In order to ensure that the police have the appropriate knowledge, skills and capacity to effectively implement risk assessment, it is necessary to ensure that: basic training to develop knowledge and awareness of gender equality is mandatory for all police, begins at entry level (police academies) and is continued through all levels and stages of police careers; training for all...
To effectively determine the level of risk and identify the safety needs of women and children, the following elements should inform police risk assessment processes and practices. The specificities of each national legal context should be considered in developing risk assessment tools and identifying risk factors for different forms of intimate partner violence. Risk factors for intimate partner violence that...
In deciding which approach to use, police should consider that effective risk assessment of intimate partner violence must meet the requirements set out below. The victim’s own assessment of their safety and risk levels are taken into account to inform the risk level identified (on identifying the most relevant risk factors, see Step 3). Evidence-based risk factors are included in...
Police risk assessment objectives should include: the design of effective and tailored responses for victim safety; the delivery of targeted and immediate risk management interventions for cases assessed and identified as high, medium or standard risk; informing decisions about whether to proceed with a case should victims choose to withdraw a complaint; holding stakeholders within a multiagency framework accountable for...
EIGE is examining the factors which encourage witnesses of intimate partner violence to report to the police and relevant authorities. The study will assess the types of witnesses that are...
This project was built on the ongoing support EIGE provides to EU Member States in collecting data on gender-based violence. The study assessed the progress EU Member States have made...
This study builds upon EIGE’s previous work and analyses the availability of data within the police and justice sectors in all 28 Member States, assessing their comparability and potential to populate the indicators. This in-depth analysis has identified key challenges in collecting data on intimate partner violence and proposed recommendations for the EU and its Member States. This main report...
Quality administrative data that are available and comparable are key to understanding the scale of intimate partner violence in the EU and monitoring progress in tackling it. Administrative data measure the response of governmental agencies (such as the police and justice sectors) to intimate partner violence, and their capacity to protect victims, prevent further violence and prosecute the perpetrators. Data...
The Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) agencies' network is made up of nine EU agencies working on a range of justice and security issues, such as migration and border management, combatting drug trafficking and organised crime, human trafficking, human and fundamental rights, and gender equality. This makes them more effective and better able to serve the public. The JHA agencies...
“United in diversity” has been the motto of the European Union (EU) since the new millennium. Since its inception, the Gender Equality Index has strived to reflect this diversity. Intersecting inequalities capture how gender is manifested when combined with other characteristics such as age, dis/ability, migrant background, ethnicity, sexual orientation or socioeconomic background. An intersectional perspective highlights the complexity of...
The conceptual framework of the Gender Equality Index consists of eight domains. The first six (work, money, knowledge, time, power, health) are combined into a core index. Two additional satellite...
The study aimed to improve data collection on violence against women and to support the implementation of EU and Member State commitments to eliminate violence against women. Building on EIGE’s...
