On Tuesday 7 October, MEPs from across the political spectrum urged the EU to keep up the pressure to protect women’s rights, as part of a debate in the European Parliament on the consequences of the earthquakes in September (see EUROPE B13715A30).
“No society can develop, rebuild or flourish if half the population is excluded”, said Ingeborg ter Laak (EPP, Dutch).
Alessandra Moretti (S&D, Italian) recalled that the earthquake that struck north-east Afghanistan at the beginning of...