Gender equality and the Istanbul Convention: a decade of action

As you may know, this year is the 10th anniversary of the opening for signature of the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence (Istanbul Convention).

 

We are pleased to invite you to participate in the digital conference "Gender equality and the Istanbul Convention: a decade of action” which will be broadcast from Berlin on 11 May 2021. This event is jointly organised by the Council of Europe and the German Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth in the framework of Germany’s current Presidency of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe. 

 

The first part of this conference aims to take stock of its achievements, as well as the challenges faced, and to encourage more states to ratify it. 

 

The second part will focus on "Combating gender stereotypes and sexism: tackling the roots of gender inequality and violence against women”. This will include a discussion on the implementation of the Council of Europe’s 2019 Recommendation on preventing and combating sexism and the related campaign "Sexism: See it. Name it. Stop it!”. 

 

The working languages will be English and French, and simultaneous interpretation will be provided in English, French and German.

 

The programme is attached for your information.

 

Please note that the conference will be livestreamed on the conference website and you will not have to register to confirm your participation.