002-02-04--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Vänsterpartiet (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 vice-chair; Committee on Women's Rights and Equal Opportunities (2002-01-21--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on Development and Cooperation (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, it has taken a long time to bring this report before the plenary sitting as religion and sexuality are without doubt two very sensitive issues to address, even in the Committee on Women's Rights and Equal Opportunities. Now we have come this far, I would like to thank my colleagues who have put in so much effort to draw up a number of new amendments. I would particularly like to thank them for showing the courage to address the role of Saudi Arabia, something which we otherwise tend to keep quiet about, given that we live, it might be said, in an era characterised by neo-liberal economic fundamentalism. There are many different sorts of fundamentalism both within and outside the borders of the European Union. I cannot help but mention last week’s scandal, one of many scandals over the years. This time it concerned the United States. The Catholic Church has protected those of its representatives who have sexually abused children in their congregations for a generation. What is worst is when degenerates of this kind are also defended with the aid of the law. In this case, I am thinking of the current cases in Nigeria, where women are sentenced to be stoned to death for having sexual relations outside marriage. I am also thinking of the legal proceedings taken in Portugal against women who have had abortions and against those who have helped them to have these abortions, as well as of the recent referendum on the same issue in Ireland. These are just a few examples among many which demonstrate the right assumed by men to control women and children as their personal property. This often takes place in the name of religion and often under the protection of the law."@en1

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