14 Dec 2020 - Meeting of the Network 'Women Free from Violence'

Video recording of the meeting of the Parliamentary Network Women Free from Violence, organised by the Parliamentary Network Women Free from Violence and the Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe. The meeting was held on 14/12/2020, with the following agenda:

- Statement by the General Rapporteur on Violence against Women, Ms Zita Gurmai (Hungary, SOC)

- Generation Equality Forum 2021, UN Women, Paris, 2021
Presentation by Ambassador Delphine O, Secretary General of the Generation Equality Forum 2021, Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs, France and Ambassador Marie Fontanel, Permanent Representative of France to the Council of Europe.
Exchange of views.

- Handbook for parliamentarians on the Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence (“The Istanbul Convention, a powerful tool to end gender-based violence”)
Presentations by:
- Ms Nina Nordström, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Permanent Representative of Finland, Chair of the Committee of the Parties to the Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence (Istanbul Convention);
and by members of the Network:
- Mr Dimitri Houbron (France, ALDE);
- Ms Rósa Björk Brynjólfsdóttir (Iceland, UEL);
- Ms Béatrice Fresko-Rolfo (Monaco, ALDE);
- Ms Eglantina Gjermeni (Albania, SOC).
Exchange of views.

- Good practices implemented during the 2nd wave of Covid-19 to tackle violence against women
[Resolution 2339 (2020)]
Hearing with the participation of:
- Mr Charles Ramsden, Chair of the Gender Equality Commission of the Council of Europe;
- Members of the Network.


Chair:
- Ms Zita Gurmai (Hungary, SOC), General Rapporteur on Violence against women, Coordinator of the Parliamentary Network Women Free from Violence, Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe.