… as reflected in the strategy for equality between women and men (2010-2015) and in the follow-up strategic … the EU has taken steps towards ratifying the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence … in this area; and the implementation of the Victims’ Rights Directive and the European Protection Order Directive …
… The Europe 2020 strategy aims to lift at least 20 million people … of poverty and looks unlikely to be met; 23.3 % of women and 21.6 % of men in the EU remain at risk of poverty … exclusion. More recently, the European Pillar of Social Rights emphasised the right to decent levels of income for …
… and prevention of all forms of violence against women and girls (E/2013/27-E/CN.6/2013/11), United Nations, … of 25 October 2012 establishing minimum standards on the rights, support and protection of victims of crime, and … 24, No 4, pp. 653-674. (42) Williams, K. R. and Grant, S. R. (2006), ‘Empirically examining the risk of intimate …
… Intimate partner violence is experienced differently by women and children according to their race, disability, age, … of a victim (87) are crucial in identifying victim’s individual safety needs and possible barriers to accessing … language difficulties or limited knowledge of their rights, or because they suffer prejudice and stereotyping. …
… EU legislative and policy framework on violence against women, making explicit the links between risk assessment and … to support and protect victims. In the EU, the Victims’ Rights Directive (Directive 2012/29/EU) (34) is the main … of the Victims’ Rights Directive is to ‘deal with victim’s needs’ in an individual manner, based on an individual …
… States in meeting the minimum requirements of the Victims’ Rights Directive and the Istanbul Convention, and to guide … A current challenge for police and other sectors across Europe is the implementation of the GDPR. Information and … community responses to intimate partner violence against women. …
… Across the EU, women and men report similar level of access to medical and … ethnicity, to further exacerbate health inequities. Europe’s largest ethnic minority, the Roma, for example, face … is defined by the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) as ‘the assumption that everyone is “naturally” …
… Despite growing population income and women’s continuing gains in education and employment, gender gaps … a 2018 survey by the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA, 2018), 80 % of Roma interviewed were at risk of …
… framework to foster a more inclusive and cohesive EU. EIGE’s Gender Equality Index shows that advances in gender … There are big improvements in the domain of power, as more women are taking on decision-making positions, especially in company boardrooms across Europe. In the private sphere, the unequal sharing of …
… segregation and other gender inequalities in employment. Women not only remain over-represented in education, human … women and men alike remains elusive, due strictly to women’s particularly vulnerable access to jobs. While women’s … education, as aimed for in the European Pillar of Social Rights. Although more women and men graduate from …
… social and economic environment, as well as a person’s individual characteristics and behaviour, and can be … in the 20 principles of the European Pillar of Social Rights. This inclusion, along with the right to gender … targets also encompassing health issues affecting women. The domain of health measures three health-related …
… high-quality educational process for girls and boys and women and men provide benefits at individual and societal … women and men and to prevent a backlash against women’srights (European Parliament, 2019). The Gender Equality Index …
… national economic performance measurements and the public’s own evaluations of living standards have led to a call for … Despite progress on gender equality, inequalities between women and men in this domain remain a key aspect of this … as a principle in the 2017 European Pillar of Social Rights and made a priority in the European Commission’s …
… is not perpetuated and to improve the lives of both women and men from different generations and backgrounds. … reflects numerous structural barriers inhibiting women’s labour-market participation and other inequalities … a gender perspective into the European Pillar of Social Rights was set out in its key principles. This included …
… The EU continues its snail’s pace when it comes to gender equality progress. The latest … progress. This has been mainly driven by the rise of women on company boards, although in just a few Member … new ideas for monitoring the European Pillar of Social Rights and its Work-Life Balance Initiative. The Gender …
… EIGE’s Gender Equality Index shows that advances in gender … There are big improvements in the domain of power, as more women are taking on decision-making positions, especially in company boardrooms across Europe. Each year we score EU Member States and the EU as a …
… the most common and documented forms of violence against women. Unlike other domains, the domain of violence does not … between women and men, but examines and analyses women’s experiences of violence. The main objective is to eliminate … prosecute trafficking. In 2012, minimum standards on the rights, support and protection of victims of crime, including …