The Council of Europe Group of Experts on Action against Violence against Women and Domestic Violence (GREVIO) and the Council of Europe Academic Networks (CEAN) are holding a webinar on 20 May on the theme of “Violence against women and girls before, during and after COVID-19” in the framework of the Istanbul Convention.
Following an introduction by Michele Nicoletti, former President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, key speakers include Dubravka Šimonović, United Nations Special Rapporteur on Violence against Women, Nina Nordström, Chair of the Committee of the Parties to the Istanbul Convention, Sara de Vido, Associate Professor, University Ca' Foscari, Venice, and Adriane van der Wilk, expert on online and technology-facilitated violence against women. GREVIO President Marceline Naudi (University of Malta, Department of Gender and Sexualities) will moderate the webinar, which will be live streamed (from 10.00 to 11.45 CET) on the Facebook page of the Directorate General for Democracy.
For those unable to join the webinar, a recording will be made available on the Istanbul Convention website after the event.
