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Photo exhibition ‘Break the silence on domestic violence’ to open at the French Senate

Paris, 24 June 2008

At the initiative of Senator Jean-Guy Branger (France, EPP/CD), who is a member of the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) and a contact parliamentarian for the Council of Europe campaign "Stop domestic violence against women", a Council of Europe photo exhibition, “Break the silence on domestic violence”, officially opens at the French Senate. The opening was attended by the Deputy Speaker of the Senate, Michèle André, the head of the Senate delegation for women’s rights and gender equality, Gisèle Gautier, Jean-Claude Frécon, member of the French Senate and vice president of the Congress if local and regional authorities and Ms Simon-Peirano, adviser to the French State-Ministry on Equality Valérie Létard

Inauguration by the Deputy Speaker of the Senate, Michèle André, the head of the Senate delegation for women’s rights and gender equality, Gisèle Gautier and Senator Jean-Guy Branger, contact parliamentarian for France

The Deputy Speaker of the Senate, Michèle André, the head of the Senate delegation for women’s rights and gender equality, Gisèle Gautier, Senator Jean-Guy Branger, contact parliamentarian for France and Jean-Claude Frécon, member of the French Senate and vice president of the Congress if local and regional authorities