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France - Marie-Gabrielle Campana Doublet

Posted on 15 June 2017 |

Marie-Gabrielle Campana Doublet
Organization: CLEF
Country: France
My favorite feminist is: Simone de Beauvoir
What makes me angry about patriarchy: It is unbearable to see that crimes committed in the so-called name of honor , female sexual mutilation, forced marriages are persistent.
My areas of expertise when it comes to VAWG: I was a lawyer at the Paris Bar, specializing in Family Law for many years and have defended the interests of abused women in divorce cases.
Key issues when (...) Read more
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Spain - Maria José Carretero Gonzalez

Posted on 14 June 2017 |

Maria José Carretero Gonzalez
Organisation: Spanish Women´s Lobby
Country: Spain
My favorite feminist is: Clara Campoamor
What makes me angry about patriarchy: The suffering that patriarchy has provoked throughout history to women and especially the gender violence.
My areas of expertise when it comes to VAWG: I´m a family lawyer and provide legal support to female victims of gender-based violence, including accompaniment for female victims to their trials as they report the situations (...) Read more
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The United Kindgdom - Gwendolyn Sterk

Posted on 14 June 2017 |

Gwendolyn Sterk
Organisation: UK JCW (Welsh Women’s Aid)
Country: UK
My favorite feminist is: Geeky ones – Judith Butler, Marilyn Waring, Finn Mackay
What makes me angry about patriarchy: That it still exists
My areas of expertise when it comes to VAWG: Domestic and sexual violence - policy, services development and commissioning
Key issues when it comes to VAWG in your country/organization that the other EWL Observatory experts need to know. • Impact of austerity on services - (...) Read more
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Slovenia - Špela Veselič

Posted on 14 June 2017 |

Špela Veselič
Organisation: Association SOS Help-line for Women and Children – Victims of Violence
Country: Slovenia
What makes me angry about patriarchy: The belief that it is possible to understand women from men’s standards.
My areas of expertise when it comes to VAWG:
International law, especially CEDAW, VAW in partnerships
Key issues when it comes to VAWG in your country/organization that the other EWL Observatory experts need to know.
Domestic violence – gender neutral, (...) Read more
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Portugal - Isabel Ventura

Posted on 2 June 2017 |

Isabel Ventura
Organisation: APEM/MSF Portuguese Women’s Studies Association/Women without borders
Country: Portugal
My favorite feminist is: Clara Sottomayor
What makes me angry about patriarchy:
Its ability to reconfigure itself over and over.
My areas of expertise when it comes to VAWG:
Sexual violence (sex crimes and justice)
Key issues when it comes to VAWG in your country/organization that the other EWL Observatory experts need to know.
Femicide rates, sexual violence, domestic (...) Read more
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Netherlands - Essa Reijmers

Posted on 2 June 2017 |

Essa Reijmers
Organisation: Participating on behalf of the Dutch Women’s Council (my own organisation: Blijf Groep)
Country: Netherlands
My favorite feminist is: Audre Lorde
What makes me angry about patriarchy: The injustice and the waste of talents and skills.
My areas of expertise when it comes to VAWG: Violence in partner relationships; children that have witnessed violence between parents; the developments in approach of VAW in shelters, e.g. systemic interventions. A new area of (...) Read more
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Latvia - Edite Kalnina

Posted on 2 June 2017 |

Edite Kalnina
Organisation: EWL national coordination
Country: Latvia
My favorite feminist is: My grandmother
What makes me angry about patriarchy: that patriarchy again becomes strong in our part of Europe
My areas of expertise when it comes to VAWG:
Violence against women at work. Sexual harassment at work, sexual and reproductive health rights
Key issues when it comes to VAWG in your country/organization that the other EWL Observatory experts need to know.
There is a risk of (...) Read more
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Turkey - Selma Acuner

Posted on 2 June 2017 |

Selma Acuner
Organisation: EWL Coordination for Turkey/Women’s Coalition -Turkey
Country: Turkey
My favorite feminist is: The list will not fit in here 
What makes me angry about patriarchy: When they say: But men are also subjected to violence!
My areas of expertise when it comes to VAWG: Namely policy formulation, theory and implementation at the state level as the General Director of the NMW; and as an academic and also as an activist (advocacy, protesting, campaigning). Specifically (...) Read more

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