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Towards a sTrong ConvenTion

on all Forms oF male violenCe

againsT women

A publicaon of the EWL Centre on Violence against Women

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The Council of Europe is preparing a Convenon on

prevenng and combang violence against women and

domesc violence. This Convenon has the potenal to

have an immense impact on the lives of women within theCouncil of Europe Member States, and will constute a rst

step towards polical recognion of structural violence

perpetrated b men against women through the adopon

of a legall-binding human rights instrument. Throughout

the process of its elaboraon and adopon, the European

Womens Lobb (EWL) aims to ensure the voices and

concerns of womens rights NGOs are clearl heard and full

taken into consideraon. This lobbing kit provides targeted

informaon and tools designed to help the EWL, its members,

supporters and NGO partners take acon and work together

towards a comprehensive, strong and eecve Convenon

on all forms of male violence against women.

The EWL Centre on Violence against Women is a branch of the European Womens Lobby

(EWL), set up to specically work on violence against women. The Centre supports andmanages the EWLs Observatory on Violence against Women.

The European Womens Lobby (EWL) is the largest umbrella organisaon of womensassociaons in the European Union (EU), working to promote womens rights and equalitybetween women and men. EWL membership extends to more than 2500 organisaons inall EU Member States and Candidate Countries, as well as to European-wide associaons.

With the support of:

The European Commissions Daphne III Programme

Oxfam Novib

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The European Womens Lobby welcomes thisiniave of the Council of Europe. We wanta world where all forms of male violenceagainst women are named, shamed anderadicated, through genuine polical will totake stock of and combat social and sexualdominaon of women in our sociees. Aslong as male violence against women isnot directly addressed and denounced assuch, all women will keep on suering fromthe structurally tolerated inequality anddiscriminaon they face in our patriarchalsystems.

This new Council of Europe Convenon is anextremely important step towards equalitybetween women and men, and consideringthis, we believe the process of draing thisConvenon should be transparent, and takeinto account the views of NGOs at naonaland European level. We want to ensure thatthe voices of women are heard, includingthose in vulnerable situaons.

With your help, we will lobby to ensurethat the Convenon includes provisions forconsultaon with NGOs, and ensures NGOsrole in monitoring its implementaon.We believe this enre process should becollaborave and that your voices should beheard!

We also want to ensure that the futureConvenon is based on a strong feministanalysis of the structural nature of male

violence against women and that it

legislates on all forms of male violenceagainst women.

This lobbying kit aims to provide allEWL members as well as other womensorganisaons and NGO partners withaccessible tools and arguments to inuencethe negoaon process surrounding theConvenon and ensure a strong instrumenton prevenng and combang all forms ofmale violence against women. Use yourvoice to express your views towards yournaonal delegaons. Together we can builda world where women live free from maleviolence!

The EWL, through its Centre on Violence

against Women has for years been strongly

advocang that male violence againstwomen is a structural phenomenon in allEuropean countries and should thereforebe addressed at European level, with theEuropean Union (EU) taking the lead ineradicang this unacceptable phenomenon.

In 2010, we see the issue of violence againstwomen gaining prominence on the Europeanagenda. The European Parliament is callingfor a European policy strategy on the issue

and has asked the European Commission tostart working on a legal proposal to combatmale violence against women in Europe.Members of the European Parliament(MEPs) are also demanding a European Yearon combang all forms of male violenceagainst women. The current EU PresidencyTroika (Spain-Belgium-Hungary) has madeviolence against women a priority of its18-month programme (January 2010-June2011) and the Spanish Presidency of theCouncil of the EU is proposing concreteinstruments to tackle male violenceagainst women (a European Observatory;a European protecon order; a Europeanphone line).

2010 is also an important year at European

level as the Lisbon Treaty has now enteredinto force, which will lead to majorchanges in terms of balance of powerand EU representaon. The co-decisionprocedure now becomes the ordinary

legislave procedure (except in somespecic policy areas) and therefore theEuropean Parliament has gained powerin new policy areas. The European Unionhas acquired legal personality, and as suchcan become a party to internaonal orregional agreements in the areas wherecommunitarian competence exists.

Within this context, it is clearly of thegreatest importance to have the Councilof Europe working on a new Convenontackling violence against women. TheEuropean Womens Lobby believes that sucha Convenon could contribute to aconby the European Union on male violenceagainst women.Indeed, the Convenon willmake provisions to allow the EU to becomea party to it: according to the dra contentof the Convenon, there are clear areas ofcommunitarian competence; the EU couldtherefore become a party to the Convenonthanks to this paral communitariancompetence. If the EU were to become aparty to the Council of Europe Convenon,albeit to a limited extent, the Convenonwould become legally-binding on all EUMember States in the areas where the EUhas community competence. Nonetheless,the European Womens Lobby considers thata decisive step to eradicate male violence

against women at European level would beto obtain a European Direcve on the issue.

From the Council of Europe

to the European Union

Calling for a transparent

and democrac process

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TaBle oF ConTenTs

This lobbying kit comprises two secons.

In the rst secon, you will nd an Acon Kit, which contains informaon on thesteps you can take together with us to make our voice stronger.

The second secon provides Acon Tools which you can use in your lobbyingacvies in order to carry out these steps.

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EWL campaign: Towards a strong Council of Europe Convenonon all forms of male violence against women 08 The context and process of the Convenon 09 Take Acon 10

> What to do 10> Who to Target 11

> When to Act 12 EWL contribuon to your lobbying acons 13

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Introducon 15 Model lobbying leer 16 Model press release 17 Quesons and answers on male violence againstwomen and the Council of Europe Convenon 18 Facts and gures on male violence against women 21 Overview of Council of Europe countriesengagements in internaonal legal instruments on womens rights 24

anneXes 27 The European Womens Lobby 28 Contact details of EWL member organisaons 31

Informaon on the Council of Europe Convenon on violence against

women, the EWL Campaign and how ou can get involved!

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Contet of the ConvenonIn 2008, the Council of Europe approved theterms of reference of an Ad Hoc Commieeon Prevenng and Combang Violenceagainst Women and Domesc Violence(CAHVIO) to work towards a Council of

Europe Convenon on the issue. The rstCAHVIO meeng was held in April 2009and iniated a long process of discussionand negoaon amongst the naonaldelegaons of the Council of Europecountries. The CAHVIO issued a rst draof the future Convenon in October 2009and CAHVIO meengs are now dedicated todiscussing the content of the Convenon.

Process of the ConvenonThe Council of Europe Convenon will bedelivered aer a series of meengs andnegoaon processes amongst the naonaldelegaons represenng the 47 Councilof Europe countries. Several CAHVIOmeengs will take place in 2010, includingin late June and early November, and theCAHVIO Secretariat have said they expectthe Convenon to be nalised at the endof 2010. Thus far, the CAHVIO delegaonshave reviewed the dra Convenon arcleby arcle and suggested amendments, andat the June meeng, these amendmentswill be debated and discussed. The nal

text, which should be ready by late 2010,will be adopted by the CAHVIO delegaonsby consensus. This text will then be sentto the Commiee of Ministers and theParliamentary Assembly of the Council ofEurope (PACE) for adopon.

It is vital that your naonal delegaons aremade aware both of your opinion as NGOs,and of your countrys ocial posion onviolence against women, to ensure thatthey represent this reliably at the CAHVIOmeengs. We will detail further how you canact in this perspecve so as to ensure thatthe voice of womens NGOs is heard and thatnaonal delegaons ensure transparency inthe work on the Convenon.

Womens NGOs and the Council of

EuropeSome organisaons are entled to sendrepresentaves, as observers, to the CAHVIOmeengs, including the European WomensLobby, Amnesty Internaonal, WAVE, as wellas United Naons and European agencies.In light of this, the EWL has strengthened itscontacts with the two other NGOs and withsome UN agencies, such as UNIFEM. Thesepartners are very interested in our lobbyingwork and would be reliable supporters ofour campaign.

The European Womens Lobb welcomes

the polical will of the Council of Europe

countries to address the issue of violence

against women. A Council of Europe

Convenon on the issue could directl

impact on EU legislaon. This is wh we

see the lobbing work in view of this

Convenon as an important part of ourgeneral advocac work on male violence

against women.

Nevertheless, the EWL very much regretsthat the current dra Convenon dealswith violence against women anddomescviolence. Such an approach poses a realdanger that domesc violence be regarded asa separate issue, unrelated to the structuralproblem of all forms of male violenceagainst women. This is why, together withits more than 2500 members and the EWLObservatory on Violence against Women,the EWL has decided to launch a campaignaiming at ensuring that the future Council of

Europe Convenon will be a strong regionalhuman rights instrument promong anddefending womens rights and targeng theeradicaon of all forms of male violenceagainst women.

The EWL campaign aims to apply pressure

on the main stakeholders involved in the

draing of the Convenon to ensure that allwomen will be guaranteed their fundamentalrights through the polical recognionof the structural violence perpetrated bymen against women in various forms. Italso aspires to raise awareness amongst

womens NGOs, human rights NGOs, serviceproviders, the general public, policians, themedia and so forth, on what male violenceagainst women really is, and therefore onthe need for a specic and strong regionalhuman rights instrument dealing with thestructural issue of male violence against

women.

There is a clear commitment at European

regional level to prevent and combatviolence against women as evidenced byall Council of Europe countries abiding bythe provisions of the CEDAW Commieesgeneral recommendaon No. 19 and theBeijing Plaorm for Acon. There are also anumber of European Parliament Resoluonscalling for a European strategy to eradicateviolence against women,1 as well as a 2002Council of Europe Recommendaon onthe protecon of women against violence.This commitment must remain consistent

during the process of draing this Councilof Europe Convenon, and governmentsshould be reminded of their obligaonsregarding violence against women.

This lobbying kit reects the posion of theEWL, and we will be carrying out the sameacons outlined here at European level,throughout the process. A major part of our

work will be to ensure that country specicinformaon is given to our members as wellas to the experts of the EWL Observatoryon Violence against Women and to the EWLobservatories on violence against women atnaonal level.

Contet and process

of the Convenon

You will nd all relevant informaon and

documents related to the CAHVIO process onthe CAHVIO website: hp://www.coe.int/t/dghl/standardseng/violence/general_en.asp.Visit the Documents secon to access the reportsof the meengs (including lists of parcipants),the dra text of the Convenon, the NGOscontribuons, etc.

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EWL campaign: Towards a strong Council

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1 . See notably the European Parliament Resoluon of 25/11/2009 on the Communicaon from theCommission to the European Parliament and the Council An area of freedom, security and jusceserving the cizen Stockholm programme and EP Resoluon of 26/11/2009 on the eliminaon ofviolence against women.

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Who to Target Ministers and delegaons to the Council of Europe

Target our Government Ministers:

Ministers are responsible for assigning delegates to the CAHVIO process; however, thesedelegates can change from meeng to meeng. We recommend sending a leer to and/or contacng all ministries which may be responsible for appoinng delegates, for examplethose of Jusce, Social Aairs, Equality/Equal Opportunies, Interior/Police, and ForeignAairs. This will ensure that the leer and your opinions reach the correct audience. Thismight also provide you with the names of the naonal delegates designated for the nextCAHVIO meeng or in charge of the Convenon process within your government.

Target our naonal delegates to the CAHVIO:

You can send leers to the delegates themselves, many of whom will follow the enreprocess. You will nd a list of parcipants to the meengs on the CAHVIO website, underthe secon Meengs as an annex of the meeng reports ( hp://www.coe.int/t/dghl/standardseng/violence/meengs_en.asp). The EWL will update you with the latest list ofparcipants aer each CAHVIO meeng. We recommend that you request a meeng withthem so that you can have a live and concrete exchange on the Convenon process.

Target our naonal members of the Parliamentar Assembl of the Council of Europe:

You can send a leer to your PACE representaves, whose contacts can be found on thiswebpage: hp://assembly.coe.int/ASP/AssemblyList/AL_DelegaonsList_F.asp. The PACE isa democrac representaonal body within the Council of Europe, represenng 800 millioncizens through 318 representaves elected in each Council of Europe country. As thePACE will be consulted on the nal dra of the Convenon, your naonal delegaon to thePACE is also a key stakeholder to contact and inform about the current process within theCAHVIO and the posion of your naonal delegaon in the CAHVIO.

Contact other observers to the CAHVIO and in parcular UN agencies:

Several UN agencies are represented in the CAHVIO; amongst them, UNIFEM has acomprehensive mandate and a lead role in upholding womens human rights and endingviolence against women and girls. You may direct your leers, expressions of support andcomments to these observers, in order to ensure they are more widely shared with the

Secretariat and the naonal delegaons. The UNIFEM representave to the CAHVIO isRaluca Maria Popa, Project Manager: Ending Violence Against Women, Slovakia (raluca.popa@unifem.org). The UNIFEM SAY NO UNiTE global plaorm for advocacy and acon (hp://www.saynotoviolence.org/) also provides a space for recording and publicising your leers, whichare then directly linked to the UN Secretary Generals Campaign UNiTE to End Violence

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Here is the crucial informaon ou need to start our lobbing

acons towards a strong Council of Europe Convenon on all

forms of male violence against women.

What to doThere are two was to raise our voice and advocate for a strong Council of EuropeConvenon on all forms of male violence against women:

B epressing our opinion to our naonal delegates and ministriesand ensuring that the views expressed by your naonal delegates at the CAHVIO meengsreect the policy of your government on violence against women, and, as far as possible,represent a feminist analysis of violence against women. This can be done by sending leersor by arranging meengs or training sessions with delegates or ministries.

This lobbing kit includes:

A model lobbying leer that you can use (and adapt as you wish) to contact your naonaldelegates and ministries, inform them of your posion, ask for a meeng, etc.Informaon on how to get the contact details of your naonal delegaons to send themleers or contact them for a meeng.

B raising awareness on the Convenon process through press coverage andmobilisaon of the media around the issue of male violence against women.

This lobbing kit includes:

A model press release that you can use (and adapt as you wish) to raise awareness inyour country about the Convenon process, the posion of your naonal delegaon, yourown posion and that of womens NGOs, the existence of the campaign, facts and gureson violence against women in your country, news on your acvies with regards to thecampaign, etc.

The contacts of the EWL naonal member organisaons and European-wide organisaons,as well as the contacts of our partners (Amnesty Internaonal, UNIFEM) so that you canjoin forces to raise awareness and mobilise the media on the Convenon process.

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EWL update on the CAHVIO

meengs:The EWL is invited to all CAHVIO meengsand will therefore be in a posion to gaininsight into the process around the draingof the Convenon, to hear the posions

of the various naonal delegaons, and topass this informaon on to you, its memberorganisaons and the experts of the EWLObservatory. We will issue an EWL updateon the CAHVIO meengs aer each meengof the CAHVIO, informing you of the generalreservaons and posions of the MemberStates. This will allow you to establishwhether your delegates are represenngyour countrys posion correctly and also tocarry out targeted lobbying.

EWL contribuon to training

or informaon meengs:If you arrange meengs with your naonaldelegates or ministries, the EWL wouldalso endeavour to aend these meengsshould you so wish, or at least provide any

informaon you may need in advance ofthese meengs.

EWL amendments to the dra Convenon:The EWL had issued its amendments tothe dra Convenon and submied themto the CAHVIO Secretariat in January andMarch 2010. This document is availableon our website and you can use it forinspiraon should you need to give concreteproposals to your naonal delegates tothe CAHVIO. Please feel free to contact usshould you have any quesons regardingour amendments.

The EWL Observator on Violence

against Women:The naonal experts of the EWL Observatoryare your resident country experts on thetopic of violence against women and workin close collaboraon with the EWL memberorganisaons. You will nd a list of expertsnames and email addresses at: www.ewlcentreonviolence.org.

against Women (hp://www.un.org/en/women/endviolence/) and the campaigns Call toAcon for Governments and Local authories.

Womens NGOs and the media

Contact EWL members and eperts:

You will nd in the annex to this lobbying kit a list of EWL naonal and European-widemember organisaons. You can also contact naonal experts of the EWL Observatory onViolence against Women, listed on the website of the EWL Centre on Violence againstWomen: www.ewlcentreonviolence.org.

Contact other NGOs:

If you choose to build a larger NGO alliance, feel free to contact other womens NGOs. Youare also welcome to contact the other NGO observers to the CAHVIO, especially the onesthe EWL has been in contact with regarding the Convenon:Amnesty Internaonal naonal secons are listed on the following webpage if you searchby country: hp://www.amnesty.org/en. The Amnesty representave to the CAHVIO is LisaGormley, Legal Adviser on Internaonal Law and Womens Rights, UK (lgormley@amnesty.org).

Contact the media:

We trust you have contacts for your naonal media and press networks. Please let us knowabout any press releases (or other documents) so that we can post them on our websiteand showcase the European NGO mobilisaon for a strong Council of Europe Convenonon all forms of male violence against women.

When to ActIt is of course up to you to decide on the best me to act according to the CAHVIO calendarand your naonal news in the area of violence against women. We nevertheless recommendyou contact naonal stakeholders well in advance (at least 3 weeks) to give them me toreact to your leer, and/or to be able to arrange a meeng with you before the CAHVIOmeengs. Regarding media mobilisaon, we recommend press releases be sent a weekbefore each CAHVIO meeng to raise awareness of the process in Strasbourg.

Remember the ke dates! 2010 CAHVIO meengs, Strasbourg:

29 June 2 Jul 2010 // 8-10 November 2010

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Please regularly check the EWL websites:www.womenlobby.org and

www.ewlcentreonviolence.orgunder Campaigns to get the most updated

informaon as well as all EWL press releases a ndthe present EWL lobbying kit.

Do not hesitate to inform us of any acon youundertake in the framework of this campaign

so that we can post news items and update ourwebpage on the campaign with your campaign

material.

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The following secon includes a range of tools which you can use to carry out your lobbyingwork for a strong Council of Europe Convenon on all forms of violence against women.These include:

Model lobbing leers and press releases As we are aware that NGOs can be extremelypressed for me, we have produced a model lobbying leer and model press release, whichcan be added to or altered in order to suit your organisaon. Please also have a look at ourwebsite where we have posted all EWL press releases on the Convenon, should you belooking for some inspiraon.

Quesons and answers on male violence against women and the Council of Europe

Convenon These quesons and answers cover the general topic of violence againstwomen, and outline the Convenon generally. They might be useful in case of mediainterviews or as content for any communicaon tool you might want to produce.

Facts and gures on violence against women We are aware that it is oen helpful toprovide facts and gures on this issue in order to demonstrate the seriousness of maleviolence against women. The facts and gures provided here are largely from a European orCouncil of Europe perspecve, and can be supplemented by your own naonal data.

Overview of Council of Europe countries engagements through internaonal legal

instruments on womens rights This table allows you to see which internaonal legalinstruments your country and neighbouring countries have raed. This can be a usefultool when lobbying in order to put pressure on your government not to lower the standardsset out within previously raed texts, when draing the future Convenon on violenceagainst women.

aCTion ToolsTools for eecve lobbing for a strong Council of Europe

Convenon on all forms of male violence against women!

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male violence against women in our sociees reect the failure to address genderinequality and protect womens human rights. This is why it is crucial that the issueis addressed at European regional level so that a strong polical sign can be shownto raise awareness and advocate for the eradicaon of all forms of male violenceagainst women.

Wh do we need a European Convenon combang all forms

of male violence against women?

The proposed Council of Europe Convenon on violence against women anddomesc violence will address the current inequalies between various countries,including the 27 EU Member States, as well as between EU Member States and otherstates within the 47 Council of Europe Member States. Once raed, the Convenonwill serve as a common standard for all Council of Europe countries, and will ensurethat every state is held accountable for its acons with regard to violence againstwomen.

Currently, the Council of Europe countries have very dierent policies on combangmale violence against women. The main challenge lies in the denion of violenceagainst women, which varies considerably between the states and does not alwaysinclude a gender equality analysis and a broad vision of all forms of male violenceagainst women. As a consequence of this, the protecon of women from maleviolence varies widely from country to country, as do the services they can access.Without a comprehensive regional framework, acons to prevent and combat maleviolence against women in the Council of Europe area are in danger of remainingshort-term and fragmented.

A vital aspect of the Council of Europe Convenon will be the collecon and collaonof European-wide data on male violence against women. Currently there is verylile valid data on this violence at regional level and, with the excepon of a fewinteresng studies, data remains incomparable. It is hoped that the Convenon willalso include provisions for involvement, consultaon and monitoring mechanismsfor NGOs within the 47 Council of Europe Member States.

What are the links between this Convenon and the European

Union?

With the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty, the European Union has acquiredthe legal personality, and as such can become a party to internaonal or regional

Questions and Answerson male violence against women and the Council of Europe Convenon

What is male violence against women?

Male violence against women is violence that is directed against a woman becauseshe is a woman or that aects women disproporonately, and includes acts thatinict physical, mental or sexual harm or suering, threats of such acts, coercionand other deprivaons of liberty (General Recommendaon No. 19 of the CEDAW

Commiee).

The feminist analysis of violence against women establishes it as a structuralproblem which arises from patriarchal systems within our global society. The BeijingPlaorm for Acon, which has been signed by all the Council of Europe MemberStates, reects this when it states that violence against women is a manifestaon ofthe historically unequal power relaons between men and women, which have ledto dominaon over and discriminaon against women by men and to the prevenonof womens full advancement.

Male violence against women includes, though is not limited to, sexual assault, rape,sexual harassment, domesc violence, stalking, forced marriage, female genitalmulaon, crimes commied in the name of honour including murder, stoning,acid aacks and forced suicide, violaons of sexual and reproducve health andrights including forced sterilisaon, pornography and sexist adversing, violence ininstuonal sengs like prisons or recepon centres for asylum seekers, prostuon,and tracking in women. Violence against women is a connuum; a connuousseries of physical, verbal and sexual assaults and acts commied in dierent waysby men against women with the explicit aim of hurng, degrading, inmidang andsilencing women.

Wh is male violence against women an issue of concern?

Violence against women remains the most fundamental and globally widespreadviolaon of womens human rights. When including all forms of violence against

women, 45% of all women in Europe have been subjected to and suered frommens violence. Violence against women is a fundamental barrier to the achievementof gender equality and is a clear manifestaon of the current unequal powerrelaons between women and men. The existence and tolerance for any form of

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Violence against women is a gendered and structural phenomenon: In the UK, two women die each week at the hands of a partner or an ex-partner.80,000 women experience rape or aempted rape. There are male vicms, yes,but the truth is that this is a war against women because they are women. (TrevorPhillips, Chair Equality and Human Rights Commission, 26/11/07) Over 99 percent of rape is perpetrated by men, but its a womens issue? (Katz:Violence Against Women Is a Mens Issue, 2008) One-h to one-quarter of all women have experienced physical violence at leastonce during their adult lives. (Council of Europe, 2008) More than one-tenth of women have suered sexual violence involving the useof force. (Council of Europe, 2008)

The costs of violence: The Council of Europe esmates that the total annual cost of violence againstwomen in Council of Europe Member States could be as high as 34 billion Euros,amounng to 555 Euros per capita per annum. (T. Davis, Secretary General Councilof Europe - 6th European Ministerial Conference on Equality between Women andMen, 2006)

The home: the most dangerous place: Most cases of violence against women happen in the home, perpetrated bypartners. In Ireland, one in ve women is raped in marriage. (Stasc, WomenHelpline Ireland, 2008) In France, one woman is k illed every three days by her partner. (Mission galitdes Femmes et des Hommes, 2009) Domesc violence oen occurs within a cycle of violence; a UK report has foundthat of all vicms of violent crime, vicms of domesc violence a re the most likely toexperience repeat vicmisaon. (Brish Crime Survey 2008/2009)

Seual harassment in the work place: Between 40 and 50% of women in the European Union reported some form of

sexual harassment in the workplace. (United Naons Factsheet, 2006) 33% of women employed by the Finnish Parliament state that they have

agreements in areas of communitarian competence. For example, the EuropeanUnion will accede to the European Convenon on Human Rights.

The current Council of Europe dra Convenon makes provision for the possibilityof the EU becoming a party. This is possible provided that the Convenon comprisesareas where the EU has communitarian competence. According to the dra contentof the Convenon, there are clear areas of such competence; the EU could thereforebecome a party to the Convenon thanks to this paral communitarian competence.Should the EU become a party to the Council of Europe Convenon, if only to alimited extent, the Convenon would become legally-binding on all Member Statesin the areas where the EU has communitarian competence.

Consequently, we believe this Council of Europe Convenon could contribute toa European acon on male violence against women. Nonetheless, the EuropeanWomens Lobby considers that a decisive step to eradicate male violence againstwomen at European level would be the adopon of a European Direcve on theissue, which would ensure the highest standards of prevenon of violence, proteconof women and prosecuon of perpetrators in the European Union.

What is problemac about the current proposal?

The current proposal is worrying in that it focuses on violence against women anddomesc violence. Domesc violence is an extremely common form of violenceagainst women, and should be included in a general, overarching Convenon onviolence against women. However, by dividing the two issues, the Convenon runsthe risk of implying that domesc violence is a separate issue, unrelated to thestructural issue of male v iolence against women. This is why the European WomensLobby strongly advocates for such a Convenon to aim at prevenng and combangall forms of male violence against women.

The current proposal should build on the recognion of male violence against womenas the result of the structural inequality between women and men in our sociees. Ifthe Convenon neglects to include a strong feminist analysis, the European WomensLobby will no longer be in a posion to support it.

Facts and Figureson male violence against women

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Nine out of ten prostutes surveyed would like to exit prostuon but a re unableto do so. (M. Farley et al, 2003)

Tracking in women: The UN recently released a study which esmated that about 250,000 peopleare tracked in Europe each year. The same study found that 79% of trackingin human beings is for sexual exploitaon and more than 80% of these vicms arefemale.(UN Oce on Drugs & Crime Tracking in Persons Analysis on Europe,2009)

Violence against women in conict:

Raping, sexually assaulng and mulang, forcibly impregnang and infecngwith HIV/AIDS the wives, daughters and mothers of the enemy not only haveterrible physical and psychological eects on the vicms themselves, but are capableof disrupng, if not destroying, whole communies. (Council of Europe Commieeon Equal Opportunies for Women and Men - Report, 2009) Nearly 5,400 cases of rape were reported in the eastern part of the DemocracRepublic of Congo in the rst six months of 20 09. (United Naons, 2009) It is esmated that between 20,000 and 50,000 women and girls were rapedduring the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina in the 1990s. (Whose Jusce? The Womenof Bosnia and Herzegovina are Sll Waing, Amnesty Internaonal 2009)

Female Genital Mulaon: More than 130 million girls have been subjected to female genital mulaon/cung. The pracce, most prevalent in Africa and some countries in the MiddleEast, is also prevalent among immigrant communies in Europe. (United NaonsFactsheet, 2006) Currently, it is esmated that 500,000 women and girls living in the EuropeanUnion are aected by or threatened with female genital mulaon. (Associaonof European Parliamentarians with Africa, 2009)

experienced sexual harassment in their workplace. In half of the harassment cases,the perpetrator was a Member of Parliament. (Finnish Parliament, see EuropeanIndustrial Relaons Observatory Online)

Violence against migrant women: Migrant women represent a high proporon of women vicms of domescviolence; Austrian intervenon centres report that migrant and refugee womenmake up about 30% of the vicms of domesc violence that they help. ( Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network - Violence Against Migrant and RefugeeWomen, 2008) The vulnerability of migrant women is aggravated by language barriers,

discriminaon, legal dependency on their partners (residence status) and enforcedisolaon. (P. Fagan: Migrant Women and Domesc Violence in Ireland, 2008)

Rape: Rape reporng rates vary considerably across Europe from a low of less thanthree (Greece), to a high of 40 (Sweden) per 100,000. Only a ny proporon ofcountries have matched increased reporng with parallel increases in prosecuonand convicon. (Dierent systems, similar outcomes? Tracking arion in reportedrape cases in eleven countries, Child and Women Abuse Study, 2009) Ocers [...] can be scepcal of (rape) vicms for numerous reasons, such aswhen the vicm had been drinking, had made previous allegaons, were from acertain area, had an oending history themselves, or simply because they did notbehave in the way they would expect a vicm to behave. (Sara Payne, Rape TheVicm Experience Review, November 2009)

Violaon of womens seual and reproducve health and rights: Of the 500,000 annual maternal deaths worldwide, complicaons arisingfrom unsafe aborons account for approximately 70,000, or 13%, of all deaths.(Internaonal Planned Parenthood Federaon, 2009) It is esmated that 40% of women in France will get an aboron once in their life.Aboron is therefore not an exceponal event; it constutes a structural componentof sexual and reproducve life and should be taken into account as such. (FrenchSocial Aairs General Inspecon, report 2009 on aboron)

Prostuon: More than half of women in prostuon in the UK have been raped and/orseriously sexually assaulted at the hands of pimps and punters. (UK Home Oce2004)

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Croaa 1997 2008 1992 2001

Cyprus 1962 2001 1985 2002

Czech RepublicRaed 1992Entry into force 1993

2000 1993 2001

Denmark 1953 1987 1983 2000

Estonia 1996 2006 1991 Not a Signatory

Finland 1990 1990 1986Raed 2000

Entry into force 2001

Former YugoslavRepublic of

Macedonia1997 Not a Signatory 1994

Raed 2003Entry into force 2004

France 1974 1990Raed 1983 Entryinto force 1984

2000

Georgia 1999 Not a Signatory 1994 2002

GermanyRaed 1952Entry into force 1953

1996 1985 2002

Greece 1974Signed 1983 but notraed as yet

1983 2002

Hungary 1992Signed 2001 but notraed as yet

Raed 1980 Entryinto force 1981

Raed 2000Entry into force 2001

Iceland 1953Signed 2001 but notraed as yet

1985 2001

Ireland 1953 Not a Signatory 1985 2000

Italy 1955 Not a Signatory 1985 2000

Latvia 1997 Not a Signatory 1992 Not a Signatory

Liechtenstein 1982Raed 2008Entry into force 2009

1995Raed 2001Entry into force 2002

Lithuania 1995 2004 1994 2004

Luxembourg 1953 1985 1989 2003

Date of Racaon of Internaonal Legal Instrumentsb Council of Europe Member States

Countr

European Convenon

for the Protecon

of Human Rights

and Fundamental

Freedoms

European Convenon

on the Compensaon

of Vicms of Violent

Crimes

UN Convenon on the

Eliminaon of all Forms

of Discriminaon against

Women

Oponal Protocol to

the UN Convenon

on the Eliminaon

of all Forms of

Discriminaon against

Women

Albania 1996Raed 2004Entry into force 2005

1994 2003

Andorra 1996 Not a Signatory 1997Raed 2002

Entr into force 2003

Armenia 2002Signed 2001 but notraed as yet

1993 2006

Austria 1958 2006 1982 2000

Azerbaijan 2002 2000 1995 2001

Belgium 1950 2004 1985 2004

Bosnia-Herzegonina 2002 2005 1993 2002

Bulgaria 1992 Not a Signatory 1982 2006

overviewof Council of Europe countries engagements in internaonal legal

instruments on womens rights

The dates displayed in the following table indicate the year of racaon and entry into forceof each instrument. When the year of entry into force diers from the year of racaon,

this is specically indicated.

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Malta 1967 Not a Signatory 1991 Not a Signatory

Moldova 1997 Not a Signatory 1994 2006

Monaco 2005 Not a Signatory 2005 Not a Signatory

Montenegro 2004 Not a Signatory 2006 2006

The Netherlands 1954 1984 1991 2000

NorwayRaed 1952

Entry into force 1953

1992 1981 2002

Poland 1993 Not a Signatory 1980Raed 2003Entry into force 2004

Portugal 1978 2001 1980 2002

Romania 1994 2006 1982 2003

Russia 1998 Not a Signatory 1981 2004

San Marino 1989 Not a Signatory 2003 2005

Serbia 2004 Not a Signatory 2001 2003

SlovakiaRaed 1992Entry into force 1993

2009 1993Raed 2000Entry into force 2001

Slovenia 1994 Not a Signatory 1992 2004

Spain 1979 2001 1984 2001

SwedenRaed 1952Entry into force 1953

1988 1980 2003

Switzerland 1974Raed 1992Entry into force 1993

1997 2008

Turkey 1954Signed 1985 but notraed as yet

1985Raed 2002Entry into force 2003

Ukraine 1997Signed 2005 but notraed as yet

1981 2003

United KingdomRaed 1951Entry into force 1953

1990 1986Raed 2004Entry into force 2005

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Male violence against women is a corepriority of the European Womens Lobby

policy work. In this regard, the EWL has setup a European Observatory on Violenceagainst Women which brings togetherexperts from 30 European countries with

experse on violence against women. Thework of the EWL Observatory is facilitatedand promoted by the EWL Centre onViolence against Women, the operaonalbranch of the European Womens Lobby

dedicated to violence against women.

Through its Naonal Coordinaons andexperts, the EWL has contributed tothe seng up of seven EWL NaonalObservatories, in Ireland and Denmark(2002), Greece and France (2003), Finland(2004), Portugal and Poland (2009). TheseEWL Observatories at naonal level sharethe same goal, serving as an independentcrical voice for womens NGOs oncombang all forms of male violence againstwomen.

EWL Charter of Principles on

Violence against Women:

Feminist perspecve: male violenceagainst women is a structural phenomenon,the cause of which is a direct result of

gender inequality; Womens rights are human rights: all

forms of male violence against women areviolaons of womens human rights; The autonomy and the empowerment of

women: all acons undertaken by the EWLto combat male violence against womenshould work to achieve autonomy andempowerment for all women; Prostuon, and the accompanyingphenomenon of tracking in women for

sexual exploitaon, are serious forms ofviolence against women and constute afundamental violaon of womens humanrights; Recognion of diversity: dierencesbetween women must be taken into accountwhen dealing with issues of male violenceagainst women.

In 2010, the work of the EWL and

its Centre on Violence will aim at:

Lobbying for and advocang thenecessity for European legislaon on allforms of violence against women, ensuringthe protecon of women;Ensuring the adopon of a strong Council of Europe Convenon on all forms ofmale violence against women, includinginternaonal standards, to prevent violenceagainst women, protect women and holdgovernments accountable; Ensuring the visibility of the issue ofmale violence against women in Europe; Increasing the visibility of the gender

dimension of tracking in Europe and itslinks with the sexual exploitaon of womenin the prostuonal system in order toensure alternave soluons and supportfor women in prostuon, and to promote

The European Womens Lobby (EWL) is the

largest umbrella organisaon of womensassociaons in the European Union (EU).With members in all the EU MemberStates and candidate countries, as well asat European level, our acve policy workfor womens rights and gender equalitystretches from local to internaonal level.Over two decades, the EWL has built

up a solid reputaon as the legimaterepresentave of European womensassociaons and an eecve partner forpolicy-makers. Now, the EWL enjoys a closeworking relaonship with the EuropeanInstuons and civil society partners, hasconsultave status at the Council of Europeand the United Naons Economic andSocial Council, and parcipates regularlyin the acvies of the UN Commission onthe Status of Women (CSW).

With a focus on European level policy-making, the EWL works towards thepromoon and respect for womens rights,by supporng diversity among womenand equal opportunies between womenand men. The EWL voices the concernsof member organisaons across Europeby means of acve lobbying, project-management, monitoring and awareness-raising across dierent policy areas. Theseinclude womens economic and socialposion, women in decision-making,sexual and reproducve health and rights,

immigraon, integraon and asylum. TheEWL also works extensively to combatviolence against women, and manages adedicated European Observatory on thisissue. Furthermore, the EWL supports

the use of gender mainstreaming for theeecve incorporaon of a womens rightsperspecve into all European policies.

The EWL is diverse in its membershipand aims to reect and promoteunderstanding of the diversity of womenslives, experiences and interests in Europe.We work within democrac, open and

transparent procedures of communicaon,decision-making and accountability inorder to support the involvement andempowerment of women.

THE EUROPEAN WOMENS LOBBy

To nd out more about the EWL,please visit our website at

www.womenlobby.or gor contact us directly.

You are welcome to subscribe to ournewsleer, join in our campaigns, becomea member, or support our work by making

a donaon!

The European Womens Lobb

and male violence against women

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You will nd below the contact details of EWL memberorganisaons, including 30 Naonal Co-ordinaons and 21European-wide organisaons.

policies focusing on the demand side; Leading a campaign on prostuon andraising awareness of the tolerance for theprostuonal system being a serious formof male violence against women; Ensuring the visibility of the EWLObservatory and its experts, as well ofNGOs working to combat all forms of maleviolence against women.

EWL deliverables on violence

against women and seual and

reproducve health and rights:

EWL Moon on Prostuon and Tracking(1998)

Unveiling the Hidden Data on DomescViolence in the EU (1999)

Towards a Common Framework to MonitorProgress in Combang Violence againstWomen (2001)

EWL Moon: Make it a crime to buy womenin prostuon and develop strong policiesagainst pimping (2001)

EWL Posion Paper on Womens SexualRights in Europe (2005)

EWL Posion Paper on Religion an d WomensHuman Rights (2006)

The Links between Prostuon and SexTracking: a Brieng Handbook (2006,EWL-CATW)

Film Not for sale(2006, EWL-CATW)

Reality Check - When Womens NGOs MapPolicies an Legislaon on Violence against

Women in Europe (2007)Working Together Tracking in Women

for Sexual Exploitaon: Assistance andPrevenon (2008, Nordic Balc Project)

To nd out more about the EWL work onmale violence against women, please visit the

EWL website atwww.womenlobby.org

as well as the dedicated website of the EWLCentre on Violence against Women at

www.ewlcentreonviolence.orgYou are also welcome to contact us directly.

Contact details of EWL

members organisaonsYou can nd a list of the countryexperts of the EWL Observatory

on Violence against Women on the

following website:www.ewlcentreonviolence.org

EWL NATIONAL COORDINATIONS

COUNTRy organisaTion CITyCOUNTRy TEL/FAx/EMAIL

Austria sterreichischer Frauenring Austrian Womens Network

A 1090 ViennaTel/Fax: + 43 1 9236910@ : oce@frauenring.atwww.frauenring.at

Belgium

NederlandstaligeVrouwenraad The Council of Dutch-speakingWomen

10, rue du MridienB1210 Bruxelles

Tel : 32 2 229 38 71Fax : 32 2 229 38 66@ : nvr@amazone.bewww.vrouwenraad.be

Conseil des FemmesFrancophones de Belgique The Council of Francophone

Women of Belgium

10, rue du MridienB1210 Bruxelles

Tel : + 32 2 229 38 40@ : c@amazone.bewww.c.be

Comit de Liaison desFemmes Womens Liaison Commiee

10, rue du MridienB-1210 Bruxelles

Tel : +32 2 229 38 46Fax : +32 2 229 38 48

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France

Coordinaon Franaisepour le Lobby Europen desFemmes French Coordinaon for theEuropean Womens Lobby

Rue Branger, 6F 75003 Paris

Tel/Fax: +33 1 48 04 04 25@: clef.femmes.sg@wanadoo.fr

Germany Deutscher Frauenrat German Womens Council

Axel Springer Strasse, 54 AD 10117 Berlin

Tel : +49 30 204569 0Fax : +49 30 204569 44@: kontakt@frauenrat.dewww.frauenrat.de

Greece Coordinaon of GreekWomens NGOs forthe EWL

Anagnostopolou Street, 36GR - 10673 Athens

Tel : 30 210 3628574@: ioanidou.e.g@dsa.gr

HungaryMagyar Ni ErdekrvnyesitSzvetsg Hungarian Womens Lobby

C/o JOL-LETKaroli Gaspar tr 2HU 1114 Budapest

Tel/Fax: +36 1 3372865@: noierdek@noierdek.hu

IrelandNaonal WomensCouncil of Ireland

9 Marlborough CourtMarlborough StreetIRL - Dublin 1

Tel: +353 1 8787248Fax : +353 1 8787301@: encagc@nwci.iewww.nwci.ie

Italy

Coordinamento Italiano dellaLobby Europea delle Donne Italian Coordinaon for theEuropean Womens Lobby

Via Mentana, 2bI 00185 Roma

Tel: +39 064941491@ : m.tranquillileali@virgilio.it@2 : mlbtl@hotmail.com

LatviaLatvijas Sieviesu OrganizacijuSadarbibas kls Womens NGO Co-operaonof Latvia

Valnu Street 32-506LV 1050 Riga

Tel: 371 26468079@: apvieniba@apvieniba.lv

Lithuania

Lietuvos moter lobisnorganizacija Lithuanian Womens Lobby

Olandu 19-2LT 01100 Vilnius

Tel: + 370 526 29003Fax: +370 5 2629 050@: mic@lygus.ltwww.lygus.lt

Bulgaria

-Bulgarian Womens Lobby

5, Evlogi Georgiev BlvdBG - 1142 Soa

Tel/Fax: +359 2 96353 57@: oce@bgrf.orgwww.bgrf.org

Croaaenska mrea Hrvatske Womens Network Croaa

HR 51550 Mali Losinj

Tel: +385 51 233650Fax: +385 51 233567@l: koordinatorica@zenska-mreza.hrwww.zenska-mreza.hr

Cyprus-Cyprus Womens Lobby

46 Makedonissas AvenueCY - 1703 Nicosia

Tel: 357 22 351274@: susana@

medinstgenderstudies.orgwww.medinstgenderstudies.org

Czech Republic esk ensk lobbyCzech Womens Lobby

Gorazdova 20CZ 120 00 Prague 2

Tel/Fax : 420 777 222826@: info@czlobby.czwww.czlobby.cz

Denmark Kvinderaadet Womens Council in Denmark

Niels Hemmingsensgade, 10DK 1008 Kobenhavn K

Tel : +45 33 12 80 87Fax : +45 33 12 67 40@: kvr@kvinderaad.dkwww.kvinderaad.dk

Estonia

Ees Naistehendustemarlaud Estonian Womens

Associaons Roundtable

Narva mnt 25-410EE 10120 Tallinn

Tel: +372 5265927@: enu@enu.eewww.enu.ee

FinlandNaisjrjestt Yhteistyss -Kvinnoorganisaoner iSamarbete Coalion of Finnish Women

Bulevardi, 11 A 1FIN 00120 Helsinki

Tel: +358 9 2784780+358 50 469 62 42

Fax: +358 9 643193@: tanja.auvinen@nytkis.orgwww.nytkis.org

Former

YougoslavRepublic of

Macedonia

Macedonian Womens Lobby

11 Oktomvri 42 aHouse of HumanitarianAcvies Dare Dzambaz2nd oor oce 60/61MK - 1000 Skopje

Tel: +389 2 3231933Fax: +389 2 3112128@: info@mzl.org.mkwww.mzl.org.mk

mailto:kontakt@frauenrat.demailto:kontakt@frauenrat.demailto:encagc@nwci.iemailto:encagc@nwci.iemailto:m.tranquillileali@virgilio.itmailto:m.tranquillileali@virgilio.itmailto:mic@lygus.ltmailto:mic@lygus.ltmailto:office@bgrf.orgmailto:office@bgrf.orghttp://www.bgrf.org/http://www.bgrf.org/mailto:koordinatorica@zenska-mreza.hrmailto:koordinatorica@zenska-mreza.hrmailto:koordinatorica@zenska-mreza.hrhttp://www.zenska-mreza.hr/http://www.zenska-mreza.hr/mailto:susana@medinstgenderstudies.orgmailto:susana@medinstgenderstudies.orgmailto:susana@medinstgenderstudies.orghttp://www.medinstgenderstudies.org/http://www.medinstgenderstudies.org/mailto:info@czlobby.czhttp://www.czlobby.cz/mailto:kvr@kvinderaad.dkhttp://www.kvinderaad.dk/mailto:enu@enu.eemailto:enu@enu.eehttp://www.enu.ee/http://www.enu.ee/mailto:tanja.auvinen@nytkis.orgmailto:tanja.auvinen@nytkis.orghttp://www.nytkis.org/http://www.nytkis.org/mailto:info@mzl.org.mkhttp://www.mzl.org.mk/http://www.mzl.org.mk/mailto:info@mzl.org.mkhttp://www.nytkis.org/mailto:tanja.auvinen@nytkis.orghttp://www.enu.ee/mailto:enu@enu.eehttp://www.kvinderaad.dk/mailto:kvr@kvinderaad.dkhttp://www.czlobby.cz/mailto:info@czlobby.czhttp://www.medinstgenderstudies.org/mailto:susana@medinstgenderstudies.orgmailto:susana@medinstgenderstudies.orghttp://www.zenska-mreza.hr/mailto:koordinatorica@zenska-mreza.hrmailto:koordinatorica@zenska-mreza.hrhttp://www.bgrf.org/mailto:office@bgrf.orgmailto:mic@lygus.ltmailto:m.tranquillileali@virgilio.itmailto:encagc@nwci.iemailto:kontakt@frauenrat.de

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Luxembourg

Conseil Naonal des Femmesdu Luxembourg NaonalCouncil of Women in

Luxembourg

2, Circuit de la FoireInternaonaleL - 1347 Luxembourg

Tel: +352 296525Fax : +352 296524@: secretariat@cn.luwww.cn.lu

Fdraon Naonale desFemmes Luxembourgeoises

Naonal Federaon ofLuxembourgish Women

1, rue Antoine JansL 1820 Luxembourg

Tel : +352 47 2757Fax : +352 26 201491@: mlythill@pt.lu

Commission Fminine duMouvement Europen

Luxembourg Womens Commission of

the European MovementLuxembourg

44, rue de ViandenL - 2680 Luxembourg Tel/Fax : + 352 45 96 21@: mjbivort@yahoo.de

Malta

Il-Konfederazzjoni Malja tal-Ghaqdiet tan-Nisa Malta Confederaon ofWomens Organisaons

C/o 35/1 South StreetMT VLT1100 - Vallea

Tel: +356 21 99435761@: anna.borg@um.edu.mt@2: annaborgmalta@gmail.comwww.mcwo.net

The Netherlands

Schng NederlandseCordinae van de EuropeseVrouwenlobby The DutchCoordinaon for the EuropeanWomens Lobby

Benoordenhoutseweg, 23NL 2596 BA Den Haag

Tel: +31.70 3469304Fax: 31 70 3459346@: info@de-nvr.n lwww.nederlandsevrouwenraad.nl

PolandPolskie Lobby Kobiet Polish Womens Lobby

Ul. Marszalkowska 140PL 00-061 Warszawa

Tel: 48 228 276301Fax : 48 71 3417143@: renata.bm@wp.pl@: krajowe.biuro.plk1@wp.plwww.neww.pl

Portugal

Plataforma Portuguesa para

os Direitos das Mulheres Portuguese Plaorm forWomens Rights

Rua Luciano Cordeiro 24

6AP 1150 215 Lisboa

Tel.: +351-21 354 6831Fax: +351-21 314 2514@: plataforma@

plataformamulheres.org.ptwww.plataformamulheres.org.pt

Romania Romanian Womens Lobby

c/o SEF Foundaon19 Impacarii/Petre TuteaStreet, bl.913, tr.1, et.1, ap.3RO 700731 IASI

Tel : +40 232 219562Fax: + 40 332 401005@: dina.loghin@sef.ro

Slovak Republicensk Loby Slovenska Slovak Womens Lobby

Klariska 8SK 80100 Braslava

Tel: +421 2544 30889@: prowom@zutom.sk

Sloveniaenski lobi Slovenije Womens Lobby Slovenia

Dalmanova 4SL 1000 Ljubljana

Tel : +386 1 4341 303& 386 51 306211

@: metka.roksandic@triera.netwww.zls.si

Spain

Coordinadora Espaoladel Lobby Europeode Mujeres Spanish Coordinaon for theEuropean Womens Lobby

Casa de la MujerC/Almagro, 28 BJOE - 28010 Madrid

Tel/Fax : +34 91 319 11 95@: celem@celem.org@: proyectos@celem.orgwww.celem.org

SwedenSveriges Kvinnolobby Swedish Womens Lobby

Nortullsgatan 45, 1 tr.S - 113 45 Stockholm

Tel: +46 8 335247@: skl@sverigeskvinnolobby.sewww.sverigeskvinnolobby.se

TurkeyAvrupa Kadin Lobisi TurkiyeKoordinasyonu EWL Coordinaon in Turkey

Cevre Sokak, 29/2TR 06680-08 Ankara

Tel : +90 312 4678816Fax : +90 312 4273979@: sacuner@superonline.com

United Kingdom

UK Joint Commiee onWomen

C/o Northern IrelandWomens European Plaorm58 Howard StreetUK BT1 6PJ Belfast

Tel: +44 28 90500880@: niwep@btconnect.comwww.niwep.org.uk

Engender26 Albany StreetUK Edinburgh EH1 2NF

Wales Womens NaonalNetwork

Anchor CourtKeen RoadUK Cardi CF24 5JW

Naonal Alliance of WomensOrganisaons

Davina House137-149 Gosswell RoadUK London EC1V 7ET

Tel/Fax: 44 20 74 90 4100@: info@nawo.org.uk

mailto:secretariat@cnfl.lumailto:secretariat@cnfl.lumailto:mjbivort@yahoo.demailto:mjbivort@yahoo.demailto:annaborgmalta@gmail.commailto:annaborgmalta@gmail.commailto:info@de-nvr.nlmailto:info@de-nvr.nlmailto:renata.bm@wp.plmailto:renata.bm@wp.plmailto:plataforma@plataformamulheres.org.ptmailto:plataforma@plataformamulheres.org.ptmailto:plataforma@plataformamulheres.org.ptmailto:dina.loghin@sef.rmailto:dina.loghin@sef.rmailto:profiwom@zutom.skhttp://www.zls.si/http://www.zls.si/mailto:celem@celem.orgmailto:celem@celem.orgmailto:proyectos@celem.orgmailto:proyectos@celem.orgmailto:skl@sverigeskvinnolobby.semailto:skl@sverigeskvinnolobby.semailto:sacuner@superonline.commailto:sacuner@superonline.commailto:niwep@btconnect.commailto:niwep@btconnect.commailto:niwep@btconnect.commailto:sacuner@superonline.commailto:skl@sverigeskvinnolobby.semailto:proyectos@celem.orgmailto:celem@celem.orghttp://www.zls.si/mailto:profiwom@zutom.skmailto:dina.loghin@sef.rmailto:plataforma@plataformamulheres.org.ptmailto:plataforma@plataformamulheres.org.ptmailto:renata.bm@wp.plmailto:info@de-nvr.nlmailto:annaborgmalta@gmail.commailto:mjbivort@yahoo.demailto:secretariat@cnfl.lu

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EWL EUROPEAN MEMBER ORGANI SATIONS

Organisaon City-Country Tel/Fax/E-mail

Business and ProfessionalWomen Europe

252 avenue Paul DeschanelB 1030 Schaerbeek

Tel: +32 473 650803@: amelie.leclercq@bpw-europe.org

COPA European FarmersRue de Trves, 61B - 1040 Bruxelles

Tel : +32 2 287 27 28Fax : +32 2 287 27 00@: agnes.luycx@copa-cogeca.euwww.copa-cogeca.eu

European Centre of the

Internaonal Council of Women36 Danbury Street, IslingtonUK London N1 8JU

Tel: +44 1325 367375Fax : +44 1325367378@: grace@wedekind.fsnet.co.uk

European Confederaonof Independent Trade Unions

Avenue de la Joyeuse Entre 1-5B 1040 Bruxelles

Tel: +32 2 2821870Fax: +32 2 2821871@: potzeldt@cesi.org

European Council

of WIZO FederaonHoeschgasse, 50CH 8008 Zurich

Tel: +41 44 380 4045Fax: +41 44 382 5425@: irene.goldberg@wizo.ch

European Disability ForumRue du Commerce, 41B - 1000 Brussels

Tel : +32 2 2865184Fax : +32 2 282 46 09@: info@edf-feph.orgwww.edf-feph.org

European Federaon of UnpaidParents and Carers - FEFAF

Avenue Pre Damien 76B 1150 Bruxelles

Tel/fax: +32 2 771 23 34@: mehellepue@skynet.be

European Network of WomenEntrepreneurs FEMVISION

FIDEM

c/ Doctor Trueta, 69 22E 08005 Barcelona

Tel : +34 93 310 3166Tel : +34 932217540

@: directora@dem.info

European Trade UnionConfederaon

Boulevard du Roi Albert II, 5B 1210 Bruxelles

Tel : +32 2 2240408Fax : +32 2 2240454@: emeurig@etuc.orgwww.etuc.org

European YWCAsAncienne Route 16Grand SaconnexCH 1218 Geneva

Tel: +41 76 4309744@: krisn.moyer@worldywca.org

Federaon of Kal, ManouchRomany & Sint Women

4, rue Gustave RouanetFR 75018 Paris

Tel : 33 142 547482@ : ukagw@ymail.com@ : lpresber@univ-paris3.fr

Internaonal Allianceof Women

Aloken, 11, BellingenDK 5250 Odense SV

Tel : +45 65 960868@: iawsec@womenalliance.org

Internaonal Councilof Jewish Women

Kingsfold Rowley Green RoadUK Arkley, Herts EN5 3HJ

@: gillgold@metronet.co.uk

Internaonal Federaon ofWomen in Legal Careers Rue Manuel Marques, 21P 1750-170 Lisboa

Tel: +351 21 7594499

Fax : +351 21 7594124@: headoce@fcj-ifwlc.net

Internaonal Romani WomensNetwork (IRWN)

Linngatan 6S 41304 Gothenburg

Tel: +46 313304426Fax: +46 31 3301592@: sorayapost@hotmail.com

Medical Womens InternaonalAssociaon

Fssmannstr. 21D 44265 Dortmund

Tel/Fax :+49 231 462562@: w.diekhaus@online.de

Soropmist Internaonal ofEurope

Jos Ranckxstraat 1bus 3B 2600 Berchem-Antwerpen

Tel/Fax: +32 3 4498359Email : bea.rabe@skynet.beWebsite: www.soropmisteurope.org

University Women of Europe -UWE

Farm Coage The CarriagewayUK TN16 1JX Brasted Kent

Tel/Fax: +44 19 59 56 24 47@: uwepresident@ifuw.orgwww.ifuw.org/uwe

Womens Commiee of theInternaonal European Movement

Square de Mees, 25B 1000 Bruxelles

Tel : +32 2 508.30.88Fax : +32 2 508 30 89@ secretariat@europeanmovement.skynet.be

Womens Internaonal League forPeace and Freedom

1, rue De VarembCH - 1211Geneva 20

Tel: +41 22 9197080Fax : +41 22 9197081@ : susi.snyder@wilpf.ch

World Associaon of Girl Guidesand Girl Scouts - Europe Region(WAGGGS)

Avenue de la Porte de Hal 11AB - 1060 Brussels

Tel: +32 2 541 08 80@: rosemary@europe.waggsworld.org

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