In 2014, Romania signed the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence, and in 2016 it was the 14th state to ratify the Convention through Law 30/206, marking the beginning of a legislative reform process which achieved the harmonization of the incidental normative acts in the field with its provisions. Seven years after signing the Istanbul Convention, the event The Istanbul (Non)Convention aims to analyse the ways in which these provisions are implemented and to ensure a context in which citizens, civil society and institutions can come up with solutions where the implementation remains deficient. The event consists of an interactive exhibition around the Istanbul Convention, with the aim of informing citizens about its existence and content, and a debate with experts  –  an in-depth discussion on the implementation of the Convention at national level, issues and possible solutions for a more efficient implementation.

The reform of the justice system has been a major topic in Romania for more than a decade and a half. Political capital has been gained and lost on this issue - but, beyond a few isolated advances at the top of the system, the Romanian judiciary system has not taken too many steps forward to improve the confidence of the average citizen.

Digitization is still an obligation that local courts and prosecutor's offices have not fully paid.

The social reintegration of former detainees is a public issue only when it can be manipulated to strike at political opponents.

Assets recovery is, in turn, a topic debated only in relation to the names of the great sharks of the transition who became rich through robbery.

Access to petty justice for ordinary citizens in the country's communes and small towns is one of the major issues ignored in the public sphere. In the last decade, the Romanian judiciary has been mainly under the sign of anti-corruption efforts. It meant handcuffs at the hands of corrupt moguls, ministers and parliamentarians.

This is the Romanian justice system for the public: a small animal that moves on the surface of the water, and otherwise an enormously sunken block that escapes the eyes. We may have made notable progress in terms of anti-corruption - but Romania is still the country where people of justice can consider 10-12 year old girls to have consensual sex with adults up to 5 times their age.

Before it can be repaired, this justice must be seen and discussed.

Gender Talk is a community of non-binary, trans, and fellow cis explorers, who question gender as we know it. We believe that our gender identities exist outside of the woman-man binarity, and this is something to be celebrated and explored, not hidden and ostracized.