WUNRN
European Policy Action Center on
Violence Against Women
Finland
- Campaign ’Valoa ei Vakivaltaa’
Light - No
Violence Against Women
Nytkis
and the EWL Finnish national observatory on violence against women organised a
campaign in Finland,
‘Valoa ei Vakivaltaa’ (Light - No Violence) to raise awareness of violence
against women. The campaign received a great deal of media attention and the
organizers were extremely pleased with the awareness raising on this important
issue. As well as a large exhibition in Helsinki entitled
‘Silent Witness’ (see photo), which remembered women who have been killed by
their partners, there were also about 30 other events around Finland.
The campaigners also collected 106 signatures, from members of parliament and
representatives of government, on a petition against violence against women.
This petition will continue, and more news of it will follow in the New Year.
Please visit the campaign website
here.
================================================================
To contact the list administrator, or to leave the list, send an email to: wunrn_listserve-request@lists.wunrn.com.
Thank you.