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Definition of violence against women

Violation of human rights and a form of discrimination against women including all acts of gender-based violence that result in, or are likely to result in, physical, sexual, psychological or economic harm or suffering to women, including threats of such acts, coercion, or arbitrary deprivation of liberty, whether occurring in public or in private life.

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36 gender statistics indicators found

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  • Experts’ meeting on research and development of indicators on cyber violence against women and girls (CVAWG)

    … Following the 2022 report ‘Combating cyber violence against women and girls’, which proposed definitions for five forms …

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  • Understanding Psychological Violence against Women: The need for harmonised definitions and data in the EU

    … Psychological violence is a common form of gender-based violence that includes any intentional course of conduct that …

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    • Health
    • Justice
    • Violence
  • Understanding Economic Violence against Women: The need for harmonised definitions and data in the EU

    … Economic violence is a common form of violence against women statistically defined as ‘any act or behaviour which …

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    • Economic and financial affairs
    • Health
    • Justice
    • Violence
  • Informal Meeting of the Standing Committee on Operational Cooperation on Internal Security (COSI) - Spanish Presidency of the Council of the EU

    … the war in Ukraine and its effects on internal security, violence against women, hate speech and hate crimes, drug trafficking, and …

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  • Violence against women – policy-making and monitoring mechanisms at national and local levels

    … policies and improving the monitoring process of combating violence against women. It hasformulated policy-making and monitoring …

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  • Marking a Milestone: 10+ Years of cooperation with EU pre-accession countries with the support of DG NEAR

    … for gender equality. EIGE has collected data on women and men in decision-making in the region to offer … of women in government, business and other areas. Violence against Women (VAW) needs to stop, and it can be stopped – …

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  • EIGE Director's participation in the WPL Summit 2023

    … EIGE's Director  Carlien Scheele will participate in the Women Political Leaders 2023 Summit in Brussels. This event …   Scheele will take part as a speaker in a panel on 'Violence against women in politics', to bring in EIGE's evidence on …

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  • Steering Committee meeting regarding FRA's project on "Violence and related human rights abuses against women fleeing the war in Ukraine"

    … collection and in-depth interviews in three countries on violence and related human rights abuses against women fleeing the war in Ukraine. EIGE has been appointed as …

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  • UNECE session on Gender Statistics – Workshop and Group of Experts on Gender Statistics

    … Divide and will be a speaker in the panel on Measuring Violence Against Women led by UN Women, in order to share EIGE’s plans to …

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  • Actioning solutions where gender-based violence and crisis meet

    … conference held at the Lithuanian Parliament in Vilnius on Violence against Women in Times of Crisis: Challenges and Potential Solutions …

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  • Gender Equality and Violence Against Women: Perspectives from the EU and the Eastern Partnership Countries

    … is organising a conference on the pressing topic of violence against women in times of crisis and conflict, with a focus on EU and …

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  • Online Presentation on the topic of Cyber violence against women and girls for Europe Day 2023

    … 28 for its members all over Europe on EU Institutions and Women's rights in Europe. EIGE Seconded National Expert …

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  • Gender Equality Index 2023 – a focus on the European Green Deal

    … total equality. The scores are based on the gaps between women and men in terms of the levels of achievement in six … sub-domains. The Index also had two additional domains: violence against women and intersecting inequalities. The thematic …

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  • Conference on men and boys in gender equality policies

    … boys in gender equality policies and in policies to combat violence against women. EIGE gender-based violence researcher, Diogo Costa, …

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  • Experts meeting of EIGE’s Gender Statistics Database & Consultation meeting on administrative data collection on Violence Against Women

    … Aiming to address persistent challenges of gender-based violence statistics EIGE has been building statistical … capacity at the EU level on specific forms of violence against women. In light of the new Proposal for a Directive on …

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    … to know and understand the different types of gender-based violence. Female genital mutilation Cyber violence against women Femicide Administrative data collection Risk assessment …

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  • Measuring violence against women in the Western Balkans and Türkiye

    … Gender-based violence EIGE supports EU candidate countries and a potential … of first composite indicators for measuring violence against women. This activity aims to contribute towards a better …

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  • #3StepsForward: Why the Green Deal needs a gender perspective

    … Today is International Women’s Day. An occasion to celebrate the wins for gender … Reem Al Salem, United Nations Special Rapporteur on violence against women and girls, who participated in EIGE’s Gender …

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  • Closing the gaps: How data accelerates progress on gender equality  

    … Violence against women a cause and a consequence of the inequalities between … Balkans and Türkiye provides guidance for combatting violence against women. Details in the data Developing …

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  • Strengthening data systems on violence against women in the Western Balkans and Türkiye

    … Violence against women and girls and gender-based violence is a cause and effect of gender inequality and the …

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