International Day for the Elimination of violence Against Women: Children's drawings exhibition in Brussels

Brussels, 23 November 2007

More than 10,000 children, aged between 8 and 10, from all corners of the globe, have participated to a drawing competition on the theme of gender equality, launched by the European Commission on March 8, 2007, on the occasion of the Women's International Day. The drawings of the finalists that censured the violence against women will be exhibited in Brussels from November 26 to December, 7 2007.
"Protecting women's rights and empowering them as decision-makers are fundamental principles of the European Union's work across the globe" Ms Benita FERRERO WALDNER, European Commissioner External Relations and European Neighbourhood Policy.

I hope that we will have the chance to take a look at these paintings on the EU website. It would really be very interesting to view the way children understand this serious social phenomenon.