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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

Information published on violence against women in Monaco during 2020

The Women’s Rights Committee and Monaco Statistics (IMSEE) recently published a second study on violence against women in Monaco. The publication sets out the key data that is available for 2020 and examines incidents of violence according to various measurable indicators. The information was analysed by Monaco Statistics, which collected it from a variety of...

Mesures for preventing violence against women

In order to deal with domestic violence during the period of confinement, the Women’s Rights Comittee has just published a fact sheet on the aid and emergency mesures available in the Principality during the COVID 19 crisis. This fact sheet is available on the website www.covid19.mc and also on the Comittee’s website, www.dfm.mc According...

Publication of first annual report

The first annual report of the Women’s Rights Committee was published recently.

#ViolencesFemmesJagis

To mark the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, an awareness campaign was rolled out showing a dancer’s performance to express physical and emotional abuse.

Creation of a dedicated website for women’s rights and the Committee as well as a visual identity

The website will provide a focal point for information on public policies introduced in the Principality to promote women’s rights in the fields of gender equality and combatting violence against women.

Programme for 25th November 2019

The programme for the day features interactive theatrical performances at The Princess Grace Theatre organised in partnership with the Soroptimist Club of Monaco.