21st June 2019

Ending violence against women and girls to support the achievement of the SDGs – Equality Now remarks to Council of Europe, 2019

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Summary

Equality Now’s Jacqui Hunt gave the following comments at the conference on Women’s Rights at the Crossroads: Strengthening International Co-operation to Close the Gap between Legal Frameworks and their Implementation, organised by the Council of Europe in co-operation with the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Violence against Women, on its causes and consequences, and with the French Presidency of the Committee of Ministers.

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