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  • Data collection on intimate partner violence by the police and justice sectors: United Kingdom

    Many women victims of intimate partner violence in the EU Member States remain unprotected. Perpetrators often go unpunished due to inadequate law enforcement approaches, which do not align with international human rights treaties. A gender-neutral approach to the law, coupled with the unavailability of data and existing stereotypes result in the denial of violence against women and its tolerance or...

  • Indicators on intimate partner violence and rape for the police and justice sectors

    Several international and EU commitments emphasise the need to tackle violence against women in general, and intimate partner violence in particular. Both the Victims’ Rights Directive and the Istanbul Convention emphasise the need to have comparative and high-quality data on specific forms of violence against women and request data collection from administrative sources in order to monitor their implementation. Against...

  • Data collection on intimate partner violence by the police and justice sectors: Austria

    Many women victims of intimate partner violence in the EU Member States remain unprotected. Perpetrators often go unpunished due to inadequate law enforcement approaches, which do not align with international human rights treaties. A gender-neutral approach to the law, coupled with the unavailability of data and existing stereotypes result in the denial of violence against women and its tolerance or...

  • Data collection on intimate partner violence by the police and justice sectors: Belgium

    Many women victims of intimate partner violence in the EU Member States remain unprotected. Perpetrators often go unpunished due to inadequate law enforcement approaches, which do not align with international human rights treaties. A gender-neutral approach to the law, coupled with the unavailability of data and existing stereotypes result in the denial of violence against women and its tolerance or...

  • Data collection on intimate partner violence by the police and justice sectors: Bulgaria

    Many women victims of intimate partner violence in the EU Member States remain unprotected. Perpetrators often go unpunished due to inadequate law enforcement approaches, which do not align with international human rights treaties. A gender-neutral approach to the law, coupled with the unavailability of data and existing stereotypes result in the denial of violence against women and its tolerance or...

  • Data collection on intimate partner violence by the police and justice sectors: Czech Republic

    Many women victims of intimate partner violence in the EU Member States remain unprotected. Perpetrators often go unpunished due to inadequate law enforcement approaches, which do not align with international human rights treaties. A gender-neutral approach to the law, coupled with the unavailability of data and existing stereotypes result in the denial of violence against women and its tolerance or...

  • Data collection on intimate partner violence by the police and justice sectors: Denmark

    Many women victims of intimate partner violence in the EU Member States remain unprotected. Perpetrators often go unpunished due to inadequate law enforcement approaches, which do not align with international human rights treaties. A gender-neutral approach to the law, coupled with the unavailability of data and existing stereotypes result in the denial of violence against women and its tolerance or...

  • Data collection on intimate partner violence by the police and justice sectors: Estonia

    Many women victims of intimate partner violence in the EU Member States remain unprotected. Perpetrators often go unpunished due to inadequate law enforcement approaches, which do not align with international human rights treaties. A gender-neutral approach to the law, coupled with the unavailability of data and existing stereotypes result in the denial of violence against women and its tolerance or...

  • Data collection on intimate partner violence by the police and justice sectors: Germany

    Many women victims of intimate partner violence in the EU Member States remain unprotected. Perpetrators often go unpunished due to inadequate law enforcement approaches, which do not align with international human rights treaties. A gender-neutral approach to the law, coupled with the unavailability of data and existing stereotypes result in the denial of violence against women and its tolerance or...

  • Study in the EU: Set apart by gender

    About half of EU students graduate in two main fields of education. In both of them, the lack of one gender is striking. Almost a quarter of students (24 %) graduate in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) subjects and most of them are men. The other big study field is education, health and welfare (EHW) with one fifth (19...

  • Infographic: Is your parliament gender-sensitive?

    Use EIGE’s Gender-sensitive Parliaments online tool to see how responsive your parliament is to the different needs of women and men. Find out what changes are needed to make your parliament more gender-sensitive. Further information Go to the Gender-sensitive Parliaments online tool Read our leaflet on the Gender-sensitive Parliaments online tool Discover EIGE's other gender mainstreaming tools

  • The EU justice and home affairs agencies 2018

    The JHA network has an important role to play in Europe. Their work helps ensure that the EU is well equipped to deal with security, justice, fundamental rights and gender equality. The agencies work on a wide range of important areas, including migration and border management, drug trafficking and combating organised crime, human trafficking and gender equality. Since these areas...