… one of them could be a victim of violence. Because in the EU, 1 in 3 women have experienced physical or sexual violence. GBV costs the EU a total of EUR366 billion each year. It’s not millions. … did so as well. For the first time ever we have a robust EU-wide framework of prevention, protection and prosecution. …
… of views with you at quite a relevant moment in time. The EU’s accession to the Istanbul Convention and the European … mechanism and the political agreement reached on the EU’s Domestic Violence and VAW Directive . Two milestone … on that note we also supported some of the Western Balkans countries and Türkiye ) with our data collection on all forms …
… As EUcountries grapple with a new wave of Covid-19, police, media … effect on the rights of women and girls across Europe. The EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) and the European … trapped at home with abusive partners or relatives. Many countries learned from the first wave of lockdowns. They now …
… a woman or girl because of her gender (femicide) in a few EU Member States show the urgency to better respond to this … . The report follows on EIGE’s package to help EUcountries gather solid data to classify and measure …
… count cases accurately. Recent meetings between EIGE, the EU knowledge centre on gender equality, and the Austrian … improving data collection practices on femicide across the EU. Federal Minister for Women, Family, Integration and … Yet, data is, at present, rather fragmented. To help countries identify the different forms of femicide, EIGE has …
… what it was about. I’m sure, no matter which country or countries you come from, you did too. I recognised one of the … this myth, because it is one that a large chunk of the EU population still believes in. Sadly, more than a quarter of EU citizens say they believe that sex without consent is …
… showed that long-standing inequalities persist in the EU. Women are less likely to be in paid work than men, with … when the Europe 2020 strategy was adopted 10 years ago, EU leaders aimed to have 75 % of the working age population … to their homes to contain the spread of the pandemic, many countries registered spikes in domestic violence reports. …
… from the European Institute for Gender Equality, the EU’s knowledge centre on gender equality, has found that the … is still a relatively new phenomenon, almost every EU country has some form of legislation against it. However, … the definitions of cyber violence vary greatly across countries, and the majority do not have specific provisions …
… make up the majority (76 %) of healthcare workers in the EU. Although both women and men working in this sector are … make up the majority (76 %) of healthcare workers in the EU. The formal care sector comes with its challenges in … time. We do not yet have comparable EU-wide data but some countries have provided initial figures showing a spike in …
… concept of gender would spread so quickly, prompting some countries to revoke this groundbreaking treaty. But even in … to tackle violence against women across the whole of the EU. The European Institute for Gender Equality also prides … until women and girls are safe in their own homes. To help EU Member States properly measure intimate partner violence, …
… worldwide struggle for women’s empowerment. Signed by 189 countries in 1995, it [the Beijing Declaration and Platform … same year, in 1995, the European Council acknowledged the EU’s commitment to the implementation of the Beijing Platform … considered in decisions affecting the everyday lives of EU citizens. EU Member States agreed on a number of …
… know. Yet when it comes to intimate partner violence, each EU Member State collects data in a different way. To help … that provided comparable data includes all the countries which have been able to populate the indicator for … For 2018, EIGE received comparable data from 10 countries. Figure 2 shows the number of victims of intimate …
… IT Systems in the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice (eu-LISA); Alexis Goosdeel, European Monitoring Centre for … to end violence against women, and is now active in many countries across the globe. The European Union has a number … specific legal, technical or scientific tasks within the EU. These agencies are independent and provide added value by …