… Sexual harassment is under-reported, with one UK survey … harassment, as well as high societal tolerance of such violence, lead to under-reporting [3] . Most of the time women and girls are afraid to denounce violence. They may feel ashamed or are afraid they will be … of 26 October 2017 on combating sexual harassment and abuse in the EU (2017/2897(RSP) ( …
… experiences affecting women in the workplace, such as sexual harassment, are increasingly mediated by digital … 2019d; European Parliament, 2018a, 2018b). Online abuse affecting women in their work context is getting … magnitude of the phenomenon is unknown, a FRA survey on violence against women asked respondents about their …
… to women’s economic independence and in relation to violence against women. Several aspects of the lockdown … negative impact on girls, including pornography, child sexualabuse material and cyberbullying. There is no specific …
… and boys, will require particular attention. Domain of violence The lockdowns imposed in all Member States as a … risk factors for potential biases and unfair treatment. Sexual harassment in the workplace is sadly a common … their authority. Women platform workers are exposed to abuse and violence from users of platform services. Such …
… 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 … have legal definitions of hate crimes (against ethnic and sexual minorities for example). A workable legal definition …
… to contain the coronavirus led to spikes in domestic violence reports. We don’t yet have EU-wide data, but some … figures. For example, France saw a 32 % jump in domestic violence reports in just over a week. Lithuania observed 20 % … were often more remote and less likely to spot signs of abuse. EIGE’s research found that while every country in the …
… inequalities, creating better work-life balance, combating violence against women, and making sure that important … concern, with 20 % of young women having experienced sexual harassment online and four in ten women journalists … having censored themselves after incidents of online abuse. EIGE recommends that the EU accedes to the Istanbul …