The European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) has developed 13 indicators on intimate partner violence (IPV) to guide the data collection efforts of the police and justice sectors. The indicators developed by EIGE help to assess the progress made at the national level to reduce IPV and domestic violence, and enhance the comparability of data in alignment with the minimum...
One of the areas of focus in EIGE's Gender Statistics Database is gender-based violence. The most widespread form of gender-based violence is intimate partner violence. Comparable data on intimate partner violence are of paramount importance in understanding and monitoring the nature and scale of the issue, itself a barrier to achieving gender equality. However, availability of comparable data across the...
Lockdowns to prevent the spread of Covid-19 trapped many women at home with abusers. Several countries saw spikes in domestic violence reports. As lockdowns ease, the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) is taking a closer look at how we can protect women in times of crisis – be it a pandemic, natural disaster or economic recession. Domestic violence happens...
Description of the contract The European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) envisages awarding a middle-value contract for the study to provide more evidence, i.e. accurate qualitative and quantitative information on the impact of COVID-19 on violence against women and improve policies and measures for emergency-related responses and to reduce violence against women in crisis situations, such as pandemic. The gathered...
Since the beginning of Coronavirus lockdowns, police, women shelters and NGOs have reported a surge in domestic violence, especially violence targeting women. The pandemic has exposed how common this serious human rights abuse is and how insufficient the measures to fight it still are. The European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) and the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) call...
EIGE is examining the factors which encourage witnesses of intimate partner violence to report to the police and relevant authorities. The study will assess the types of witnesses that are...
This project was built on the ongoing support EIGE provides to EU Member States in collecting data on gender-based violence. The study assessed the progress EU Member States have made...
The purpose of this procurement procedure is to conclude a contract with a professional service provider regarding the Study on factors that facilitate witness reporting of intimate partner violence. The overall objective of the study is to contribute to increased knowledge among relevant decision makers on viable and effective approaches in EU Member States aimed at increasing the role of...
This study builds upon EIGE’s previous work and analyses the availability of data within the police and justice sectors in all 28 Member States, assessing their comparability and potential to populate the indicators. This in-depth analysis has identified key challenges in collecting data on intimate partner violence and proposed recommendations for the EU and its Member States. This main report...
Quality administrative data that are available and comparable are key to understanding the scale of intimate partner violence in the EU and monitoring progress in tackling it. Administrative data measure the response of governmental agencies (such as the police and justice sectors) to intimate partner violence, and their capacity to protect victims, prevent further violence and prosecute the perpetrators. Data...
The subject matter of the contract is to assess the progress made at a national level in improving data collection, in order to provide uniform data on intimate partner violence and enhance EU data comparability and to improve data collection on gender-related killings of women and girls by developing a classification system. The tender documents will be published and available...
