Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2004-02-12-Speech-4-021"

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dcterms:Date	"2004-02-12"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Afghanistan2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20040212.1.4-021"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2004-02-12-Speech-4-0222
lpv:speaker	lp:Catherine Stihler2
lpv:spoken text	"Madam President, the situation in Afghanistan is of great interest to this House. This important report, in the context of the development of democracy in Afghanistan, is highly topical. As the report emphasises, the situation since the end of the Taliban regime has improved, but additional efforts need to be made. For example, as many have said this morning, the situation of women must be highlighted. Literacy is still unbelievably low, with only a 10% to 15% literacy rate among women. Only one-third of school children are girls. They are often held back from returning to school. And even if some of these women go to school they face violence just for attending. These trends are strongest outside Kabul, in the south and east of the country, where the situation of women is not so well known but is much worse than in the political centre. The Constitution, drawn up in January, specifically recognises the equality between men and women. 25% of the seats in the House of the People are reserved for women, yet it remains uncertain that this provision, along with others establishing rights for women, will help to implement women's rights properly or help women get elected in the coming election. Many Members have talked about the issue of drugs. We live in a world where a poppy grown in Afghanistan can end up being illegally sold as heroin in Scotland. The human suffering caused by the drugs problem and its links to crime in our communities concerns us all. That is why we should support the Afghan National Drug Control Strategy, which sets the target of complete elimination of poppy growing by 2013. I am pleased that the UK Government plans to deploy an enhanced drugs team to Kabul and Kandahar by the end of the year and has made GBP 70 million available, over three years, for law enforcement, capacity-building, alternative livelihoods for those who are involved in poppy cultivation, and demand-reduction initiatives. We must ensure that capacity for effective public administration continues to improve at central and provincial levels."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Labour Party (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; PES (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Hungary Joint Parliamentary Committee (2002-02-06--2004-04-30)3 member; PECH (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Stihler (PSE )."1

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