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The Council of Europe campaign to combat
domestic violence against women is helping to
raise awareness, particularly thanks to the work
of national parliaments, but parliamentarians
now need to make greater efforts to change laws
to protect women and to monitor their
implementation, according to PACE’s rapporteur
on the campaign José Mendes Bota (Portugal,
EPP/CD).
Evaluating the impact of the campaign at its
half-way stage during a meeting in Strasbourg of
“contact parliamentarians”, Mr Mendes Bota
called for greater co-ordination, including
within the regional groupings, and proposed
working more closely with the European
Parliament, regional assemblies, young people
and NGOs to ensure that laws adopted at national
level and international standards are properly
implemented. |
