Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2012-04-19-Speech-4-113-000"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2012-04-19"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Trafficking in human beings (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"sv"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20120419.5.4-113-000"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2012-04-19-Speech-4-114-0002
lpv:speaker	lp:Mikael Gustafsson2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; Delegation for relations with the Palestinian Legislative Council (2011-10-17--2014-06-30)3 vice-chair; EUL/NGL (2012-02-07--2014-06-30)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the Pan-African Parliament (2012-02-13--2014-06-30)3 member; IMCO (2012-01-19--2012-11-18)3 chair; FEMM (2012-01-25--2014-06-30)3 member; Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly (2011-10-24--2012-05-20)3 unknown; Vänsterpartiet (2011-09-22--2014-06-30)3 member; Conference of Committee Chairs (2012-01-25--2014-06-30)3
lpv:translated text	"Madam President, by far and away the most common form of trafficking in human beings obviously concerns women and girls who are exploited for sexual purposes. I will therefore focus on that. Women and girls are lured and enticed into a cruel world of exploitation. Since the demand to buy women exceeds the number of prostitutes in Europe, these women are recruited from other parts of the world to be bought and sold over and over again. This is contemptuous, shameful, colonial and even racist. We need to have the courage to take a decision that will challenge this. Purchasing sex is not acceptable. In my capacity as a man, I say ‘no’ to men’s right to buy women’s bodies. In my capacity as a politician, I say that we must have the courage to take a decision that will truly abolish trafficking in women. There are obviously many important measures needed, for example we need to increase our support for the victims of human trafficking, strengthen their rights, grant these victims the right to reside in the country in which they are exploited. At the same time, we must always remember that without the demand for women’s bodies there would be no trafficking in women and girls. This means that the real problem lies with the purchasers of sex. I believe that we will need to go all the way along the chain in order to be able to put a stop to trafficking. In other words, we must also be able to prohibit the purchasing of sex. This has proved to be an effective measure in Norway, Sweden and Iceland. After all, it is not the women involved in prostitution who should be punished; it is the men that we should focus on. In summary, combating trafficking in human beings in the EU is largely a question of combating trafficking in women and girls. In order to fight this effectively, we need the political courage to combat demand. Such a policy would be significantly more effective than the current focus on biometric identity documents, passenger information and increased border control."@en1
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