… of the Implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action: Women and the Economy Women still remain the main carers of children and the elderly today. In Europe, women between the ages of 25 to 44 spend three times longer …
… in the EU of area K of the Beijing Platform for Action: Women and the Environment Climate change is a multiplier of … changes and has major impacts on the lives of women and men. These impacts and consequences are not gender-neutral. Women and men have different needs, priorities and …
… can also drive acts of violence. This means that while women face violence and discrimination based on gender, some women experience multiple and interlocking forms of violence. … Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence), defines violence against women …
… instruments, which oblige them to combat violence against women as a human rights violation, and as a specific … form of violence linked to the discrimination of women. This implies an obligation on Member States to end … ensure redress. The EU supports an increased protection of women through soft law (communications, recommendations …
… on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) . In 1989, the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women released General recommendation No. 12 on Violence against Women stating that articles 2, 5, 11, 12 and 16 CEDAW …
… providing a composite indicator of direct violence against women, based on the data on violence against women collected by the European Union Agency for Fundamental … Rights through the EU-wide Survey on Violence against Women. The results of the Gender Equality Index show that …
… recognition as the EU knowledge centre on equality between women and men. Its work on combating violence against women has become increasingly significant. In recent years …
… most severe forms of gender inequality. This issue affects women disproportionally as it is directly connected to the unequal distribution of power between women and men. The elimination of gender-based violence and … across the EU is €366 billion a year. Violence against women makes up 79 % of this cost, amounting to €289 billion. …