A woman prays as she joins opponents of a treaty safeguarding women, backed by the Roman Catholic Church, protest against its ratification arguing it is imposing what they call a “gender ideology” in the southern ofwn Split on April 12, 2018.
Protestors against the Council of Europe convention — the world’s first binding instrument to prevent and combat violence against women, from marital rape to female genital mutilation — protested against its ratification, an issue that has split the Balkan country. / AFP PHOTO / STRINGER (Photo credit should read STRINGER/AFP/Getty Images)