EIGE's gender-based violence Expert, Agata Szypulska, joins the 56th session of the UN Human Rights Council (OHCHR) in Geneva for a full-day discussion on women's human rights.

The conference deepens the concept of economic violence as a form of gender-based violence that affect disproportionally women and girls. In addition, the discussion focuses on the role played by the international human rights framework in protecting women's right to live a life free from all forms of violence. 

EIGE takes the floor to report on research findings and key challenges in tackling economic violence.