The Council of Europe is organising on 11 May 2021 an online conference in co-operation with the German Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth, in the framework of Germany’s current Presidency of the Committee of Ministers.

The morning session of the conference is expected to reaffirm the political will of states parties to fully implement the Convention, and to highlight the importance of the Istanbul Convention and the impact it has had over the past decade. The afternoon panel will discuss the implementation of the Council of Europe Recommendation on preventing and combating sexism and the related Council of Europe Campaign “Sexism: See it. Name it. Stop it!”, highlighting relevant initiatives of decision makers and civil society at the national and regional level to address sexism.

The conference will be livestreamed from Berlin on Tuesday, 11 May 2021 from 10:00 am CEST and the link will be available on the conference webpage.

More information on the Declaration on the anniversary of the Istanbul Convention