The President of the Council of Europe Group of Experts on Action against Violence against Women and Domestic Violence (GREVIO), Iris Luarasi, has ended her term as President of the Platform of Independent Expert Mechanisms on the Elimination of Discrimination and Violence against Women (EDVAW Platform), after her one-year mandate that started on 1 February 2022. GREVIO was the first regional mechanism to chair the Platform, following its establishment in 2018.

Under GREVIO’s leadership, the Platform focused on the digital dimension of violence against women and girls, which resulted in the adoption and publication of the Platform's first thematic paper, on the digital dimension of violence against women as addressed by its seven mechanisms, but also in the organisation of a side event at the CSW meeting in March 2022, on building a common front against the digital dimension of violence against women. In addition, on the occasion of the 50th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council, the Platform held its first in-person meeting, in Geneva, and issued a statement on further joint action to address online and technology-facilitated violence against women.

At its 14th meeting, in November 2022, the Platform agreed to pass its rotating Presidency to the United Nations Working Group on Discrimination against Women and Girls, from 1 February 2023 to the end of January 2024. The upcoming Presidency will focus on building public and political support for preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence through strong joint statements, notably on the topics of the backlash against gender equality, and the need to support girls’ and young women’s activism.

All the activities conducted under GREVIO's Presidency of the EDVAW Platform were made possible thanks to the voluntary contribution of the Japanese Government.