On the occasion of the International Day on Violence against Women the Party of the European Left (EL) declares:

For feminist movements worldwide the 25 ^th of November is a day of battle, accusation, reconnaissance and resistance against violence against women.

Violence against women has many faces and is widespread. It does not seem in the least to decrease: Every third woman in the world and every fourth woman in Europe is exposed to this kind of violence.

Violence against women reveals the patriachic oppression and existence of machist and mysogynist cultures in different societies and its persistance even in the heart of capitalistic modernity, where democracy and universal rights are formally accepted.

The European Left (EL) stands up – not only on this day – for an end to violence against women. In order to sensibilize the European public for this important and little discussed question, dozens of actions of the EL member and observers parties take place today.

Please find here a declaration of the feminist network of the EL as well as a poster .