To mark the international day for the elimination of gender-based violence, European Parliament’s building in Strasbourg is lit up in orange by David SASSOLI, EP President.

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SASSOLI, David Maria (S&D, IT, S&D, IT)

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International Day for the elimination of violence against women: speech by David SASSOLI, EP President, illumination in orange of the EP building, enumerating the 138 French women murdered in 2019.

SOUNDBITE (English), David SASSOLI, EP President, One woman out of three suffers physical or sexual violence in her lifetime. The victims are not statistics. A woman victim of violence is one who suffers who suffers her for life. We have to break up. Dear colleagues and colleagues, silence and ending shame and impunity Gender-based violence is a violence against human rights.

SOUNDBITE (Italian), David SASSOLI, EP President, A task that must foresee indignation but also action. Action to ensure gender equality, to prevent violence to protect victims and bring perpetrators to justice. Action to achieve global and coordinated policies that involve different actors and make a difference for the women and girls of our time. It is time for all Member States and the European Union to ratify the Istanbul Convention, the first legally binding international instrument aimed at preventing and combating violence against women and girls.

SOUNDBITE (Italian), David SASSOLI, EP President, On the occasion of International Day 2019 for the elimination of violence against women, they will join the Orange the world initiative, bringing to light the stories of women and girls who look to a brighter future more free from violence. Tonight the building of our Parliament will also be orange as a sign of solidarity with all the women who have been victims of violence. To send a message of peace and willingness to act to defend our values ​​the values ​​of the European Union. This is why I propose to you, dear colleagues and colleagues. A minute of silence in memory of all the women who have been victims of violence.

Minute of silence in memory of all the women who have been victims of violence (7 shots) .

EP President walking outside the Parliament, going to launch the event Orange the world , enlighten in orange the building of the European Parliament (9 shots)

At the initiative of Chrysoula ZACHAROPOULOU (Renew, EL) together with Evelyn REGNER ( S&amp;D, AT) Chairperson of the Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality, several MEP's enumerate 138 names of the French women murdered by their partners in 2019, so to mark the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. At the European level more than 3.000 women were murdered in 2019.