19/06/2008 Equality and Non-Discrimination
Strasbourg, 19.06.2008 – 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 recently ended 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 at 5 p.m. on 24 June. The opening will be attended by the Deputy Speaker of the Senate, Michèle André, and the head of the Senate delegation for women’s rights and gender equality, Gisèle Gautier.
The event runs until 4 July and is open to the press. Address: Senate (Foyer Clémenceau),15 rue de Vaugirard, Paris 6ème.
"Parliaments united in combating domestic violence against women" http://www.coe.int/t/pace/campaign/stopviolence/default_EN.asp?
Contact: Sylvie Affholder, PACE secretariat (tel: 06 23 86 88 47)