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Let’s stand in solidarity with the women and peoples of Afghanistan!

Jin Jiyan Azadî KJK (Kurdistan Women’s Communities) Committee for Democratic Relations and Alliances Published by Sissy Vovou In Afghanistan, which for decades has been the stage of proxy wars, power was handed over to the misogynistic Taliban as a result of the dirty policies of the global hegemonic powers. This situation, which caused great rage …

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Gender-based violence costs the EU €366 billion a year

Proposed by Sissy Vovou The European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) has estimated that the cost of gender-based violence across the EU is €366 billion a year. Violence against women makes up 79 % of this cost, amounting to €289 billion. “Human life, pain and suffering do not have a price. However, knowing the cost …

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Greece: Call of women’s organisations to the Prime Minister, to withdraw proposed reactionary bill

Copyright © 2007-2021 European Anti-Violence Network Call to withdraw the Bill for mandatory shared custody for ALL children in Greece To the attention of Mr. Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Prime Minister of Greece Call to withdraw the Bill for mandatory shared custody for ALL children in Greece Dear Mr. Mitsotakis, We, the undersigning Organizations, have been made aware of …

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A Transnational Response to the Attacks on the Istanbul Convention

by E.A.S.T. (Essential Autonomous Struggles Transnational) On April 11th, EAST members, women and LGBTQIA+ people from Turkey, Poland, Greece, Italy, Bulgaria, Romania, […], drawing from Turkey’s withdrawal from the Istanbul Convention, gathered together in a public assembly. This assembly was called to organise transnationally in our fight for women’s and LGBTQIA+ people’s freedom.   Erdogan’s overnight …

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