European Coalition to end violence against women and girls
[Brussels, 25 November 2016] More than 25 European civil society networks have joined forces in this European Coalition to End violence against women and girls (VAWG), convened by the European Women’s Lobby, in light of the recent policy developments at EU level regarding violence against women. Concretely:
- The European Union signature of the CoE Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence, Istanbul Convention on 13 June 2017.
- The European Commission year of focused actions to combat violence against women in 2017
See here our Factsheet - EU ratification of the Istanbul Convention: A vital opportunity to end violence against women and girls.
The European Coalition to End Violence against women partners are:
- • AGE Platform Europe
- • Amnesty International
- • BPW-Europe Business and Professional Women
- • Centre for Reproductive Rights
- • COFACE Families Europe
- • End FGM- European Network
- • EuroMed Rights
- • European Disability Forum (EDF)
- • European Forum of Muslim women (EFOMW)
- • European Network against Racism (ENAR)
- • European Network of Migrant Women (ENoMW)
- • European Network for the Work with perpetrators of Domestic Violence
- • European Network on Religion and Belief (ENORB)
- • European Roma Information Office (ERIO)
- • European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC)
- • European Women’s Lobby (EWL)
- • European YWCA
- • European Federation of National Organisations Working with the Homeless (FEANTSA)
- • Human Rights Watch
- • International Alliance for Women (IAW)
- • International Planned Parenthood Federation- European Region
- • ILGA-Europe - The European Region of the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association
- • Mental Health Europe (MHE)
- • Men Engage Alliance Europe
- • PICUM - the Platform for International Cooperation on Undocumented Migrants
- • Social Platform
- • Transgender Europe –TGEU
- • WAVE Network –Women against violence Europe
- • Womankind Worldwide
- • World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS)
Find in this link several of the Coalition partner initiatives on Violence against women and girls.
