White Ribbon Campaign
White Ribbon Ambassadors / Greece
Anastasios Kourakis
Greece
A VIce President of the Greek Parliament
Violence against women is a widespread phenomenon even in the modern Western societies. It constitutes the most extreme articulation of the inequality and oppression experienced by women under patriarchy. Suffice to say, the authoritarian context of patriarchy makes ultimately all people unfree. Thus it is extremely important that this campaign is an initiative taken by men because the elimination of oppression from our class and oppressive society has as a precondition the emancipation of women