Any act which causes physical harm as a result of unlawful physical force. Physical violence can take the form of, among others, serious and minor assault, deprivation of liberty and manslaughter
… Violence and power imbalances adversely affect the mental … forms worldwide (Sian Oram et al., 2017). In the EU, physical and sexual violence by a current or former partner … 2021). Research on victims of intimate partner violence – physical, psychological and sexual – reveals the impact of …
… While normative masculinity is closely associated with physical strength and independence, seeking treatment and … conditions and low socioeconomic status, and gender-based violence (Garcia-Moreno and Watts, 2011; WHO, 2016d). These …
… Gender-based violence is a widespread phenomenon in the European Union, … – in 2012, one in three women aged 15 or over experienced physical and/or sexual violence. Although a price cannot be put on women’s lives and …
… EU. However, on average, the EU population does too little physical activity and consumes insufficient fruit and … Women are less physically active but eat more healthily Physical activity is an important component of healthy … sex, excessive use of harmful substances, extreme sports, violence, smoking and excessive alcohol consumption, is …
… While violence affects all women, some groups face a higher risk … ability to take part in common activities (48 %). The violence against women survey (FRA, 2014) also showed that … of lesbian women reported the most recent hate-motivated physical and sexual attack to any organisation, including the …
… The domain of violence cannot be updated regularly because of the serious … (FRA, 2021) provides some EU-wide data on experiences of physicalviolence and harassment among women and men. Owing … Rights Survey, 8 % of women in the EU-27 experienced physicalviolence (excluding sexual violence) in the 5 years …
… and central Europe particularly affected. Domain of violence Regular updates to the domain of violence are a … insights. It shows that 8 % of women in the EU experienced physicalviolence (excluding sexual violence) in the 5 years before the survey, and 5 % of women experienced physicalviolence in the 12 months preceding the survey. …
… Violence against women is one of the most pervasive crimes of our time. It takes many forms, including physical, sexual, psychological and economic. It can occur … and widely criminalised forms of violence against women (physicalviolence, sexual violence and femicide). Based on …
… 31 % of women in the European Union have experienced physicalviolence by either a partner or a non-partner since the age of 15, and 7 % of women experienced physicalviolence by anyone in the 12 months before the …
… (EIGE) has estimated that the cost of gender-based violence across the EU is €366 billion a year. Violence against women makes up 79 % of this cost, amounting … gender-based violence, with the biggest cost coming from physical and emotional impact (56 %), followed by criminal …
… Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence (the Istanbul Convention) [2] . EU law distinguishes … harassment Any form of unwanted verbal, non-verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature occurs, with the purpose …