Fight against violence: women's rights as a key to a better future!

Fight against violence: women's rights as a key to a better future!

Laimgrubengasse 10, 1060 Wien, Österreich - on December 10, 2024, the International Human Rights Day, Petra BayR, Member of the National Council of the SPÖ, emphasizes the essential role of human rights for a just future. Your motto "Our rights, our future, now" underlines the urgent need to demand these rights for all people. BayR criticizes patriarchal violence in various forms that affect women worldwide: "A woman or girl is killed every 10 minutes," she explains. According to the report by UN Women and Unodc, 60 percent of the homicides commit to women or family members. These frightening statistics are not a mere salad, but real tragedies that have illustrated the immediate need for action to protect women in their right to a non -violent life. BayR urgently calls for national action plans, including the establishment of violence and improved training of the police and courts to ensure more effective protection, such as ots.at reported.

The Situation in Bavaria is alarming: according to bayern- against-getchalt.de Every year almost 50,000 women from violence, which often assumes partners or ex-partners. This number of unreported cases only includes cases reported to the police - a variety of fates remain hidden. Every third woman in Germany is affected by physical or sexualized violence at least once in her life, and every third day a woman dies through the hand of a partner. The Istanbul Convention, which has been in force in Germany since 2018, calls for comprehensive measures to combat gender-specific violence. The convention provides to punish any form of violence legally and to implement measures for prevention.

The focus must be on combating the roots of patriarchal violence. BayR not only calls for changes in the law, but also preventive measures that are intended to actively counteract violence in society. The dialogue and cooperation between men and women are crucial to shape a better future and break through the spiral of violence. The solution lies in a collective commitment to violence - not only in politics, but also in every single household, where a rethink is urgently necessary to guarantee women in dignity and security.