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Mon 09 Sep 2009Treaty 'detrimental' to women's interests
The Lisbon Treaty is detrimental to the interests of women and will lead to a decline in the quality of public services most accessed by women, a campaign group calling itself 'Women Say No to Lisbon – Again' claimed today.
The group also claimed the Charter of Fundamental Rights, which will be made legally binding by Lisbon, ignored women’s human rights in several areas, including the right to childcare, reproductive and sexual rights, divorce, housing and the right to freedom and protection from men’s violence.
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