ANNOUNCEMENTS

24TH OF MAY: INTERNATIONAL AND EUROPEAN TOOLS TO ADDRESS VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN

International and European tools to address Violence against Women:
A dialogue on the occasion of the Proposal for an EU Directive

https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ts9fEh6uRNyLjIRRPj2f8Q

24th of May 2022

4.00-6.00 p.m. (CEST)

5.00-7.00 p.m. (EEST)

  On the occasion of the draft EU Directive on combatting violence against
women and domestic violence, the Marangopoulos Foundation for Human Rights
(MFHR) and the Mediterranean Institute of Gender Studies (MIGS) are
organising an online discussion on global and regional tools to prevent and
combat all forms of violence against women. Representatives of international
organisations and monitoring bodies as well as women's NGOs will exchange on
how legal standards can better provide for sustainable solutions and
harmonised responses to address male violence against women, on current
trends and dynamics.

 Moderator: Maria-Andriani Kostopoulou, Vice-Director of the Marangopoulos
Foundation for Human Rights

 Speakers:

 Iris Luarasi, President of the Council of Europe Group of Experts on Action
against Violence against Women and Domestic Violence (GREVIO)

Genoveva Tisheva, Chair of the Working Group on Violence against Women of
the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)

 Susana Pavlou, Director of the Mediterranean Institute of Gender Studies,
Vice-President of the WAVE Network

 Enikő Pap, NANE Women's Rights Association

MARANGOPOULOS FOUNDATION FOR HUMAN RIGHTS

Consultative status with the UN [ECOSOC, DPI], UNESCO and the Council of
Europe

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