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TRENDS IN EUROPE

Norway (2008)

Iceland (2009)

Denmark – under pressure

France – December 2011 – Approved nom-binding resolution suggesting make buying sex a criminal

offence – BUT, on March 2013 abolished the crime of soliciting by prostitutes

England and Wales – All-party Parliamentary Group on prostitution called on government to criminalize

buying sex

Scotland – 2012 – Proposal for a Bill by Rhoda Grant in the Scottish Parliament

Ireland – 2013 – Report of the Joint Committee on Justice, Equality recommended penalizing purchase of

sexual services

WHAT I HAVE DONE SO FAR

2 Fact Finding Missions

Meetings with 35 persons

19 authorities and NGO’s representatives

16 Members of Parliament

ANEXO B

Mr. Mendes Bota’s bullet points on the presentation of his preliminary draft report on “Violence

against women in Europe”

Meeting of the Committee on Equality and Nom-Discrimination of the Parliamentary Assembly of the

Council of Europe

Madrid, 16th of september 2013

AIM OF THIS REPORT

Take stock of my activity as General Rapporteur and Network Coordinator

Political document

VAW – MISUNDERSTANDINGS

WHO defines VAW as a “Global health problem of epidemic proportions”

Affects 35% of women worldwide

Affects 30% in a relashionship

38% of murders by intimate partners

Not only a health problem

A Human Rights violation

A gender-based violence and discrimination

Link Gender – Violence is misunderstood

78% would call police for dog mistreat and only 53% for women mistreat

PREVALENCE IN EUROPE

WHO Study – first global report on VAW

Europe – 27,2% of women victims in lifetime

5 cases of VAW – 1 case of nom-intimate partner violence

Some western countries are in the group of “High Income”

Weaknesses

No harmonized methodology

Do not cover all forms of VAW