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Assembleia da República, 8 de outubro de 2012.
O Deputado do PSD, José Mendes Bota.

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Speech by Mr. Mendes Bota, General Rapporteur on Violence Against Women, on the Seminar “From the local to the global level: Moving forward to end violence against women” Organised by the European Women’s Lobby Brussels, 8 October 2012, European Parliament

Introduction Firstly, I would like to thank the European Women Lobby for their invitation and for having organized this seminar. Indeed, such forum for discussion and exchange of ideas are of utmost importance to enable a coordinated and efficient action as far as combating violence against women is concerned.
I have been appointed Rapporteur general on violence against women in early 2012 but my commitment to this cause dates back to 2006, when I took active part in the Council of Europe campaign ‘Stop domestic violence against women’. At the time, this campaign saw more than 200 activities being organized among the 47 Council of Europe member states to raise awareness on the issue of violence against women.
Then, I had the privilege to represent the Parliamentary Assembly in the Council of Europe Ad Hoc Committee on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence. This Committee has employed considerable time and resources (nearly 2 years and 9 meetings of government representatives) to draft a comprehensive, innovative and ambitious Convention on violence against women and domestic violence. In doing so, it has followed up the request repeatedly made in this same Parliament where we sit today to set up a legally-binding instrument encompassing the highest possible standards on preventing, protecting against and prosecuting the most severe and widespread forms of gender-based violence.

The Convention Groundbreaking features recognizes violence against women as a violation of human rights and a form of discrimination – this means that states are held responsible if they do not respond adequately to such violence is the first international treaty to contain a definition of gender – recognized that there is a socially constructed category of gender that assigns women and men their particular roles and behaviors introduces a set of groundbreaking criminal offences such as female genital mutilation, forced marriage, stalking, forced abortion and forced sterilization. calls for the involvement of all relevant state agencies ad services so that violence against women and domestic violence are tackled in a coordinated way established a strong, independent mechanism to monitor its implementation at national level

What does the convention require states to do? The Convention aims to ensure that the needs and safety of victims are placed at the heart of all its measures. It is a landmark instrument establishing high standards in the field of prevention of gender-based violence, protection and assistance for its victims and prosecutions of the perpetrators.

Prevention change attitudes, gender roles and stereotypes that make VAW not acceptable train professionals working with victims raise awareness of the different forms of violence Consultar Diário Original