Gender-based violence (GBV) is both a cause and a consequence of gender inequality.

GBV is any type of violence based on someone’s gender from physical to emotional to financial to reproductive violence. While anybody can be a victim of GBV, women are overwhelmingly the victims.

Violence against women continues to be one of the most severe human rights violations within societies. It is deeply rooted in systemic power imbalances between women and men.

EIGE works towards the provision of evidence on GBV that can support the EU and Member States (and beyond) in their efforts to eradicate all forms of violence.

At the EU and Member States level, we support policy makers in designing and shaping policies and measures to combat GBV.

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  • Improving the collection of national administrative data on femicide in the EU

    EIGE’s research on femicide has focused on defining and measuring it as a distinct crime, due to the gendered nature of the killings and the underlying dynamics of power imbalance between women and men. EIGE supports Member States in collecting national administrative data on femicide, particularly in the context of intimate partner relationships, domestic settings, or other interpersonal relationships. This...

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    Improving the collection of national administrative data on femicide in the EU

  • Intimate partner and domestic violence: EIGE’s data collection (2023–2024) – Methodological report

    The European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) has developed 13 indicators on intimate partner violence and domestic violence to guide the data collection efforts of the police and the justice sector. EIGE’s indicators support EU Member States to measure intimate partner violence and domestic violence and to assess the progress made to combat and monitor these forms of violence. Between...

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    • Justice
    • Violence
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    Intimate partner and domestic violence: EIGE’s data collection (2023–2024) – Methodological report