Sylwia Spurek was a Member of the European Parliament from 2019 to 2024, running on the lists of Spring of Robert Biedroń. She has been involved in women’s rights for years. Until 2019, she was an honorary member of the Program Council of the Feminist Fund Femfund, took part in the Black Protest in 2020, and also led social campaigns for cyberviolence against women. She recently boasted about a new idea. The politician demands that another holiday be adopted in Poland.
A new national holiday in Poland? “It’s worth talking about violence against women today”
Sylwia Spurek is the author of a petition demanding the establishment of a national holiday – the Day of Remembrance for Victims of Gender-Based Violence. The holiday would be celebrated on November 25 and would not be a day off.
Sylwia Spurek Photo: Dawid Żuchowicz / Agencja Wyborcza.pl
– This year marks 35 years since the Montreal massacre, during which a man killed a dozen women, claiming he was fighting feminism. For this reason alone, it is worth talking about violence against women today, although in reality every opportunity is good to publicize the fact that women are not safe at home, at work, on the street, and with the development of technology, also on the Internet – argues Sylwia Spurek in an interview with “Rzeczpospolita”.
What do we celebrate on November 25? Sylwia Spurek’s project would coincide with the holiday adopted by the UN
November 25 is the day when, since 1999, we celebrate the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. Sylwia Spurek’s petition has been submitted to and if it meets the formal requirements, it will be dealt with by the Petitions Committee. If everything is in order, the committee will pass it on and go to the government. If you’d like, please vote in our poll below.
Source: Gazeta
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