The purpose of the "It's not Over" advocacy campaign, part of the Super FEM project, is to influence the responsible instiution to implement the Istanbul Convention, 10 years after it was adopted, to ensure equal protection of all women across Europe.

Today, we gather to shout ENOUGH to violence against women—violence inflicted not only by individual men, but by systems and institutions that betray us. Femicides across Europe are rising, a brutal reminder that violence isn’t just an isolated tragedy—it’s woven into the fabric of a patriarchal system that feeds out of power and oppression.

At the top of the iceberg, we see the lives lost, the daily fear, and the threats that we face as women. At the bottom lies a culture that tolerates and normalises abuse: a society where women are blamed and shamed, where the media diminish survivors and justify perpetrators. Every day, our right to safety and bodily autonomy is stripped away, and every day, our calls for change go unanswered.

We need comprehensive sexual education to dismantle machism and teach consent from a young age. We need the media to be held accountable for spreading dangerous narratives that blame women and silence survivors. And above all, we need a law across Europe that ensures equal protection for all women—a law that recognises rape as sex without consent. It is clear that “no means no” is not enough anymore. Only yes means yes.

The European Parliament knows our demands. We’ve told them: it’s time to rewrite laws across the EU to protect women equally. We’re calling on governments and leaders to finally dismantle the structures that uphold patriarchy. They’ve had their chance to make a change and, instead, repeated the same old power structures: deciding over our bodies. But we’re here to say that we will not be silent.

Today, we march not only to end violence but to reject the entire system that perpetuates it. Let our voices be heard in every city, in every language. This fight is far from over.