What Rosa spoke about.

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Dec

2022

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Towards equal rights for persons with disabilities (debate)

Madam President, the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities is the first international human rights treaty to be signed by the European Union and all its Member States and therefore legally binding. Sixteen years later, we are assessing its fulfillment. Progress has been made, but much work remains to be done. Keywords are "accessibility" and "inclusion". "Inclusion" …

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Nov

2022

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Eliminating violence against Women (debate)

Madam President, rape against women is a heinous violation of human rights. 25 November will be the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. The Government of Spain approved a law, the law of "only yes is yes", which entered into force on October 7. The consequences are as follows: Madrid, a man convicted of forcing a woman with 65% disability to perform oral sex, at large;…

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Nov

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Gender balance among non-executive directors of companies listed on stock exchanges (debate)

Madam President, despite the fact that around 60% of new university graduates are women, they are underrepresented in many sectors, but especially in the economic sectors and especially at the highest levels. 31.5% of board members are women and only 8% chair them. With this new legislation, which has been in the drawer for a decade, listed companies will have to seek and will have to make, by 202…

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Nov

2022

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Order of business

Madam President, 25 November is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. It is a priority for the Presidency, for all European institutions and for all women and men in Europe and the world. We are going to have a debate on this on Wednesday. Unanimous, we all agree; However, in Spain, a law has been published and passed that reduces sentences for rapists and those who …

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Oct

2022

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Fighting sexualised violence - The importance of the Istanbul Convention and a comprehensive proposal for a directive against gender-based violence (debate)

Indeed, the fight against gender-based violence is not just a women's issue, it is a human issue, a men's and women's issue. I have no doubt that the men who represent the European people, you, but also those who are not here, follow us from their offices, are involved in this struggle. It is true that it would be desirable for them to take the floor, but I have no doubt that, in all parties, as i…

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Oct

2022

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Fighting sexualised violence - The importance of the Istanbul Convention and a comprehensive proposal for a directive against gender-based violence (debate)

Madam President, without equality Europe does not exist. Europe is the future of equality between all. Gender-based violence is one of the most serious violations of human rights. One third of women in the European Union – it has been said here – have experienced physical or sexual violence throughout their lives and data indicate that it has increased after the pandemic. There has been simultaneo…

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Oct

2022

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Growing hate crimes against LGBTIQ people across Europe in light of the recent homophobic murder in Slovakia (debate)

Mr President, on the night of 12 October, a 19-year-old student from Bratislava attacked and shot dead two young men from Bratislava, Matúš and Juraj. It's a hate crime. It is not an attack on the LGTBI collective. It is an attack on all humanity. It is an attack on all of us because it targets everything that is at the heart of our values. It is aimed at what we stand for as Europe. And that is w…

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Oct

2022

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The death of Mahsa Amini and the repression of women's rights protesters in Iran (debate)

Mr. President, Mahsa Amini, 22, a young Iranian woman who showed too much hair under the veil. Sufficient reason for his arrest by the Moral Police, Police for the Prevention of Vice and Promotion of Virtue. The name is already a scandal. Hours later, Amini was in a coma and three days later died in the hospital. A wave of protests has been unleashed around the world, leading in Iran to loss of li…

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Oct

2022

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AccessibleEU Centre in support of accessibility policies in the EU internal market (debate)

Madam President, following the adoption by this Parliament and the Community institutions of rules establishing an ecosystem to promote accessibility and the integration of people with disabilities, the European Disability Strategy was adopted, giving a mandate for the creation of this EU Accessibility Centre. This is another step towards inclusion and equality. Community standards on accessibilit…

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Jul

2022

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Common European action on care (debate)

Mr President, two years ago, after the pandemic, in the State of the Union address, President Ursula von der Leyen announced that she would present a European care strategy, because we had been able to highlight the importance of care, carers and care recipients during the pandemic. The Commissioner told us that this strategy was presented on 7 September. Every man and woman can receive, and shoul…

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Jun

2022

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EU islands and cohesion policy (debate)

Mr President, my first words of thanks to Mr Omarjee for presenting this very timely report and thank you, too, to the Commission. 20 million inhabitants, 4.6% of the EU population, represent citizens living on islands. 2400 islands in 13 Member States. I come from Mallorca (Balearic Islands, Spain). There has long been a recognition that insularity is a permanent structural disadvantage and has t…

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Dec

2021

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MeToo and harassment – the consequences for the EU institutions (debate)

Mr President, we have said this in the Chamber: gender-based violence is one of the most serious human rights violations. It impacts on fundamental rights and destroys the dignity of women. Four years ago, with "Me Too", some very brave women raised their voices to break the silence throughout the planet and to be able to put us all to work to end this social scourge. The Ombudsman announced a few…

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Dec

2021

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Equality between women and men in the European Union in 2018-2020 (debate)

Madam President, gender equality is a core value of the European Union, a fundamental right and the key principle of the development of the European Pillar of Social Rights. We want to incorporate it into all our actions, all future policy and all the major challenges of the Union. We have been told by the European Institute for Gender Equality that, on a scale of zero to 100, Europe scores 68 poi…

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Dec

2021

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Combating gender-based violence: cyberviolence (debate)

Madam President, gender-based violence is one of the most serious violations of human rights. There is no doubt that with the digital age of the Internet and new technologies, spaces are being created that have changed the communication and the way of relating of individuals. Cyberviolence is not a different kind of violence: is a continuation of violence against women offline. It impacts on funda…

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Oct

2021

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Assessing the Union’s measures for the EU tourism sector as the end of the Summer season nears (debate)

Madam President, I come from a European region, the Balearic Islands, which is eminently touristic and has been hit, like all tourist regions, by the pandemic very severely. Tourism is one of the most important economic sectors in the world, employs one in ten people on Earth, and has undoubtedly been the sector most affected and in turn causes a domino effect in other sectors. There is no doubt t…

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Oct

2021

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The impact of intimate partner violence and custody rights on women and children (debate)

Mr President, equality is one of the fundamental values and a basic objective of the European Union, clearly enshrined in all its Treaties. Gender-based violence is a full-fledged violation of human rights and is not treated equally in all Member States. In fact, there is different protection in one State than in another. Therefore, the first thing to do is to ask that it be part of the Eurocrimes…

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Sep

2021

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Identifying gender-based violence as a new area of crime listed in Article 83(1) TFEU (continuation of debate)

Madam President, violence against women is a violation of human rights. It causes untold suffering, cuts off lives, leaves countless women living in pain and fear in every country in the world. It causes harm for many generations, impoverishes societies and encourages other forms of violence. One third of the world's women have been victims of violence. It is present in all cultures, in all countr…

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Jul

2021

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Old continent growing older - possibilities and challenges related to ageing policy post 2020 (debate)

Madam President, the ageing of the population is undoubtedly one of the most significant challenges facing the European Union and the entire continent. There is a much higher increase in life expectancy, there is a decrease in birth rates, there is a decrease in the working-age population, and, ultimately, this causes a reduction in the European share of the world population. In some regions of my…