President von der Leyen debates at the Generation Equality Forum, with UN Women, Mexico and France!

Merci beaucoup, M. le Président Macron, cher Emmanuel, et Mme la Directrice Mlambo-Ngcuka, Merci beaucoup pour l'invitation.

Merci à la France, au Mexique et à l'ONU Femmes, merci d'avoir organisé ce forum. Nous sommes ici car une même volonté nous unit: Celle d'atteindre la pleine égalité pour toutes les femmes du monde.

Et pour cela, nous allons prendre des engagements concrets pour plus de progrès, plus vite, partout dans le monde. Pour que la génération de nos filles devienne déjà la « Génération Égalité ».

But the pace of progress is too slow. In fact, we are now facing a backlash on basic women's rights. Just think about the Istanbul Convention on violence against women. Several EU countries have not yet ratified the Convention. Others are talking about getting out of it. And this is totally unacceptable.

While we keep pushing against this trend, I will put forward – together with my College, that is gender-balanced – we will put forward new legislation by the end of year. A law to combat violence against women – from prevention to protection and prosecution, online and offline. And we will propose to add all forms of hate crime to the list of crimes spelled out in the European Union Treaties. And this includes violence against women, as well as hate crimes against LGBTIQ people. Because freedom from fear is the most basic of rights. And it must be guaranteed for all, whatever their gender, whomever they love.

'Generation Equality' means much more than protection from violence. It also means quality education for girls, support to women entrepreneurs, expanding sexual and reproductive health rights. The European Union's new budget for foreign policy will contribute to these goals. And you asked to be concrete: It was just approved and this part of the budget is worth EUR 79 billion. At least 85% of the new actions will contribute to gender equality. And at least EUR 4 billion will be specifically dedicated to women's and girls' rights and empowerment. These investments and actions will contribute to this Forum's Global Acceleration Plan. This is concrete action for 'Generation Equality'.

Diversity makes us richer. The world that we build for the next generation should not just be greener and more digital, but also more equal and more diverse. So that the next generation of women will truly be 'Generation Equality'. Let us work for this together. And I really thank you for your attention and for this wonderful meeting.#

[josephmartin]

Thanks ! Best tool to unite is distribute 200 million Training Videoconference Tablets with cheap Data plans, Cost ~€35 billion, for training Woman and Men in Clean Energy, Electric Vehicles, Hydrogen, Batteries, Electric Grid, Semiconductors, Urban Vertical Farming, e-Drones, 3D-Printing, Space Travel Industry, Desalination, Hatcheries, etc. and slowly create the Cyber Knowledge base to introduce DigitalEuro Apps, NFT's, Blockchain, etc. Practical Solutions to save the Local Economy, the Internal Markets. The same way 100% of Europe must be Vaccinated, they also must know basics of HTML5 and E-commerce or Europe will always be behind Asia .

[Geronimo-wqeg]

Na dann macht einmal die Welt gerechter aber denkt daran die Frage ist immer noch offen, wer oder was ist Normal und wer hat das Recht seine Normalität über die Normalität anderer zu stellen. Gute Frage und eine schöne Aufgabe für all die nach uns kommenden Steinmännchen und Frauchen welche sich in ihrem Istzustand für etwas besseres halten. Legt los.

[stopcensorship]

🖨79 Billion 💶💶💶 !! 🤯🤯🤯, out of which 67B won't go towards real women with real world struggles but to lobbies directly. Ironic how a woman in power announces only 5% of 'gender equality' budget aims women entrepreneurs.

[shqiperiaime]

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