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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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Gender Statistics Database
  • Gender Equality Index 2020 – focus on digitalisation

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

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  • Ex-ante publicity notice for procurement procedure (€15 000.01- € 60 000.00) Study on the implications of COVID-19 for women victims of intimate partner violence

    … and quantitative information on the impact of COVID-19 on violence against women and improve policies and measures for emergency-related …

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    Ex-ante publicity notice
  • EU rights and equality agency heads: Let’s step up our efforts to end domestic violence

    … Since the beginning of Coronavirus lockdowns, police, women shelters and NGOs have reported a surge in domestic violence, especially violence targeting women. The pandemic … and bolster their measures in the future to end violence against women once and for all.” As lockdowns and quarantines …

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    News article
  • People in vulnerable situations

    … disadvantaged situation in society. Refugees and migrants Women and men living in refugee camps are especially … with disabilities are also more vulnerable to domestic violence. 34 % of women with disabilities have suffered … hands, which is one of the key ways to protect yourself against the Covid-19.   They are also disproportionately …

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    • Health
  • Covid-19 and gender-based violence

    … you are encouraged to contact one of the national women’s emergency helplines found  here .  In countries … to contain the coronavirus led to spikes in domestic violence reports. We don’t yet have EU-wide data, but some … not fall through the cracks.  Data collection on violence against women should be harmonised between EU member states …

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  • Beijing +25 policy brief: Area I - Human rights of women: under threat

    … Member States have obligations to eliminate discrimination against women and ensure that they fully enjoy their human rights. … Convention will create a comprehensive legal framework on violence against women, once it is ratified by all Member …

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    • Justice
  • Beijing +25 policy brief: Area D - Violence against women: response and eradication

    … All EU Member States have criminalised some forms of violence against womenand, together with the EU institutions, have … as reflected in the strategy for equality between women and men (2010-2015) and in the follow-up strategic …

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    • Violence
  • Beijing +25: the fifth review of the implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action in the EU Member States

    … distribution of unpaid work or experiences of gender-based violence, to name just a few). This report both tracks progress against these long-standing challenges and goes beyond them … in the previous analysis. 12 policy briefs Area A : Women and Poverty Area G : Women in Power and Decision-Making …

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  • Europe needs to fulfil its gender equality commitments

    … inequalities, creating better work-life balance, combating violence against women, and making sure that important issues, such as climate …

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  • Grey literature on poverty

    … Gender differences and inequalities between women and men are a major feature of social exclusion and … gap, care burden/work–life balance, social exclusion and violence against women. Women suffer more than men from certain types …

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    • Poverty
  • Highlights of the Gender Equality Index 2019

    … the situation of LGBTQI* people and Roma and Muslim women in areas where statistics are available. Convergence … known to face significant health inequalities. Domain of violence Data on all forms of violence against women remains scarce across the EU. Reliable, …

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  • Risk assessment: protecting women from lethal violence

    … . To help police prevent repeated acts of intimate partner violence and save lives, the European Institute for Gender … the lead up to the international day to eliminate violence against women. One of the innovative aspects of the guide is the …

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    • Violence
  • Risk assessment and management of intimate partner violence in the EU

    … Police officers play a leading role in reducing violence against women by an intimate partner. They are often the first …

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    • Violence
  • A guide to risk assessment and risk management of intimate partner violence against women for police

    … The police play a leading role in reducing violence against women by an intimate partner. When women experience violence, …

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    • Violence
  • Risk assessment principles and steps

    … are able to conduct risk assessment in a way that protects women’s privacy, guarantees confidentiality and provides … police officers understand the gender dynamics of violence against women and are capable of predicting lethality. Read …

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  • References

    … (2012), ‘The dangerousness of danger assessment’, Domestic Violence Report, Vol. 17, No 5, pp. 65-69. (2) Beijing … on the elimination and prevention of all forms of violence against women and girls (E/2013/27-E/CN.6/2013/11), United Nations, …

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  • Areas for improvement

    … management by police. Risk assessment of intimate partner violence as a strategy to prevent future violence . Efforts … Intimate partner violence is experienced differently by women and children according to their race, disability, age, … Children’s experiences of intimate partner violence against women There is a large body of research identifying …

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  • Legal and policy framework

    … Risk assessment and risk management of intimate partner violence have been integrated into the EU legislative and policy framework on violence against women, making explicit the links between risk assessment and …

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  • Principle 3. Establishing an evidence-based approach

    … to use collected administrative data on intimate partner violence in monitoring and evaluating risk management … and perpetrator; age of victim and perpetrator type of violence; relationship of the perpetrator to the victim; … and community responses to intimate partner violence against women. …

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  • Principle 3: Taking a gender-specific approach

    … police officers understand the gender dynamics of violence against women and are capable of predicting lethality. Key elements …

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