Poland to quit treaty on violence against women, minister says

FILE PHOTO: Zbigniew Ziobro signs documents after being designated as Minister of Justice, at the Presidential Palace in Warsaw, Poland November 15, 2019. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel

WARSAW (Reuters) - Poland will take steps next week to withdraw from a European treaty on violence against women, which the right-wing cabinet says violates parents' rights by requiring schools to teach children about gender, the justice minister said on Saturday.

Zbigniew Ziobro told a news conference his ministry would submit a request to the labour and families ministry on Monday to begin the process of withdrawing from the treaty, known as the Istanbul Convention.