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"Mr President, despite the achievements of the EU gender equality policies in the last half century, which we have talked about today, there is still a lot to accomplish, as many speakers have said. The ambitious goals of the 2006 and 2010 EU road map – and many of the MEPs were here at the time when we were talking to the Commission about the older road map – where we called for economic independence, reconciliation of private life and professional life, equal representation, eradication of violence, elimination of stereotypes and the promotion of gender equality in external policies, need to be further pursued. We can all see this.
In fulfilling the aims of the old road map and defining the objectives of the new road map, to which this debate and all the reports should have pointed, we see that the Commission needs to introduce specific measures in order to assure the strength of the existing road map, and also to learn from its weaknesses and to overcome these weaknesses.
My main concern is the visibility, the visible influence that we can have on national and regional level instruments achieving gender equality in the field. Although, as Mr Romeva i Rueda said, it is still difficult to assess the financial crisis, it is absolutely clear to all of us that this period has had particularly serious consequences for women.
It is therefore very much the case, and should be highlighted endlessly, that inadequate investment in economic and social opportunities for women completely limits economic growth and slows down the reduction of poverty and social disparities in our Europe. Beside this, what was missing from the old road map – actually it was talked about but not much was done – is combating multiple discrimination, since compound discrimination based on age, disability, ethnic or racial background, religion or national origin and social economic status creates multiple barriers to women’s empowerment and social advancement. This is something we do not talk about very much. Just as rarely do we talk about the importance of collecting, processing and publishing disaggregated data. Finally, primarily tools ..."@en1
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