{"id":447812,"date":"2019-12-18T19:23:45","date_gmt":"2019-12-18T19:23:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/?p=447812"},"modified":"2019-12-18T19:34:08","modified_gmt":"2019-12-18T19:34:08","slug":"the-dispute-of-the-day-should-moldova-ratify-the-istanbul-convention-the-answer-of-the-moldovan-ngos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/the-dispute-of-the-day-should-moldova-ratify-the-istanbul-convention-the-answer-of-the-moldovan-ngos\/","title":{"rendered":"The dispute of the day: Should Moldova ratify the Istanbul Convention? The answer of the Moldovan NGOs"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 3<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><p style=\"text-align: left\"><strong>The Convention on preventing and combating violence against women<\/strong>, also known as <strong>the Istanbul Convention<\/strong> was adopted by the Council of Europe in 2011, entered into force in 2014 and was signed by the EU in June 2017.\u00a0\u00a0It urges the member states that have signed the Convention to also ratify it,\u00a0\u00a0in order to be able to properly implement and enforce its stipulations by allocating adequate funding and human resources to the right services, as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.europarl.europa.eu\/news\/en\/press-room\/20191121IPR67113\/istanbul-convention-all-member-states-must-ratify-it-without-delay-say-meps\">press release<\/a> of the European Parliament stated.<\/p>\n<p>The Istanbul Convention was signed by Moldova on\u00a0<strong>February 6th, 2017<\/strong>\u00a0but until now its ratification has been delayed, even though the representatives of the Government and the Parliament have repeatedly assumed a public commitment in this regard.\u00a0The subject regarding the approval of the bill on the ratification of the Convention was included on the agenda of the Government meeting of <strong>December 11th, 2019,<\/strong> but was excluded just before the meeting.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Therefore, a part of the non-governmental organisations (NGOs) from Moldova, platforms and activists that aim to ensure respect for human rights, gender equality and women&#8217;s rights organised a protest in front of the Government building today, calling for the ratification of the Convention.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;We assume that this decision [excluding the subject from the Government&#8217;s agenda] results from the pressure exercised by religious groups from Moldova who demonise the Convention. An appeal was initiated regarding the non-admission of ratification which contains erroneous and manipulative information and is widely distributed in churches for collecting signatures. We tend to believe that its purpose is to artificially politicise this subject, rather than\u00a0to propose solutions for fighting violence against women,\u201d<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/stiri\/stiri-sociale\/live-protest-in-rosu-apel-comun-pentru-ratificarea-conventiei-de-la-istanbul\">claimed<\/a> the protest organisers.<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, a group of Christian NGOs from Moldova consider that the Istanbul convention can&#8217;t solve the problem of violence against women.\u00a0Representatives of the NGOs declared in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.privesc.eu\/arhiva\/89583\/Conferinta-de-presa-cu-tema--Un-grup-de-ONG-uri--80-de-centre-teritoriale-si-5-mii-de-semnaturi-impotriva-Conventiei-de-la-Istanbul-\">press conference<\/a>\u00a0that the document suggests a new and controversial definition of gender in international law and as a result, the religious freedom and the parents\u2019 right to educate their children in accordance with their own religious and moral beliefs are infringed.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cAs we can see, this Convention was astutely designed by jurists of the Council of Europe to infringe the traditions and values of the Christian countries. Hiding behind noble goals, they actually aim to promote non-values, to destroy the Christian and traditional values of our Christian family. There are laws designed to protect the women in our country and this can be confirmed by the Ministry of the Internal Affairs, the Ministry of Justice&#8230;\u201d<\/em> stated a representative of a Christian NGO from Moldova.<\/p>\n<p>The representatives of the Christian organisations claimed that <strong>5,000 signatures<\/strong> against the ratification of the Istanbul Convention have been collected all over the country during only two days, the call being signed by about <strong>40 NGOs.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>According to the European Parliament statement, <span style=\"color: #000080\">MEPs condemn the attacks and campaigns against the Convention in some countries, which are based on deliberately misinterpreting and falsely presenting its contents to the public.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>MEPs request that the Commission adds combating gender-based violence as a priority in the next European Gender Strategy, submits a legal act tackling all forms of gender-based violence &#8211; including online harassment and cyber violence &#8211; and pleads for violence against women to be included in the catalogue of EU-recognised crimes.<\/p>\n<p>The Istanbul Convention has been ratified by <strong>34 Council of Europe member states<\/strong> so far. Another <strong>46 states<\/strong> in the European Union have signed the Istanbul Convention.<\/p>\n<p>The statistical data from the Republic of Moldova show that 60% of women from Moldova reported at least one form of\u00a0psychological violence, while\u00a0physical violence was disclosed by about 40% of women. About 19% of women said they suffered sexual violence at least once in their life. In Moldova, 13 women were killed by one family member, and another 22 women lost their lives as a result of traumas caused by their partners since 2018.<\/p>\n<p>More on the subject of violence against women in Moldova can be found <a href=\"https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/violence-against-women-in-moldova-facts-and-figures\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Photo:\u00a0moldova.europalibera.org<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 3<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span>The Convention on preventing and combating violence against women, also known as the Istanbul Convention was adopted by the Council of Europe in 2011, entered into force in 2014 and was signed by the EU in June 2017.\u00a0\u00a0It urges the member states that have signed the Convention to also ratify it,\u00a0\u00a0in order to be able [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":447813,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,56],"tags":[509,35,506,27,508,331,507],"class_list":["post-447812","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-society","category-reportaje","tag-dispute","tag-important","tag-istanbul-convention","tag-moldova","tag-ngos","tag-protest","tag-violence-against-women"],"content_social_share":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 3<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><p style=\"text-align: left\"><strong>The Convention on preventing and combating violence against women<\/strong>, also known as <strong>the Istanbul Convention<\/strong> was adopted by the Council of Europe in 2011, entered into force in 2014 and was signed by the EU in June 2017.\u00a0\u00a0It urges the member states that have signed the Convention to also ratify it,\u00a0\u00a0in order to be able to properly implement and enforce its stipulations by allocating adequate funding and human resources to the right services, as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.europarl.europa.eu\/news\/en\/press-room\/20191121IPR67113\/istanbul-convention-all-member-states-must-ratify-it-without-delay-say-meps\">press release<\/a> of the European Parliament stated.<\/p>\n<p>The Istanbul Convention was signed by Moldova on\u00a0<strong>February 6th, 2017<\/strong>\u00a0but until now its ratification has been delayed, even though the representatives of the Government and the Parliament have repeatedly assumed a public commitment in this regard.\u00a0The subject regarding the approval of the bill on the ratification of the Convention was included on the agenda of the Government meeting of <strong>December 11th, 2019,<\/strong> but was excluded just before the meeting.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Therefore, a part of the non-governmental organisations (NGOs) from Moldova, platforms and activists that aim to ensure respect for human rights, gender equality and women&#8217;s rights organised a protest in front of the Government building today, calling for the ratification of the Convention.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;We assume that this decision [excluding the subject from the Government&#8217;s agenda] results from the pressure exercised by religious groups from Moldova who demonise the Convention. An appeal was initiated regarding the non-admission of ratification which contains erroneous and manipulative information and is widely distributed in churches for collecting signatures. We tend to believe that its purpose is to artificially politicise this subject, rather than\u00a0to propose solutions for fighting violence against women,\u201d<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/stiri\/stiri-sociale\/live-protest-in-rosu-apel-comun-pentru-ratificarea-conventiei-de-la-istanbul\">claimed<\/a> the protest organisers.<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, a group of Christian NGOs from Moldova consider that the Istanbul convention can&#8217;t solve the problem of violence against women.\u00a0Representatives of the NGOs declared in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.privesc.eu\/arhiva\/89583\/Conferinta-de-presa-cu-tema--Un-grup-de-ONG-uri--80-de-centre-teritoriale-si-5-mii-de-semnaturi-impotriva-Conventiei-de-la-Istanbul-\">press conference<\/a>\u00a0that the document suggests a new and controversial definition of gender in international law and as a result, the religious freedom and the parents\u2019 right to educate their children in accordance with their own religious and moral beliefs are infringed.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cAs we can see, this Convention was astutely designed by jurists of the Council of Europe to infringe the traditions and values of the Christian countries. Hiding behind noble goals, they actually aim to promote non-values, to destroy the Christian and traditional values of our Christian family. There are laws designed to protect the women in our country and this can be confirmed by the Ministry of the Internal Affairs, the Ministry of Justice&#8230;\u201d<\/em> stated a representative of a Christian NGO from Moldova.<\/p>\n<p>The representatives of the Christian organisations claimed that <strong>5,000 signatures<\/strong> against the ratification of the Istanbul Convention have been collected all over the country during only two days, the call being signed by about <strong>40 NGOs.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>According to the European Parliament statement, <span style=\"color: #000080\">MEPs condemn the attacks and campaigns against the Convention in some countries, which are based on deliberately misinterpreting and falsely presenting its contents to the public.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>MEPs request that the Commission adds combating gender-based violence as a priority in the next European Gender Strategy, submits a legal act tackling all forms of gender-based violence &#8211; including online harassment and cyber violence &#8211; and pleads for violence against women to be included in the catalogue of EU-recognised crimes.<\/p>\n<p>The Istanbul Convention has been ratified by <strong>34 Council of Europe member states<\/strong> so far. Another <strong>46 states<\/strong> in the European Union have signed the Istanbul Convention.<\/p>\n<p>The statistical data from the Republic of Moldova show that 60% of women from Moldova reported at least one form of\u00a0psychological violence, while\u00a0physical violence was disclosed by about 40% of women. About 19% of women said they suffered sexual violence at least once in their life. In Moldova, 13 women were killed by one family member, and another 22 women lost their lives as a result of traumas caused by their partners since 2018.<\/p>\n<p>More on the subject of violence against women in Moldova can be found <a href=\"https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/violence-against-women-in-moldova-facts-and-figures\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Photo:\u00a0moldova.europalibera.org<\/p>\n<div class='heateorSssClear'><\/div><div  class='heateor_sss_sharing_container heateor_sss_horizontal_sharing' data-heateor-sss-href='https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/the-dispute-of-the-day-should-moldova-ratify-the-istanbul-convention-the-answer-of-the-moldovan-ngos\/' data-heateor-sss-no-counts=\"1\"><div class='heateor_sss_sharing_title' style=\"font-weight:bold\" ><\/div><div class=\"heateor_sss_sharing_ul\"><a aria-label=\"Facebook\" class=\"heateor_sss_facebook\" 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