COMBAT VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN – EU Strategy for Gender Equality & the Istanbul Convention

A new book with authors from Civil Society in Sweden, Finland, Latvia and Lithuania demands legislation to Combat Violence against Women.

”The violence against women is one of our time's true catastrophes. Even though thousands of women are victims, the problem does not get the attention it deserves from the society, including from legislative authorities and politicians. That’s why it is so important that the members of civil society raise their voices to shed light on the problem and demand action. This anthology is doing just that. Cooperation between several organisations around the Baltic Sea points out how to make the EU strategy for equality more effective, not least when it comes to combatting violence against women. I hope that many decision makers as well as a concerned public read this book.”  Ann Linde, fm Minister for Foreign Affairs

COMBAT VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN  Baltic-Nordic Women’s Civil Society Co-operation. Participating authors: Armi Janhunen, Cecilia Silfwerbrand, Gabriele Winai Ström, Jurgita Peciuniere, Iluta Lace, Mats Hellström, Mia Hanström, Tarja Halonen.

PROGRAMME

13.00 Introductions by Representatives of the EU Commission and Norden International

13.15 Civil society to Combat violence against Women,

Rebecca Andersson, Unizon Sweden and Jurgita Peciuriene, Women’s Issues Information Centre, Lithuania

14.00 Break

14.15-14.45 Development of wider cooperation in Civil society around the Baltic Sea, Dagmar Freudenberg, Germany

14.45-15.00 The process to implement EU gender equality,

Mats Hellström, Norden International

15.00-15.30. Discussion led by Cecilia Silfwerbrand

14th November 2023, 13.00-15.30 at Europahuset, Stockholm

Register before 10^th November: infosvenskakvinnorseuropanaetverk [dot] se (info[at]svenskakvinnorseuropanaetverk[dot]se)