Le Lobby européen des femmes (LEF) a initié un large mouvement européen de plaidoyer, rassemblant des ONG et des personnalités politiques, qui demande une action européenne intégrale sur les violences faites aux femmes et qu’il y ait une Année européenne de prévention et lutte contre les violences faites aux femmes.
Pourquoi une année européenne pour mettre fin aux violences faites aux femmes ?
Une Année européenne est la meilleure façon d’attirer l’attention sur le grave phénomène de la violence faites aux femmes et de ses impacts sur la société. Au travers de l’établissement d’une telle année, les institutions nationales et européennes sensibilisent à la question et renouvellent leur engagement politique pour mettre fin aux violences faites aux femmes. C’est l’opportunité parfaite pour proposer des mesures concrètes, en plus d’activités de sensibilisation et d’une campagne média : en couplant l’année européenne avec un cadre politique globale pour éradiquer les violences faites aux femmes, l’Europe démontrerait son engagement sincère de mener le combat vers une Europe libérée de toutes les formes de violence envers les femmes.
Une demande récurrente du Parlement européen
Déjà en 2009, le Parlement européen demandait à la Commission européen de déclarer, dans les cinq années à venir, une ‘Année européenne de tolérance zéro envers les violences faites aux femmes ‘, dans une déclaration écrite adoptée en avril. En octobre 2010, plus de la moitié des parlementaires européen-ne-s ont adopté une nouvelle déclaration écrite demandant l’établissement d’une Année européenne de lutte contre la violence envers les femmes. Un tel appel pour une année européenne a été fait régulièrement dans plusieurs résolutions et rapports du PE sur les droits des femmes et légalité entre femmes et hommes dans les deux dernières années. Il est maintenant temps d’agir et d’utiliser l’opportunité de l’engagement de la Commission d’élaborer une stratégie, pour avoir une action européenne complète et efficace visant l’éradication des violences faites aux femmes au travers d’activités légales et de sensibilisation.
Aucune legislation européenne contre les violences faites aux femmes !
A ce jour, l’UE n’a pas de législation contraignante pour s’attaquer à cette violation des droits humains omniprésente sur son territoire. Au cours des dernières années, on a vu un intérêt politique grandissant pour changer cette situation, sous la forme de nombreux appels du Parlement européen pour une action européenne, la priorisation de la question par le Trio de Présidence de l’UE, les Conclusions du Conseil mandatant la Commission européenne d’élaborer une Stratégie sur les violences envers les femmes et de considérer des instruments législatifs, et d’autres nombreux engagements par les institutions européennes. En parallèle, l’Agence européenne des Droits Fondamentaux et l’Institut européen pour l’égalité femmes-hommes ont lancé des initiatives pour rassembler des données comparables sur la question, et le programme Daphne a permis de construire un socle d’expertise et de bonnes pratiques sur la prévention des violences faites aux femmes.
La violence envers les femmes est une violation persistante des droits humains
La violence envers les femmes est une question de droits humains. Elle affecte environ 45% des femmes en Europe. Il est estimé qu’une femme sur cinq a souffert de violence dans sa maison, et que plus d’une femme sur 10 a été victime de violence sexuelle avec usage de la force : au Royaume-Uni, 80 000 femmes ont connu le viol ou une tentative de viol ; en France, une femme est tuée tous les trois jours sous les coups de son compagnon. La violence conjugale seule coûte plus de 16 milliards d’euros aux Etats membres de l’UE – un million d’euros chaque demi-heure. Le coût annuel des budgets des Etats membres de l’UE pour les programmes de prévention de la violence envers les femmes s’élève à 1000 fois moins, et ce malgré les résultats récurrents des enquêtes Eurobaromètre qui mettent en valeur l’inquiétude répandue pour l’étendue et la prépondérance des violences faites aux femmes, y compris dans la famille.
La violence envers les femmes est une question politique, cause et conséquence de l’inégalité entre les femmes et les hommes. En plus des impacts directs sur les individus et les coûts sociaux globaux, la violence masculine envers les femmes modèle la place des femmes dans la société : leur accès à l’emploi et l’éducation, leur intégration dans des activités culturelles et sociales, leur indépendance économique, leur participation à la vie publique t politique et aux prises de décision, leur santé et leurs relations avec les hommes. Dans le même temps, l’inégalité entre femmes et hommes crée les conditions pour la violence envers les femmes et la légitime.
L’urgence d’une action et année européennes pour mettre fin aux violences faites aux femmes
Il est donc temps pour une approche globale qui vise à mettre fin aux violences faites aux femmes sur le territoire de l’UE, et pour un engagement de la Commission européenne à élaborer un cadre politique européen pour combattre les violences faites aux femmes d’ici 2012. Cette action doit s’accompagner d’un message public clair dénonçant la violence faite aux femmes comme violation persistante des droits humains des femmes, au travers de l’établissement d’une Année européenne de prévention et lutte contre les violences faites aux femmes.
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Membres du Parlement européen
Catherine Stihler, Royaume-Uni, S&D
Mary Honeyball, Royaume-Uni, S&D
Mikael Gustafsson, Suède, GUE
Ilda Figueiredo, Portugal, GUE
Marije Cornelissen, Pays-Bas, Greens
Antonyia Parvanova, Bulgarie, ALDE
Britta Thomsen, Danemark, S&D
Marc Tarabella, Belgique, S&D
Mariya Nedelcheva, Bulgarie, PPE
Marian Harkin, Irlande, ALDE
Gay Mitchell, Irlande, PPE
Nessa Childers, Irlande, S&D
Phil Prendergast, Irlande, S&D
Mairead McGuinness, Irlande, PPE
Kartika Liotard, Pays-Bas, GUE
Liam Aylward, Irlande, ALDE
Ana Gomes, Portugal, S&D
Riikka Manner, Finlande, ALDE
Ivailo Kalfin, Bulgarie, S&D
Inês Zuber, Portugal, GUE
Iratxe García Pérez, Espagne, S&D
Emer Costello, Irlande, S&D
Autres personnalités politiques européennes
Anna Karamanou , PES Women Vice-President , MEP Former, Greece
Personnalités politiques nationales
Agnieszka Grzybek , Polish Green Party, Poland
Kristin Astgeirsdottir, Center of Gender Equality (Jafnréttisstofa), Iceland
Nataliya Kravtsova, Chief Officer of the Ministry of Economics, Russia
Cllr Suzanne Richards, Councillor on Manchester City Council, UK
Marianne Bruun, Chairman on Committee of Gender Equality , Social Democratic Party DK, Denmark
Sara Slana, Senior Adviser on the Office for Equal Opportunities, Slovenia
Paula Sanchez Martín, Adviser of the Valencian Regional President, Valencia Regional Government, Spain
Shqipe Krasniqi, Executive Director of Agency for Gender Equality – Government, Kosovo
Dimitra Kogidou, Dean of the Faculty of Education, Thessaloniki, Greece
Ana Couto, MP of the Socialist Parliamentary Group, Portugal
Organisations européennes et internationales signataires
Platforme Sociale – www.socialplatform.org – La Plateforme des ONG sociales européennes (Plateforme Sociale) est l’alliance des fédérations et réseaux européens d’organisations non-gouvernementales actives dans le secteur social. Les membres de la Plateforme Sociale représentent des centaines d’associations, organisations et groupes volontaires, au niveau local, régional, national et européen, représentant les intérêts d’une large partie de la société civile.
AGE Platform Europe – www.age-platform.org
COFACE – The Confederation of Family Organisations in the European Union – www.coface-eu.org
IPPF European Network – International Planned Parenthood Federation – www.ippfen.org
Mental Health Europe – www.mhe-sme.org
PICUM – Platform for International Cooperation on Undocumented Migrants – www.picum.org
EAPN – European Anti-Poverty Network – www.eapn.org
European Public Health Alliance (EPHA) – www.epha.org
Anna Dryja?ska, Congress of Women / Kongres Kobiet
Boguslawa Durajska
Cplm Dempsey, Violence Against Women 365 International Poster Exhibition
Iza Desperak, Informal Gender Lodz group
Riet De Baets, Zonta International
Alicia Masia Moreno
Vivien Green
Radha Paudel, Action Works Nepal
Nieves González Ramón
Carolina Albuerne Rodriguez
Christina Koumi, Officer/Teacher
Danijela Dugandzic Zivanovic, Directress of Association for Art and Culture CRVENA
Veronika Jones
Kate Boyle, Information executive of Citizens Information Board
Marta Martínez
Leen Scheerlinck, Director of Nederlandstalige Vrouwenraad
Annemoon van Noorden, Hulpverlener of VieJa Utrecht
Marta Pinto, Policy Officer of ERIO – European Roma Information Office
Georgia Tsaklanganos, Civil liberties adviser for the Greens/EFA group in the EP
Francesca de Paula, Porject Manager of Formaper
Virginia Lopez Calvo, Coordinator of Roj Women’s Association
Christina Grimme
Elisabetta coscia, Trainee Amazone
Rolf Stuber
Marika Loughlin, Student of Sociology
Luis Pombo
Lorraine Mirham, UK International Board Member WILPF
Anna Fisher
Mary Alys, Branch Contact of Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (Leicester Branch)
Antonia Sani, President italien Section of Womens International League for Peace and Freedom
Martin Witlake
Helen Kay, UK Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom – Scottish branch
Lyda Verstegen, President of the International Alliance of Women
Annamarie Foley, General Manager of ADAPT Kerry Limited
Roisin Robertson, Hon. Secretary of Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom
Denise Contini, WILPF Member
Ana Puy, Associate professor of social Psychology and Head of the Gender Equaility Office at University of La Laguna (Tenerife, Spain)
Vesna Jaric, Gender Advisor of Combating Sexual and Gender Based Violence
Leroy Liliane, Chargée d’etude of Femmes Prévoyantes Socialistes
Raffaela Donnini
Conny Bergé, Project Coordinator of PEP International Foundation
Jessica Burnham, Women’s Empowerment Specialist of Worldwide Organization for Women
Lene Pind, Secretary General of International Alliance of Women
Sabine Scherbaum, Party leader of Feministische Partei DIE FRAUEN
Jana Hainsworth, Secretary General of Eurochild
Chris Green, Director of White Ribbon Campaign
Rosemary Hindle, Development Executive (External Relations) of World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (Europe Region)
Marisa Figueiredo, Journalist
Emina Hadzic, Director of Institute Circle
Sophie Crowe
Christina Pantzou, Journalist
Malgorzata Tarasiewicz, Director of Network of East West Women
Emina Cejvan, President of Bosnia and Herzegovina Women
lorraine Bowler
Iliana Balabanova-Stoicheva, PR and Project Coordinator of Bulgarian Gender Research Foundation
Wiebke Doering, Co-Director of Terre Des Femmes Schweiz
Roselyne Bourgon
Hela Khomsi, President of Ligue Française de la Femme Musulmane
Barbara Terenzi, Coordinator of Comitato per la promozione e protezione dei diritti umani
Sudaba Shiraliyeva, Director of Center Women and Modern World
Haxhije Ajvazi , Chairwomen of a branch of Islamic Youth Forum Macedonia
Aslihan Tekin
Boboc mioara, Secretary of Forum of Muslim Women from Romania
Ben Hassine Cherifa, Asociación de Mujeres Musulmanas ANNUR
Lengema Feza
Naredo Covadonga, Expert violence against women of Assotation Women Word Iqualite
Jasminka Popovska, Executive Director of CSO Local Development Agency, Struga, Macedonia
Selma Acuner , NGO member of KADER
Richard Koehler, Co-chair of Transgender Europe – TGEU
Marcela Bratosin, Asociatia Euromediu si Dezvoltare Sociala
Helena Clark, Community Development worker of Kerry Travellers development Project
Tanja Noponen
Christine Hirtl, Project manager of Women´s Health Center
Roberta Crescenzo
Suzannah Young
Madge O’Callaghan
Natalija Petric, Legal advisor of United Women
Pia Nyman, Political Secretary
Maria Thorsnes
Carolina Garcia
Jacqui O’Riordan
Marisa Iannucci, Association LIFE onlus
Ann J. Simonton, Coordinator of Non profit of Media Watch
Sarah de Hovre, Consultant Human Rights and Gender
Marie-Hélène Franjou, Pediatrician
Sharon Hickey
Gaelle Sundelin, Volunteer of Serve the City
Christine Dagain, Vice-President of Soroptimist International
Sylvie Merle
Daphne Bland
Eveline Houg
Núria Francolí, Research officer
Tom Rottinghuis
Tina Koskinen
Henrik Andersson
Hawa Sidibe, President of Association Pour Le Développement et de la Promotion des Droits Humains
Jolien Fleerackers
Greetje Van der Veer
Consorcia de Leon Scholtz, Founder President of World Mission for Peace & Development
Andrea Tauber, Project Manager
Isabelle George, University Professor
Dessart Delphine, Social Worker
Dulce Correia, School Teacher
Dora Tsioli Artemi, Business Director
Fabian Dalma, FEANTSA
Magdalena Garczynska, Technical Manager
Vesna Sekulik, President of the NGO Women Safety House Nora
Henk Pietersma, National, all round ICT manager
Anita Myfanwy
Ana Kandi, Member of League of Social-democrats of Vojvodina, Serbia
Karin Petersson
Sandra Naaf, Researcher of Istituto per la Richerca Sociale
Maria Evangelidou
Iulia Pascu
Pinelopi Kouloglou, MA student
Luisa Zappella, President of EUDIFITALIA
Eva Valentova, Expert for International Cooperation of Association for Integration and Migration
Tapuwa Bridget Makande, President and Founder of Nozizwe vzw
Roselyne Parker
Aleid Van Den Brink, Directeur-bestuurder en dutch member of the EWL Observatory on Violence against Women, Blijf Groep en NRV (Nederlandse Vrouwen Raad)
Lily Greenan, Executive Director of Scottish Women’s Aid
Anna Vouyoukas ,Social scientist – board member of national NGO of DIOTIMA, Centre for Research on Women’s Issues
Brigitte Triems, EWL President
Nancy McLennan
Lucia Cucciarelli, President of an Association of active citizenship, Tulip Project
Anna Reymondeaux, Student
Giovanni Fiorella, Writter
Louise Deumer, Board Member of IAW International Alliance of Women
Caroline Adomo, Attachée Parlementaire – Sénat
Francoise Morvan, Vice presidente de la Coordination française pour le Lobby européen des femmes
Pauline Leroyer, Stagiaire-Etudiante en droit
Lea Bages, student
Cécile Werey, Etudiante
Can Korkut, Etudiante en droit
Joan Ribi, Director of International Institute for Gender Studies, Malta
Wiebcke Doering, Co-Director of Terre de Femmes Schweiz
Sophie Lainé, European Policy Advisor of Women Rough Sleepers (Daphne III funded initiative)
Jacqueline Cawston, Senior Business Development Manager of Serious Games Institute, England
Gerda In’tVeld-Koelman, Senior Citizen of the WMO-adviesgroep The Hague, Netherlands
Eva Fager, Vice-President of EWL
Jonathan Deschamps, Président d’association
Altamira Guelbenzu, student lawyer
Marie-Christine Exsteyl, Conseillère égalité FOREM; vice-présidente de P.O.
Lillian Zellou, President of Soroptimist International Greek Union
Lamis Nasser, President of Human Forum for Women’s Rights
Eze Ugoji, Advocacy of Eng Aja Eze Foundation
Francisco Javier García Checa
Linda Brockett
Line Boisdur
Pilar Gonzalez Retuerto
Rose-Marie Ruiter
Yari Esmail, Director of European Organization of Iranian Refugees
Gunnel Perly Svedberg, National Trafficking Coordinator, Reception Unit of Swedish Migrationboard
Omar Faruque Chowdhury, Migration of Ovibashi karmi unnayan Program (OKUP)
Michie Val, to raise awareness of and advocate on behalf of female victims of modern day slavery, Soroptimist International (Yorkshire)
Ana Costa
Tjasa Bertoncelj
Filedt Kok-Weimar Tonny Louise, Chaiman of the International Advisory Committee of the Netherlands Council of Women and EWLBoard member of Netherlands Council of Women
Eliane Lagasse, President Soroptimist International of Europe
Alexandra Silva , EWL Board member, Portuguese Platform for Women’s Rights
Bea Rabe , SI/E Representative to the EWL/LEF, Soroptimist International of Europe
Margarida Medina Martins, Board Member of Associação de Mulheres Contra a Violência – AMCV
Raffaella Bianchi, Assistant Professor in Political Science of Zirve University
Matei Miruna
Gulriz Ozyildirim, Soroptimist International of Bosphorus
Vincent Soubeyran
Madlina Puka, Executive Director of Center for Research Cooperation and Development – CRCD- ALBANIA
Helene Guerin
Pernici Elodie
Afërdita Haxhijaha Imeri of DESIDE
Camila Spadavecchia
Eva Fager, Vice-president of EWL
Myriam Chuquin , ASERB ABSL Asociation des Equatoriens residents a Bruxelles
Claudine Tockert
Michele Vianes , Regards de femmes
Elodie Lemoigne
Dorsaf Ben Dhiab, Trésorière/responsable PR of European Forum Of Muslim Women/Forum Européen des Femmes musulmanes
Walter Censi, Fonctionnaire of the Commission européenne
Nathalie Yates, student
Jorge Mejía Diez
Xavier Mondon
Pierre Courbe
Michele Fort
Nadine Andre
Marie Duffort
Samir Djaiz, Secrétaire Général of Plate Forme Migrants et Citoyenneté Européenn
Laetitia Martig-Deces
Linda Mancecau
Gülser Öztunali Kayir, Enseignante Prof.Dr. of Antalya Centre de Solidarite et Conseil de Femme
Marjory Y.L.
Eugenia Carrara, Spécialiste en questions de Génre, FLACSO
Annette Ntignoi , Présidente of Le collectif des femmes africaines du Hainaut
Sandrine Apers, Présidente d’association of Association Le Monde à Travers un Regard
Michel Carriere
Astrid Tuncky
Philippe Portier, Responsable Syndical of FGMM-CFDT
Luc Helin
Nejia Sghir
Alizé Collet
Louise Goffin
Mohamed el Amine Benmouaz
Alain Benoit
Magali Duval
Elena Thomas , Directrice of Cabinet Conseil
Badou Ortega
Héloïse Galili
Germaine-Maëva Custinne, Administrateur of FIRE-FeC Général Asbl – Force, Interculturalité, Renforcement de l’Empowerment de la Femme d’origine Congolaise en Général
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