Today marks #InternationalDayfortheEliminationofViolenceAgainstWomen and kickstarts #16DaysOfActivism to end the scourge on our societies that is #VAW
Here is what I am doing in the @europarl_en to end gender-based violence.
(1/6)
🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/FitzgeraldFrncs/status/1596046371567853569
We are in the midst of a shadow pandemic where sexual violence, domestic violence and FGM are commonplace in all our societies across Europe.
It is estimated that 30% of women worldwide have been subject to physical and/or sexual violence. @WHO
(2/6)
🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/FitzgeraldFrncs/status/1596046380773961728
Every 10 years a city the size of Marseille, Amsterdam, or Zagreb disappears from the world. It is estimated that 87,000 women worldwide are being killed each year just because they are women: this is femicide. These figures are staggering.
(3/6)
🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/FitzgeraldFrncs/status/1596046426357829633
We need:
For the EU & all remaining member states who have not yet ratified the Istanbul Convention to so urgently!
To progress the new EU Directive on combatting violence against women & domestic violence-I am honoured to be @europarl_en chief negotiator for this file (4/6)
🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/FitzgeraldFrncs/status/1596046434280898560
I am working closely with all my colleagues to ensure that we produce a Directive that is robust, overarching, effective, & ambitious. By adopting common sentencing standards, we will demonstrate our commitment to ensuring the safety & freedom of women in 🇮🇪 & across 🇪🇺.
(5/6)
🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/FitzgeraldFrncs/status/1596046440983584768
As International Day for Elimination of Violence Against Women is marked, I am calling on you, colleagues, to fight for protection for millions of victims of violence against women.
Read my full statement here ⤵️ (6/6)
https://www.francesfitzgerald.ie/post/fitzgerald-calls-for-eu-action-on-vaw-on-international-day-for-the-elimination-of-vaw
🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/FitzgeraldFrncs/status/1596046444859117568