In this podcast, the Italian MP affirms that “Russia has nothing to fear from the Assembly” after the furore surrounding the cancelled visit of the speaker of the Russian Duma and discusses how to make politics more attractive in an era of scandals, sleaze and a loss of faith in the political classes.
Later today, a delegation of the Global Fund for Women will present Secretary General Thorbjørn Jagland with a petition signed by 10,000 people in support of the ‘Istanbul Convention,’ the first legally-binding treaty in Europe which deals with violence against women and domestic violence.
A key theme of the conference will be the development of inclusive democracies for women. Lina Ben Mhenni, author of the ‘Tunisian Girl’ blog and Sima Samar, the Afghan former minister, who has just won the alternative Nobel prize for her achievements, have both confirmed their participation.
In this podcast, Council of Europe gender equality expert Anne-Marie Faradji outlines the unfairness of a bias towards men in the government spending at national and local level.
The ‘women’s safety treaty’ is the first legally binding convention which establishes the principle that violence against women and domestic violence constitutes a violation of human rights and that it should not be regarded as a private matter. It provides governments with the measures to combat violence through a combination of prevention, protection, prosecution and integrated policies.
