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Stop violence against women. The president of the Soroptimistclub, Elisabeth Reiter, and the mayor Rudolf Geißler, support the campaign. The façade of the Town Hall is currently in orange as a visible sign of this.
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Since November 25, International Day Against Violence Against Women and Girls, Oberpullendorf City Hall and Mitterpullendorf Church have been shining an orange light, until December 10, International Human Rights Day. The occasion is UN Women ‘s global campaign “Orange the World – Stop Violence Against Women”, in which 160 public buildings in Austria are bathed in the color orange, the color of solidarity.
The ladies of the Soroptimist Club Pannonia have been participating in this campaign with great commitment for years, this time they have the support of Mayor Rudolf Geißler. “The message is clear: look. Act. We should never look the other way when girls or women are victims of violence or even threatened, ”says Soroptimist club president Elisabeth Reiter.
Statistics show how important it is to raise public awareness on this issue in Austria: 20 percent of all Austrian women aged 15 years and over have already been affected by physical and / or sexual violence. 35 percent of all women in Austria have already been sexually harassed.
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