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‘Women@PACE’ members strongly condemn the use of rape as a weapon of war in Ukraine

25/04/2022 | Women@PACE

Meeting in Strasbourg for the second time, members of the Women@PACE group have strongly condemned the numerous reports of rape and sexual violence against women and girls in Ukraine, and the huge and overall disproportionate impact the Russian Federation’s aggression is having on women and...

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Saving lives and defending democracy – flak jackets for women in the Ukrainian parliament

01/04/2022 | Women@PACE

The newly-formed Women@PACE group is organising a special consignment of flak jackets for women in the Verkhovna Rada, the Ukrainian parliament, as a gesture of solidarity with female colleagues who continue to carry out their democratic duties while under potential military attack. Members of...

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‘Women@PACE’ group: co-ordinated support for women in Ukraine

17/03/2022 | Women@PACE

“We stand in solidarity with you,” the women MPs of the newly-created Women@PACE group declared, welcoming their Ukrainian counterparts at a first ever meeting of the group in Strasbourg on 15 March 2022. They paid tribute to the outstanding courage and strength of women in Ukraine, and more...

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Assembly Secretary General proposes creation of "Women@PACE" group

08/03/2022 | Secretary General of the Assembly

One year into her term of office, the Secretary General of the Parliamentary Assembly (PACE), Despina Chatzivassiliou-Tsovilis, is proposing to offer the 245 or so women MPs represented in the Assembly the opportunity to raise their voices in an informal “Women@PACE” group. "Women play a major...