… week and next, the 68th annual Commission on the Status of Women (CSW68), is happening in New York. CSW is the UN's largest annual gathering on gender equality and women's empowerment. It brings together government officials, …
… 2024 Director Carlien Scheele weighs in on the challenges women face in sports – and how they can be a force for … gender equality on the occasion of International Women’s Day 2024. #SeAcabó. That’s Spanish for ‘It’s Over’. In the … unnoticed. All their hard work amounts to how they look. Studies have shown a positive correlation between the number …
… It’s been two years since the Russian aggression against Ukraine … unknown country in the EU, many face barriers – especially women and girls who have been exposed to conflict-related … of gender-based violence. And this is mostly hitting many women and girls. To make matters even more complex, they face …
… On 26 May 2023, EIGE’s Director provided the opening remarks at a conference held … the Lithuanian Parliament in Vilnius on Violence against Women in Times of Crisis: Challenges and Potential Solutions … playing an active role in combatting violence against women in times of crisis, conflict and beyond. The past year …
… continue to report on increasing rates of violence against women and girls. This ‘shadow pandemic’ has a devastating effect on the rights of women and girls across Europe. The EU Agency for Fundamental … Member States to redouble their efforts to protect women's rights and mark International Day for the Elimination of …
… recognises the various forms of femicide committed against women and girls as ‘the most severe manifestation of … outputs. This report summarises the results of EIGE’s data collection exercise in the seven pilot countries and …
… gender equality for the people of Spain. But the country’s leading voice on women’s rights admits, “we need to move forward faster.” Now … risks of poverty and job insecurity. Still, today in Spain women also assume most of the domestic work and 70% of all …
… on coercive control and psychological violence against women in EU Member States. The study analyses the causes and … of coercive control and psychological violence against women, assesses the criminalisation of psychological violence … coercive control and psychological violence against women in EU Member States. …
… EIGE's Director Carlien Scheele delivered this speech at an event … is online, it can simply be ignored or shrugged off. Women who are harassed or stalked online are frequently told … offline spheres are not separate spaces at all. For one, women and girls who have experienced sexual harassment, …
… to a 2014 study by the Fundamental Rights Agency, 31 % of women in the European Union have experienced physical … a partner or a non-partner since the age of 15, and 7 % of women experienced physical violence by anyone in the 12 … are introduced together with a brief overview of EIGE’s data collection process from the 30 different jurisdictions …
… across the EU is €366 billion a year. Violence against women makes up 79 % of this cost, amounting to €289 billion. … violence can help EU countries channel money to where it’s really needed -- and where it’s most cost-effective. The … to invest more in activities that prevent violence against women and protect victims -- this is both a moral imperative, …
… of mobile information has made cyber violence against women a growing global problem. However, there is currently no agreed definition of cyber violence against women at EU level and only a few Member States cover some forms of cyber violence against women in their national law. EIGE is assessing all available …
… 2020 the global estimation of femicide shows that 47 000 women were killed by intimate partners or other family … children, bereaved parents and siblings of murdered women are rarely considered as direct victims. Legal gaps in … States: Germany, Spain, France, Portugal and Romania. EIGE’s study on femicide: analyses how due diligence principle is …