The Council of Europe Recommendation on preventing and combating sexism adopted in 2019, has been recently translated into Slovakian. The text is now available in 26 languages, as well as in English and in French.
The Campaign Sexism: See it. Name it. Stop it! aims at raising awareness about the causes of the sexism, its various forms and at identifying ways to prevent it and combat it. The action page on sexism is available in 21 languages. More language versions are underway (Azerbaijani, Finnish, Georgian, Italian, Romanian, Russian, Swedish) of the action page, as well as of other on-line communication tools (quiz, video and brochure).

On 10-25 May 2021, a group of 81 social workers and psychologists of state social centres and helplines providing social support to families, children, elderly people and people with disabilities, as well as the key staff of the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs of Armenia responsible for monitoring the support centres were trained on preventing and combating domestic violence.
As part of the social workers’ mandatory in-service training programme, a group of 240 social workers will be trained to provide support to the victims of domestic violence in Armenia between April and December 2021 by the Yerevan State University’s Centre for Gender and Leadership Studies.

A new publication has been made available in Azerbaijani on what the general obligations are for member states who join the Istanbul Convention (Article 12).
As part of a series of webinars dedicated to explaining specific articles of the Istanbul Convention, the second webinar was dedicated to Article 13 on raising awareness on violence against women.
On 31 May 2021, Azerbaijani stakeholders participated in the online piloting of a twinning methodology in the field of violence against women, domestic violence and gender equality, based on the standards of the Istanbul Convention. Twinning projects consist of peer to peer exchanges between two countries as a means to inspire action at national level.
On 16-17 June 2021, the Council of Europe action delivered a Human rights education for legal professionals (HELP) training of trainers  for law professors at the Faculty of Law at Baku State University.

On 17, 19 and 26 March 2021, the Office of the Public Defender of Georgia, in co-operation with the Council of Europe Office in Georgia, held workshops with representatives of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia, the Prosecutor’s Office of Georgia and the Georgian Bar Association to discuss the main findings and recommendations of the study "The Administration of Justice on sexual violence crimes in Georgia" prepared by the Office of the Public Defender with the support of the Council of Europe.
Also as part of the project, ten representatives of the Georgian Ministry of Internal Affairs successfully passed a 4-day training on sexual violence cases.

The Council of Europe in co-operation with the Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare of Kosovo* has developed a set of quality guidelines for shelters for victims of violence against women and domestic violence. On the basis of the guidelines, the Council of Europe will support training for social workers and shelter staff.
The project’s report “Setting up treatment programmes for perpetrators of violence against women and domestic violence - Analysis of legal framework and good practices” was presented online on 28 April 2021.
On 11 May 2021, in order to mark the 10th anniversary of the Istanbul Convention, the Council of Europe organised an online high-level round-table discussion on the importance of the convention.
From 18-20 May 2021, a three-day training of trainers for judges and prosecutors on combating violence against women and domestic violence was organised. On 25 May 2021, the project, in co-operation with the Justice Academy of Kosovo*, organised the online graduation ceremony for 21 law students from the Law Faculty of University of Pristina upon their completion of the HELP (European Programme for Human Rights Education for Legal Professionals) course on violence against women and domestic violence.
On 10 June 2021, the project launched the newly developed awareness raising guidelines on violence against women and domestic violence.
On 15-16 June 2021, the project in co-operation with the Justice Academy of Kosovo organised a two-day training of trainers on violence against women and domestic violence, that took place at the Academy of Justice, Pristina. On 28 June 2021 the Council of Europe project’s final Steering Committee meeting took place.
From 1st July, 2021, the phase III of the project will run for 20 months and will be implemented in co-operation with the Council of Europe Office in Pristina.

The project ended on 30 June 2021 with a wealth of materials produced to increase local understanding about the Istanbul Convention.
It also contributed to a high-level online event on 11 May 2021 where national and international experts shared their experience in the field of combating violence against women and domestic violence and discussed the benefits of the Republic of Moldova ratifying the convention.

Two new reports have been published.
The first report provides an overview of standards and promising practices on data collection from six European countries. It covers minimum standards on collecting, recording and transforming data on violence against women by law enforcement, judiciary, social service and health sectors, including on protection of personal data.
The second report entitled "Assessing and managing risks in cases of violence against women and domestic violence: Strengthening risk assessments, the risk-management system and inter-agency co-ordination in Turkey", analyses regulatory framework and practices related to risk assessment by law enforcement in cases of violence against women in Turkey.

The project’s Steering Committee meeting was held online on 29 April 2021 and was attended by the Ministry of Social Policy of Ukraine, the Government Commissioner on Gender Policy and the Office of Vice Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration of Ukraine.
The project has produced a new video in Ukrainian which describes how the system of assistance to victims of violence against women and domestic violence will be positively changed following Ukraine's ratification of the Istanbul Convention.
A roundtable on ratification of the Istanbul Convention in Ukraine was held on 14 May 2021. This was a joint initiative of the Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration and the Council of Europe Office in Ukraine. More than 120 representatives of central and local authorities, the Council of Europe, international organisations, non-governmental organisations and the media attended the event.
On 24 May 2021, a workshop was held on the benefits of ratification of the Istanbul Convention for 50 Ukrainian Members of Parliament, assistants and consultants to Ukrainian MPs.

On 27 April 2021, the Council of Europe participated as a leading speaker in the online Conference “Supporting the implementation of the Istanbul Convention in Romania”, held in support of a project focused on combating violence against women under the EEA/Norway Grants  Justice programme in Romania.
On 1 June 2021, in honour of International Children’s Day the Council of Europe presented the topic, "The Istanbul Convention: also protecting children from violence", at the international roundtable in Lithuania, "How to Protect a Child: on preventing domestic violence against children".

Three civil society organisations were selected following a call for proposals to promote the values, aims and provisions of the Istanbul Convention and dispelling myths and misinformation about it: Czech Women’s Lobby (CWL), MARTA Centre from Latvia and Feminoteka Foundation from Poland.
On 26 May 2021, an online event launched communication and advocacy campaigns. This event provided the opportunity to exchange with the selected CSOs and partners and to provide detailed information on the methodology and the toolkit for campaigning developed jointly by Council of Europe, Women Against Violence Europe (WAVE) and UN Women.
On 25 June 2021, the Council of Europe, UN Women and WAVE Network brought together communication specialists, journalists and NGO activists to exchange practices on impactful communication on gender equality and human rights.

On 27 May 2021, the third Project Steering Committee of the regional PGG II project “Women’s access to justice” was held. The meeting focused on lessons learned and gathering ideas for phase III of the project, which will remain regional as this is seen as a valuable dimension to addressing comprehensively the gender sensitive justice systems and legal professionals. The link to the Istanbul Convention ratification and implementation was highlighted as an essential part of any future project developments.
On 8 June 2021, legal training institutes for judges and prosecutors from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, the Republic of Moldova and Ukraine came together with legal practitioners, NGOs and international organisations, for the regional launch of the HELP course on access to justice for women in the Eastern Partnership countries.

On 7 May 2021, NA FAMED project (Needs Assessment - Falsified Medical Products) organised the first of a series of webinars. This webinar addressed the gender perspective in the fight against the falsification of medical products and similar crimes.
It aimed at providing the professionals dealing with the issue within national authorities with an overview of the prevention of the falsification of medical products and similar crimes, with an emphasis on the gender-related vulnerability of its victims.

The booklet entitled "Fertility preservation: A guide for people facing an illness or life events that may affect their fertility", elaborated by the European Committee on Organ Transplantation (CD-P-TO), in collaboration with the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE) is now available.
Personal choices regarding parenthood can be affected by disease and other life events that might have an impact on a person’s fertility. Making informed decisions in this highly personal area is of great importance to the health and well-being of individuals everywhere.