From 2017 to 2018, Katrín Jakobsdóttir was a parliamentarian @PACE. Last year, as the Prime Minister of Iceland, she became the 1st female host of a Council of Europe Summit of Heads of State and Government. She recalls the importance of its values. #Coe75Women UK at the Council of Europe @NLatcoE Council of Europe

The Secretary General of the Parliamentary Assembly of the CoE , Despina Chatzivassiliou-Tsovilis, shares her pride in having contributed to empowering women in PACE and her best memory. Thank you @Despina Chatzivassiliou
Project #Coe75Women in cooperation with UK at the Council of Europe Netherlands at the Council of Europe Council of Europe

The perpetuation of patriarchal cultures, in which so-called “honour”-based violence ag. women or men is tolerated, is incompatible with the progress brought about by Council of Europe, since its foundation, on human rights protection Béatrice FreskoRolfo #16days #EndVAW pace.coe.int/en/files/29225

The #IstanbulConvention saves lives. It’s time to ratify and implement it, say Theodoros Rousopoulos Tiny Kox and the Assembly's #VAW General Rapporteur ZitaGurmai, marking #HumanRightsDay .

Their full statement:
pace.coe.int/en/news/8920/1…

#OrangeTheWorld

Women with #disabilities are overexposed to all forms of violence. It is time to act to prevent and combat it Béatrice FreskoRolfo #16days #EndVAW #IDRPD

There is no better way to start the #16DaysOfActivism against #Violence against women as to meet Vigdis Finnbogadottir, the first ever elected female head of state, and Katrin Jakobsdottir, prime minister of Iceland and an outspoken feminist. #GBV #IstanbulConventionSavesLives

‘Stop violence against women, now!’ says PACE's General Rapporteur on #VAW ZitaGurmai.

Read her full statement for #EndViolenceAgainstWomen Day:
pace.coe.int/en/news/8892/-…

#endVAWG

It has been an honour and immense pleasure to welcome colleagues from all over Europe in its heart, Strasbourg.eu ! Next appointment in Dublin in September 2023!

This session, as in previous years, PACE is marking #PinkRibbonDay and Breast Cancer Awareness month.

Watch out for this event later today:
pace.coe.int/en/news/8828/t…

Meanwhile, the @CoE building was lit up in pink last night, and not forgetting our #NewProfilePic for today…

Meeting Women@PACE for the first time, as well as incoming President of #ECHR Judge Siofra O‘Leary. She speaks emphatically about #breastcancer prevention, a point echoed by the science and sociology presented by Prof Carole Mathelin. PACE_Equality #earlydetection

Standing by and supporting women in Iran w/Theodoros Rousopoulos, many MPs PACE, @MarieFontanel67 & @Despina Chatzivassiliou / Nous sommes avec les femmes iraniennes et nous les soutenons avec Theodoros Rousopoulos, beaucoup de membres de la PACE, @MarieFontanel67 et @Despina Chatzivassiliou

The #IstanbulConvention is about combating the ongoing, widespread violence against women #VAW and domestic violence. Nothing else, nothing more. We must do our utmost to vehemently counter any fake news about the Istanbul Convention Theodoros Rousopoulos

The #PACEautumn2022 plenary session kicks off at 11.30 am CET on Monday, a gathering of parliamentarians from the 46 @CoE nations…

Congratulations to #Izmir , winner of the 2022 Europe PACE_Europe_Prize, for promoting European ideals and breathing the air of universalism! It has been my honour and pleasure to speak at the award ceremony in the Agora of #Izmir about the PACE Agora!

It has been a great pleasure and honour for me to be part of the celebrations for 60 years of European commitment in Castrop-Rauxel. Mein herzlicher Gruß gilt dem Bürgermeister von Castrop-Rauxel, Herrn Rajko Kravanja!@PacePrize

A pleasure speaking with Theodoros Rousopoulos and @Despina Chatzivassiliou about democracy, big and small countries and how we can all work together towards a better and more peaceful future.

Omicron is spreading at a rate we have not seen with any previous variant. I need to be very clear: vaccines alone will not get any country out of this crisis.
It’s not vaccines instead of masks, distancing, ventilation or hand hygiene.
Do it all. Do it consistently. Do it well.

Conférence des Ministres de la Justice organisée par la présidence italienne du Council of Europe sur le rôle de la justice restaurative en Europe. Merci à la Ministre Cartabia Farnesina 🇮🇹 Italia al CdE pour un accueil magnifique à Venise, dans la salle où la Venice Commission siège 4x par an

10 décembre journée anniversaire de la déclaration universelle des #Droitsdelhomme

On the #16Days of activism against gender-based violence, @Despina Chatzivassiliou and Michele Nicoletti call for a culture of non-violence to put an end to #sexism , #harassment and sexual violence ⬇️

#EndVAW #OrangeTheWorld #IstanbulConventionSavesLives