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The President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe: Women must be empowered to eliminate violence!

2023-11-25 14:31:54Politikë SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
The President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe: Women must
Tiny Kox/ Etilda Gjona

Violence against women and girls has reached a depressing scale across the globe.

A United Nations report recently found that one in three women, approximately 736 million worldwide, have endured physical and psychological violence.

From intimate partner violence to sexual harassment, these various forms of abuse are deeply damaging to women. 

The President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, Tiny Kox, on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, stated that: they are among the first to be restricted when democracy is under threat.

"Violence against women and girls remains one of the most serious human rights violations across Europe and the wider world, deeply rooted in multiple forms of gender inequality and discrimination. Despite progress, better laws and policies in many countries, women's rights remain under threat: they are among the first to be restricted when democracy is under threat," declared the President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, Tiny Kox, on the eve of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women (November 25).

If we want to end violence against women and girls, we must continue the fight for equal rights. Women and girls need equal access to resources and opportunities in order to have control over their own choices and destinies. To achieve this, women and men must come together. Also, men and boys must play a key role to ensure gender equality, prevention and elimination of all forms of violence against women and girls," the President further underlined.  

The Assembly's General Rapporteur on Violence against Women, Etilda Gjonaj, has affirmed that we must change the patriarchal mindset. 

" To effectively combat violence against women, we must change the patriarchal mindset that perpetuates and normalizes unequal power dynamics, which are a fundamental challenge to gender equality. The first step towards the necessary changes is to empower women and girls in all their diversity.

In this context, I welcome the announcement of the Vigdís Prize of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe for the Empowerment of Women. It is essential that we support improved access to education, economic resources (with a focus on gender budgeting) and health information, as well as greater engagement in decision-making for women and girls.

This will contribute to the destruction of existing power imbalances and the creation of a fairer and more equal world for future generations. We need to work with national parliaments, engage with civil society and collaborate widely with other actors.

By addressing the main causes of gender-based violence, the Assembly aims to pave the way for the ratification and widespread implementation of the Istanbul Convention in all member states of the Council of Europe, with the main aim of promoting gender equality and eliminating violence against women at its core. hers ," concluded the Assembly's General Rapporteur on Violence against Women, Etilda Gjonaj.


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