Ms Feride Acar, President of the Group of Experts on action against violence against women and domestic violence (GREVIO) participated in a meeting with the Organization of American States SG Luis Almagro, as well as a panelist in an international conference on "Violence against women, regional analysis and further proposals for the human rights follow-up mechanisms" at the OAS Headquarters together with UN SRSG on Violence against Women, Dubravka Simonovic, Vice-President of the Committee of Experts of the Belem do Para Convention (OAS) - and Ambassador Jennifer May Loten, Permanent Representative of Canada at OAS.”
Also, the President of GREVIO, Feride Acar presented the Istanbul Convention at an event on International and Regional Mechanisms to combat Violence against Women. Participants underlined the importance of connecting and coordinating the existing international instruments and mechanisms to increase effectiveness of efforts and impact of results.