FIGHTING FOR

THE END OF GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE

WE WANT TO FEEL SAFE

We all want to feel safe. To wear whatever we want without getting attacked. To walk fearlessly in the streets alone at night. We want a world free of violence, especially of violence that’s triggered just because of your gender identity or expression, or because of who you are.

GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE- A SHADOW PANDEMIC?

Gender-based violence is a human rights violation that affects 1 out of 3 Europeans.

Plus, the COVID lockdown measures have made the pre-existing problems even worse.

Cases of gender-based physical, psychological and sexual violence have increased across Europe, in what the United Nations has called a “shadow pandemic”.

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HOW CAN WE END GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE?

The European Commission has the power to draft a law that would oblige European governments to put an end to this form of violence.

We need to convince the European Commission to propose a comprehensive directive to prevent, respond to and end gender-based violence online and offline, across the whole EU.

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OUR DEMANDS

We want to put an end to this systematic form of violence by:

  • Adopting a comprehensive, inclusive EU directive against gender-based violence
  • Supporting civil society activists throughout Europe in their pursuit for a feminist future

OUR CAMPAIGN ACTIVITIES

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Protest against gender based violence
Policy Paper |

Greens/EFA and Ministers welcome Historic EU Directive proposal to stop gender-based violence

We welcome the proposal as a unique opportunity to pave the way to a feminist Europe by committing the Member States to take ambitious and binding actions towards ending gender-based violence in Europe.
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Press release |

EU must use momentum of new Directive to combat all forms of gender based violence

The European Commission is expected to present its proposal for a Gender Based Violence Directive. This proposal will mark a huge step forward in the efforts to eradicate gender based violence. The Greens/EFA have long called for the Commission to put forward a directive that puts an end to all forms of gender based violence.
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Opinion |

Feminist, fierce and fossil-free: Meet 5 feminist game-changers to watch in 2022

This year wasn’t an easy one for any of us. But we’ve been inspired by some truly incredible people who have been fearlessly fighting for the rights of women, gender diverse people and our planet. During the 16 Days of Activism against gender-based violence, we reached out to some of our favorite feminists to find out their hopes for a fe…
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Video |

Signal for help - We need a law against gender-based violence now!

This year the signal for help for victims of violence went viral on TikTok, saving at least one kidnapped girl’s life. It has become a universal signal as a call for help and to escape gender-based violence. But we cannot rely on hand signals to save young girls and women from violence against them.
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Press release |

Government’s attacks on women’s rights has deadly consequences

The European Parliament has voted in favour of standing in solidarity with the thousands and thousands of Polish citizens who, last week, took to the streets in protest against draconian Polish abortion laws. The restrictive law is just one year old but it has already cost at least two women's lives.
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Womens rights protest
Press release |

Europe must protect women and children from male violence

EFA MEP and member of the European Parliament Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality, Diana Riba, has welcomed a vote in the Parliament backing calls for greater action to tackle intimate partner violence. The report was adopted today with 510 votes in favour, 31 against and 141 abste...
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Opinion |

Show us the money! Here’s how pay transparency can close the gender pay gap

Kira Peter-Hansen
Opinion by Kira Peter-Hansen
Equal pay for equal work has been a feminist goal for decades, but how can we know what we’re achieving if companies can keep pay packets a secret? Right now, the European Parliament is taking great strides towards gender equality by demanding full pay transparency – and the Greens/EFA are leading the way.
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Video |

No More Empty Words: Greens/EFA roundtable on ending gender-based violence in Europe

Gender-based violence (GBV) is one of the most systematic and widespread human rights violations in the world, claiming thousands of lives every year even before the pandemic. It’s time the EU moves from empty words to concrete actions.
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Girl Power
Event |

Greens/EFA roundtable on ending gender-based violence

Gender-based violence (GBV) is one of the most systematic and widespread human rights violations in the world, claiming thousands of lives every year even before the pandemic. It’s time the EU moves from empty words to concrete actions.
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Video |

Feminist History

The European Parliament just made feminist history! In a plenary vote it adopted a report by Greens/EFA MEP Diana Riba i Giner to call for #GenderBasedViolence to be included as a new area of crime under EU law ➜ https://greens.eu/3kfzS4H The work continues.