Translation of "500 m tt women " (English → French) :

To this end, the EU launched together with the UN a €500 million "Spotlight Initiative" to eliminate all forms of violence against women and girls.

E. whereas, in spite of a certain degree of progress made in some areas in recent years, one in two women have at some point in their lives experienced one or more forms of sexual harassment, and one in three women in the EU have, after the age of 15, experienced physical and/or sexual violence at some point in their lives; whereas approximately 500 000 women in the EU have been subjected to female genital mutilation, and whereas violence against women and girls is a major obstacle to gender equality and constitutes an infringement of fundamental rights, and remains one of the most widespread forms of violation of human rights in the EU ...[+++];

G. whereas the Armenian Genocide was conceived and carried out by the Ottoman Empire from 1915 to 1923, resulting in the deportation of nearly 2 000 000 Armenians, of whom 1 500 000 men, women, and children were killed, while 500 000 survivors were expelled from their homes, and succeeding in the elimination of the over 2 500‑year presence of Armenians in their historic homeland;

E. whereas in October 2014 UN researchers stated that an estimated 5 000 to 7 000 women were also being held in makeshift detention centres, from which they were being taken away and either sold into servitude or handed to jihadists as concubines; whereas the town of Tal Afar alone is thought to hold around 3 500 women and children in five detention centres;

AK. whereas, according to the Commission and to Amnesty International reports, FGM concern hundreds of thousands of women and girls in Europe and the figure of 500 000 victims is commonly cited; whereas the disparities between legal provisions in Member States are leading to the phenomenon of so-called cross border ‘FGM tourism’ within the EU;

3. Notes the clear progress on women's representation in Norway since the adoption in 2003 of legislation requiring a minimum of 40% of both women and men on boards of listed companies with a workforce of more than 500 and making provision for effective sanctions for non-compliance;