Violence directed against a person because of that person’s gender, gender identity or gender expression, or which affects persons of a particular gender disproportionately.
… Approaches and Actions At the conference ‘ Eliminating Violence against Women in Europe — Intersectoral Approaches … variety of backgrounds discussed approaches to combating gender-basedviolence (GBV). In what follows, the main findings, …
… Gender-basedviolence is enacted under many different manifestations, from … age, social class, religion, sexual orientation or gender identity can also drive acts of violence. This means …
… main human rights instruments, which oblige them to combat violence against women as a human rights violation, and as a specific gender-related form of violence linked to the discrimination … the EU does not have a common policy to deal with gender-basedviolence, the European Parliament resolution of 26 …
… against Women released General recommendation No. 12 on Violence against Women stating that articles 2, 5, 11, 12 … Vienna Declaration and Programme for Action , presented gender-basedviolence as structural and universal. The Declaration …
… of the study carried out by the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) on mapping the administrative data sources on gender-basedviolence in the EU-28. Administrative data provide detailed …
… to the provision of comparable data across the EU. Based on the findings of the quantitative and qualitative … Europe Read more about female genital mutilation in EIGE’s Gender Equality Glossary and Thesaurus Female genital … States have seen an increase in this form of gender-basedviolence due to migration of people from countries where FGM …
… What is gender-responsive public procurement Definition of … the gender balance in decision-making, ending gender-basedviolence and promoting gender equality beyond the EU. To …
… Relevance of gender in the policy area Culture can be defined as the … harmful stereotypes and promoting cultural diversity based on gender equality. For example, the relevance of … dignity, integrity and an end to gender-basedviolence; gender equality in external actions; horizontal …
… Relevance of gender in the policy area The Digital Agenda for Europe was … environment, with discrimination against women based on stereotypes about women’s role in society and the … an important role in supporting and empowering victims of violence (e.g. web campaigns, information and support …
… Relevance of gender in the policy area Education is a catalyst for social … both for pupils and teachers, is widespread. Gender-basedviolence and sexist language also occurs in educational …
… Relevance of gender in employment While considerable progress has been … Despite the convergence in employment rates, gender-based segregation in employment is still a problem, with … balance for women and men and combating all forms of violence against women. In addition to the European …
… Relevance of gender in the policy area Gender plays a specific role both … disabilities related to home accidents and sexual violence, as well as diseases and disabilities related to old … diagnosed with ‘depression’ and men with ‘stress’, based on the same complaints. Health is also important while …
… Relevance of gender in the policy area The relevance of gender in the … justice system) responsible for taking measures to fight violence against women. Acknowledging the gender dimension of … victims of extremely traumatising crimes, of which gender-basedviolence in all its forms is the most obvious, …
… Relevance of gender in the policy area Promoting gender equality is a key … toxic [3] , especially – but not only – by women. Gender-basedviolence and sexual harassment have long been overlooked as …
… Relevance of gender in the policy area The term ‘sport’ implies two … in sports coaching and teaching eradicating gender-basedviolence in and through sport eliminating gender stereotypes …
… Relevance of gender in the policy area Tourism is the third largest … gender stereotypes and travelling risks of gender-basedviolence. Issues of gender inequalities in the policy area …
… Relevance of gender in the policy area Transportation facilitates access … travel off-peak more often than men. In addition, fear of violence and aggression means that women are far less willing … the decision-making process in the transport sector gender-basedviolence in transport, which mostly affects women. …