 Hi, my name is Jelena Adrenianin and I'm a member of the Committee of Regions. November 25th is an important day because it's the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. Men's violence against women is the result of gender inequality. This is a global problem that has to be addressed at the local and regional level. But it has also escalated during the COVID-19 pandemic with tragic results. But we can do a lot of things at the local and regional level together. Our work is crucial to stop the violence and we need to do that in order to build sustainable, equal and democratic societies. For everybody, for women, for children, for men. European Institute for Gender Equality has reported in that the violence against women cost our member states over 220 billion euros each year. I'm repeating each year. So let's be smart and use all our human capacity to build up human beings, not destroying them. Thank you.