European Commission: Some voices cannot be heard. Yours can. (VIDEO)

Brussels, Belgien (ots) -

- Cross-reference: Video is available at:
http://www.presseportal.de/nr/35368 -

Every year, approximately 13 million women in the EU experience
violence[1], but only 12% of bystanders or witnesses speak to the
police about suspected abuse, and only 7% approach health
services.[2]

Vera Jourová, European Commissioner for Justice, Consumers and
Gender Equality, emphasises the need for everyone to say no to
violence against women: "Violence against women is ubiquitous - women
and girls are still being beaten at home, sexually and economically
exploited, assaulted, harassed, raped, mutilated, or forced to marry.
We cannot ignore the enormous consequences this has on women,
families, communities, societies and the economy - we need to make
sure that violence against women becomes a problem of the past and
for this we need to speak out."

To encourage people to speak out against violence against women,
the European Commission released today a video on the occasion of
International Women's Day. Created to raise awareness about everyday
violence against women among those who overlook it or consider it
harmless or normal, the video confronts views with the perspective of
those who, in contrast to the viewers themselves, really cannot
interfere to stop violence against women. Everyday objects are given
a voice and they tell us how painful and damaging experiences of
violence are: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N27l4UWXotM

The video is a part of the Non.No.Nein. campaign
(http://ec.europa.eu/justice/saynostopvaw/) that the European
Commission initiated in late 2016 with the aim of raising awareness
about the issue of violence against women, disseminating good
practice and connecting stakeholders across borders.

The European Commission is committed to stopping violence against
women - in 2017 alone it made EUR15 million available to 12 national
authorities and 32 grass roots projects aimed at preventing and
combating violence against women. Internationally, the Commission
supports projects fostering the rights of women who experienced
gender-based violence, including sexual violence, in developing
countries and in humanitarian crises. In 2016, the EU supported 62
humanitarian projects on this topic with close to EUR24.5 million in
total that directly impacted almost 3.4 million women, girls, boys
and men around the world.

[1] EU Fundamental Rights Agency survey on violence against women
(2014)
[2] Special Eurobarometer 449 Report on Gender-based violence
(2016)

Contact:
Iryna Garbuz
Campaign manager "Non.No.Nein."
Iryna.garbuz@s-f.com
+49 30 700 186 731

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