APAV reunited with Members of the European Parliament from the Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality

Published 22 May 2013.

On May 2nd, APAV met with a delegation of Members of the European Parliament from the Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality of the European Parliament (FEMM).

The delegation, which also included Portuguese Members of the Parliament as interlocutors, held meetings with Portuguese non-governmental organizations with the aim of gathering information on the "feminine face of the crisis in Portugal."

APAV was represented at this meeting by Carmen Rasquete, Secretary-General, who presented the work of the Association as a national organization to support victims of crime, with emphasis on the profile of women victims of crime and violence and its context of victimization.