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EP - Resolution on Women's Rights

Summary: March 8, 2005: European Parliament - Resolution on Women's Rights

Following today's debate on International Women's Day (8 March), Parliament will vote on a joint resolution on Thursday on the follow up of the Fourth World Conference on Women Platform for Action (Beijing + 10).

The draft resolution condemns strongly the brutality of the Turkish police in Istanbul during the demonstration on the occasion of the International Women's Day on March 6, 2005, and asks the Commission to present to the EP a full report on what has happened. The draft resolution welcomes the legal reforms that have been carried in Turkey but reiterates its concern that women are still victims of honour killings and violence and calls, therefore on the Commission and the Council to continue their cooperation with the Turkish authorities and to follow closely the women's rights situation in Turkey.

The draft resolution also welcomes the adoption of the directive implementing the principle of equal treatment for women and men in access to and supply of goods and services and regards the directive as an important tool to ensure gender equality. The resolution as it stands, regrets, however, that not enough progress has been made towards completely eliminating the use of gender as a discriminating factor for determining premiums and benefits in relation to insurance and related financial activities.

The draft resolution recognises that some positive measures have been taken in relation to violence against women. The draft stresses, however, the lack of a clear political commitment to address and eradicate domestic violence against women, sexual tourism and trafficking in women, including legislative measures, such as asylum rights for victims.

Finally, the draft resolution calls on the Commission to declare 2006 the European Year against Violence towards Women and urges it, further, to include Romania, Bulgaria, Turkey and neighbouring countries fully in the preparations for and all events, programmes and projects in connection with the year against violence.

  • Ref: EP05-027EN
  • EU source: European Parliament
  • UN forum: 
  • Date: 8/3/2005


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