Violence against Women in
Europe: a Call for Action!
Pierrette Pape
EWL Policy Officer and Project
Coordinator
The voice of European Women
 The largest umbrella organisation of women’s
associations in the EU
 National co ordinations in 31 European countries
and 21 European-wide member organisations
(migrant women, women farmers, women
lawyers, trade unions etc.)
 Concentrating on European-level, but activities
from local to international level
 Aiming to promote women’s rights and gender
equality
EWL campaign for 2016 as EU Year to End
Violence against Women and Girls (VAWG)
Awareness raising on VAWG
Advocacy at European level
E-petition on www.change.org
EWL campaign
‘Together for a Europe
free from prostitution’
Awareness raising
Advocacy at European and national level
Towards a European abolitionist network
One Billion Rising Brussels Europe
 EWL song and choreography ‘Rise Up, Stand Up!’
 1000 people dancing in Brussels (training sessions)
 Facebook page
 Raising awareness: press work (EU and national level)
 Engaging decision-makers: several EU Commissioners
and Members of the European Parliament
 Clear message and demands
One Billion Rising Brussels Europe
Dance
trainings
One Billion Rising Brussels Europe
Organising a flahmob…
 What are your objectives?
 Your targets? Press ? Decision-makers? Broader
audience?
What you need to think about:
 Best actions according to your objectives?
 Get people to talk about the issue? Or one-shot?
 Prepare people?
 Identity of the event
 Common message
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