Credits

Credits and Partners

‘End Violence Against Women’ is a public interest initiative of the Council of Europe. It aims to draw the attention of decision-makers and the general public to the issues, and to highlight the specific role of the Istanbul Convention as a pragmatic tool that can be used to structure and encourage the state in its responsibility to prevent violence against women, protect victims and prosecute the perpetrators.

The Council of Europe’s Directorate of Communications would like to thank the following partners in its action to mark the United Nations International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women – 25 November:

List of articles cited

Insulti sessisti, minacce e violenze per 8 donne parlamentari su 10 Corriere della Sera, 27/10/2016
Contro la violenza sulle donne, #AlzaLaVoce La Stampa, 12/11/2016
Father sent to prison for forcing daughter to marry Sweden Sveriges Radio, 15/07/2016
Swedish music festivals hit by five rapes and more than 40 sexual assaults in one weekend Daily Mirror, 5/07/2016
Stalking soll schneller und härter bestraft werden Der Tagesspiegel, 13/09/2016
In Denmark, au pairs risk abuse in name of "cultural exchange" Reuters, 24/09/2016
Czech Roma women share stories of forced sterilisation Al Jazeera, 19/07/2016
Horrors of an acid attack last a lifetime – and cases have doubled in a decade The Mirror, 1/03/2016
Serbia Gunman Kills 5, Including Wife, in Zitiste Cafe Attack NBC News, 2/07/2016
Jealous husband murders wife then shoots dead four others and wounds 20 in assault rifle rampage in Serbia , The Associated Press, 2/07/2016
Turquie: l'agresseur d'une femme en short libéré pendant son procès L’Orient-Le Jour, 26/10/2016
En 2015, une femme sur cinq victime de violences physiques en Europe Liberation, 24/11/2016
Strafrechtler kritisiert mildes Urteil gegen Gruppen-Vergewaltiger Focus, 20/10/2016
Je 14 Jahre Haft für Mörder der schwangeren Maria P. Tagesspiegel, 19/02/2016
Побои – дело семейное Русская Планета, 8/11/2016

Quotes & Sources

“Domestic violence kills one women every 12 minutes.”
Source: United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (2014). Global Study on Homicide 2013, p. 14.

“1 in 3 women will experience physical or sexual violence during her lifetime.”
Source: World Health Organization, Department of Reproductive Health and Research, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, South African Medical Research Council (2013). Global and regional estimates of violence against women: prevalence and health effects of intimate partner violence and non-partner sexual violence, p.2.

“At least 200 million girls and women have undergone female genital mutilation.”
Source: UNICEF (2016). Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting: A global concern

“1500 women are victims of acid attacks every year.”
Source: Acid Survivors Trust International

“Women aged 15-44 are more at risk from rape and domestic violence than from cancer, motor accidents, war and malaria.”
Source: According to the World Bank Data. - UNIFEM (2003) Not a minute more: Ending Violence Against Women. United Nations Development Fund for Women