(AGENPARL) – ven 22 novembre 2024 Image
PRESS RELEASE
Congress of Local and Regional Authorities
Ref. CG053(2024)
International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women (25 November):
Protecting women from violence more effectively through local and regional action
She called on authorities at all levels to keep this matter high up on their political agendas at a time when, world-wide, one woman was killed every 10 minutes. The 2024 motto of the International Day “#NoExcuse. UNiTE to End Violence against Women” should therefore be taken to heart by everyone, including public decision-makers. Local and regional authorities play a crucial role in this area, not only to ensure that women are protected from hostile attitudes and behaviours towards them when engaging in politics, but also by developing awareness-raising campaigns and providing reliable support services to all women victims of violence.
The Congress itself as a European political assembly, speaking on behalf of more than 130,000 local and regional governments, intends to initiate new activities in this area in 2025, on the basis of the Istanbul Convention standards and tapping into and reinforcing the findings of the Group of Experts on Action against Violence against Women and Domestic Violence (GREVIO) and the recommendations of the Committee of the Parties to the Istanbul Convention, which provide guidance to all levels of government, including on the role of local and regional authorities in the implementation of policies targeting violence against women.
Congress of Local and Regional Authorities
Communication Unit
The Congress of Local and Regional Authorities is an institution of the Council of Europe, responsible for strengthening local and regional democracy in its 46 member states. Composed of two chambers – the Chamber of Local Authorities and the Chamber of Regions – and three committees, it brings together 612 elected officials representing more than 130 000 local and regional authorities.
President of the Congress: Marc Cools (Belgium, ILDG), President of the Chamber of Local Authorities: Bernd Vöhringer (Germany, EPP/CCE), President of the Chamber of Regions: Tunç Soyer (Türkiye, SOC/G/PD).
Political groups: Group of Socialists, Greens and Progressive Democrats (SOC/G/PD), Group of the European Peoples Party (EPP/CCE), Independent Liberal and Democratic Group (ILDG), European Conservatives and Reformists Group (ECR).
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