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German Human Rights Commissioner Amtsberg visits Ethiopia and South Sudan

AFRICA Theodoros Benakis - April 11, 2023

Luise Amtsberg, Federal Government Commissioner for Human Rights Policy and Humanitarian Assistance at the Federal Foreign Office, is travelling to Ethiopia from 11 to...

We cannot wait another 60 years to achieve gender equality

ASIA Theodoros Benakis - March 8, 2023

On International Women’s day, Chair of the Women’s Rights and Gender Equality Committee Robert Biedroń issued the following statement. “The European Parliament has made some...

European ministers adopt “Dublin Declaration” on preventing violence through equality

AUSTRIA Theodoros Benakis - September 30, 2022

Thirty Council of Europe member states have committed to a “Dublin Declaration” outlining a series of steps to promote gender equality in order to...

Ukraine: protecting women fleeing the war from gender-based violence

EASTERN PARTNERSHIP Theodoros Benakis - April 21, 2022

On Thursday, MEPs, experts and stakeholders debated the threats faced by women from Ukraine escaping violence and warfare, including forced prostitution and sexual assault. According...

Press statement on weaponised sexual violence, notably in Tigray, Ethiopia

EASTERN AND SOUTHERN AFRICA Theodoros Benakis - May 10, 2021

Women’s Rights Committee Chair Evelyn Regner and EPP Coordinator Frances Fitzgerald address the extreme sexual violence and rape used as a weapon by soldiers...

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