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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).
Agenda
PowHer 2026 - Summary of the day
To mark International Women’s Day, the Committee for the Promotion and Protection of Women’s Rights organized the third edition of PowHer at the Espace Léo Ferré. The event brought together...
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PowHer 2026 - Program
PowHer returns for the third consecutive year. The event will take place on Friday, March 6, 2026, at Espace Léo Ferré from 11:00 AM to 5:00 PM. An...
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25 november 2025 campaign
The November 25th, 2025 national campaign addresses the issue of coercive control. It explores the perspective of perpetrators of violence and their strategies to enforce control over their partners. Discover...
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The Committee on Women's Rights will receives Isabelle Rome on November 20th
The Committee for the Promotion and Protection of Women’s Rights will host Ms. Isabelle Rome, Ambassador for Human Rights to the French Government, on November 20, 2025, in Monaco for...
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Invisible violence chronicles
Book Summary The Committe would like to kindly thank Natasha Frost Savio for translating the original digital book “Chroniques des...
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PhiloMonaco Week: a new “Women’s” day for 2023
Les Rencontres Philosophiques de Monaco once again held their annual PhiloMonaco week this year, bringing philosophy to the people of the Principality. As in 2022, there was a whole day...
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