Physical, sexual, psychological or economic violence between current or former spouses as well as current or former partners. It constitutes a form of violence which affects women disproportionately and which is therefore distinctly gendered.
Statistical definition
Any act of physical, sexual, psychological or economic violence that occurs between former or current spouses or partners, whether or not the perpetrator shares or has shared the same residence with the victim.
… % of women in the European Union have experienced physical violence by either a partner or a non-partner since the age of 15, and 7 % of women experienced …
… (EIGE) has estimated that the cost of gender-based violence across the EU is €366 billion a year. Violence … violence in the European Union Notes to editors Intimatepartnerviolence, which shot up during the Covid-19 pandemic, …
… contract for a study on combatting psychological violence against women and coercive control in the EU. This … violence, it is recognised that it is most prevalent in intimatepartner relationships. The study will have a strong focus on …
… contract for a study on combatting psychological violence against women and coercive control in the EU. This … violence, it is recognised that it is most prevalent in intimatepartner relationships. The study will have a strong focus on …
… job losses and reduced working hours to spikes in domestic violence and overwhelmed counsellors, the effects of the … prevention. EIGE’s report on the Covid-19 pandemic and intimatepartnerviolence against women in the EU is out today. For …
… measures undertaken across the EU to support victims of violence during the Covid-19 outbreak (from March until the … of governmental strategies on prevention of gender-based violence and on crisis preparedness. Further reading EIGE's … gender equality gains EIGE's resources on gender-based violence …
… to contain the coronavirus led to spikes in domestic violence reports. In two new studies, the European Institute … has introduced special measures to protect women from intimatepartnerviolence during the pandemic. Yet persistent …
… impacts on women’s and girls’ exposure to gender-based violence. Firstly, in providing abusers with access to more … digital technologies can aggravate traditional forms of intimatepartnerviolence (EIGE, 2017b). Secondly, digital …
… Across the three levels that comprise the domain of violence’s measurement framework, recent data is available … understood as ‘the killing of a woman in the context of intimatepartnerviolence’ (EIGE, 2017a, p. 4), but there is no legal …