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Role

The role of the Women’s Rights Committee is as follows:

To coordinate, implement, monitor and assess national measures and policies
adopted to promote gender equality and to prevent and combat
all forms of violence and discrimination against women.

To coordinate the collection and analysis of relevant data, and disseminate the results.

The Committee operates in line with the recommendations adopted by the international bodies
responsible for implementation of the following agreements :

• The Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence, adopted in Istanbul on 11 May 2011 (entered into force on 20 February 2015)

• The UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, adopted in New York on 18th December 1979 (entered into force on 16 June 2015)

• The Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings, adopted in Warsaw on 16 May 2005 (entered into force on 11 April 2016).

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Book Summary

PhiloMonaco Week: a new “Women’s” day for 2023

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PowHer – A Day of Collective Action

Organised as part of International Women’s Day 2024, “POWHER” highlighted the collective commitment of all those involved with the cause of female empowerment. Launch The special day of action, coordinated...

25 November 2023 Campaign

The 25 November 2023 Campaign focused on “online violence against women and girls”, and aimed to explore how violence in virtual settings is linked to real-world impacts. The campaign’s key...

App-Elles: the app created to prevent violence against women

As part of efforts to eliminate violence against women, the Women’s Rights Committee partnered with the charity Résonantes to develop “App-Elles”, a new personal safety app released in Monaco and...

“A Place for All in the Boardroom”

The Women’s Rights Committee launches a new phase of its equality campaign. The new awareness drive is focused on equality in corporate governance, and follows the publication of a study...