“As a representative of the Congress for Women’s Rights, I want to emphasize the importance of strengthening women’s rights in the development of strategies and policies that combat gender-based violence and promote gender equality,” she said. Rena Douroat the 46th Plenary Session of the Congress of the Council of Europe.
A few hours earlier, his deputy SYRIZA, in the context of the discussion with the Human Rights Commissioner of the Council of Europe, Dunja Mijatovic, highlighted the need for Municipalities and Regions to contribute to the implementation of the Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence . “The strongest and most comprehensive international convention to combat violence against women which aims at zero tolerance towards this violence” as he noted.
“Congress has always had a strong commitment to fighting sexism and violence against women. Especially today this critical challenge facing local and regional authorities has taken on new forms. Which require an urgent response more than ever before” he said at another point, stressing that we all “must find the ways, the tools and the means, in cooperation with all the competent bodies, to deal with gender-based violence and sexism”.
“We are talking about a multi-level task that involves the collection of data, the awareness of public opinion, the protection of the victims, the prosecution of the perpetrators. I have just described to you the duty of the Municipalities and Regions to protect human rights. The daily ongoing struggle for the empowerment of women and girls and for the equality of women and femininities” he characteristically said…
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