Public event: “Acționează împotriva violului! Folosește Convenția de la Istanbul!”.
4 December, the Community Safety and Mediation Centre and the Romanian Women’s Lobby held an event at the at Romanian Parliament House with participation of MPs, press and ministries representatives, under the slogan “Acționează împotriva violului! Folosește Convenția de la Istanbul!”. Several topics were debated, as for example: the Legislative initiatives in Romania in the protection of women against violence Presentation of the main provisions of the Istanbul Convention and the situation regarding the ratification of the Istanbul Convention by the Romanian stat and the reality regarding the national services support women victims of violence, with focus on sexual violence.
A second event took place same day afternoon with the participation of over 25 NGOs representatives from national level, covering services and advocacy NGOs working in the field of protection of women against gender based violence.
Download the agenda (in Romanian) here.Download the press release (in Romanian) here and the poster of the project.