Violation of human rights and a form of discrimination against women including all acts of gender-based violence that result in, or are likely to result in, physical, sexual, psychological or economic harm or suffering to women, including threats of such acts, coercion, or arbitrary deprivation of liberty, whether occurring in public or in private life.
… in health Gender differences in health status Overall, women tend to report worse health than men. In the 27 Member … have given rise to a ‘shadow pandemic’ of gender-based violence; in particular, there has been a surge in intimate … Lockdown measures may have compounded risks of violenceagainst vulnerable groups such as women with disabilities; …
… Gender inequalities in health The conditions in which women and men live, work and spend their time affect their … et al., 2017; Patel et al., 2018). Preventing all types of violenceagainstwomen is among the most effective and impactful …
… ample evidence of the pandemic’s negative repercussions on women in the domains of work, money, knowledge, time, power and health. It also addresses the spike in violenceagainstwomen and how the most disadvantaged and marginalised …
… (EIGE) has estimated that the cost of gender-based violence across the EU is €366 billion a year. Violenceagainstwomen makes up 79 % of this cost, amounting to €289 billion. …