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Say NO to Violence against Women – Orange Day 2016

25.11.2016
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Today the EU Delegation to the UN in Geneva celebrated the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women and showed its support for the UN Women campaign "Orange the World".

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High Representative Federica Mogherini marked the occasion with a statement and called for a year of zero tolerance to violence against women, focusing on actions to combat this phenomenon, both within the EU’s borders and beyond.

In her message, the High Representative said: Each time we mark the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, we acknowledge a failure of our societies. Women and girls are targeted – at home, in their communities or at their working place – all over the world. Our European Union makes no exception: on the contrary, we are witnessing a worrying trend that defies achievements we used to take for granted. Women endure enormous pain, and very often they have to carry this weight alone. But violence against women is violence against the entire society: the entire society has to react, starting with men. As policy-makers, we bear the greatest responsibility to protect women and raise awareness.”

Women and girls are particularly vulnerable in situations of conflict and emergency, when violence, extortion, trafficking, exploitation and many forms of gender-based violence escalate.

Equality between women and men and eliminating all forms of discrimination against women are fundamental human rights for which the EU works both at home and in all international fora. They are universal and enshrined in international law.

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