2024-10-02

PRAGUE - One in three women have experienced physical and/or sexual violence since the age of 15 – a total of 62 million women in Europe. The Istanbul Convention, a treaty aimed at preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence, should help with the situation.

The Czech Republic and Lithuania have not ratified the Istanbul Convention. The investigative team examined political, social, and cultural obstacles to ratification and assess the impact of the Convention in countries that have adopted it, as well as policies and programmes for victims of domestic violence in these countries.

Through interviewing NGO, lawyers, activists they would analyse and offer solutions to what can be done now, without the Istanbul convention, to better protect women. They would also describe what would change the ratification, how its signing impacted the situation in other countries.

Photo by Katerina Hefler

Team members

Barbora Postránecká

Barbora Postránecká is a freelance journalist living in Prague.

Barbora Postránecká

Jiří Štický

Jiří Štický worked for many years in the economic editorial office of MF DNES.

Jiří Štický

Vilija Ramanauskienė (Kvedaraitė)

Vilija is an editor and journalist with over 20 years experience.

Vilija Ramanauskienė

Lina Koršulė

Lina Koršulė is an FM99 reporter, focusing on local events and childcare.

Lina Koršulė

Vytautas Garbenčius

Vytautas Garbenčius (Czechia) is an FM99 journalist and video editor.

Vytautas Garbenčius

Veronika Němcová

Veronika Němcová (Czechia) is the founder of Ekonews and mainly responsible for finance.

Veronika Němcová via Linkedin

Liudas Ramanauskas

Liudas Ramanauskas (Lithuania) is a founder of the regional radio FM99.

Liudas Ramanauskas
Media

Ekonews For Future Media s.r.o.

A website about sustainability in business and private life. Articles, interviews, reports, inspirational stories and information on what to avoid.

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Radio”FM99”

Radio”FM99” established in Alytus in 1993 and was one of the first commercial radio stations in Independent Lithuania.

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