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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-specific measures in anti-trafficking actions

    … Rights Directive, contains an exhaustive understanding of women-specific risks and vulnerabilities to trafficking in … international instruments on trafficking in human beings, violence against women and gender equality. EIGE developed a set of …

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    • Violence
  • Terminology and indicators for data collection: rape, femicide and intimate partner violence

    … This study aimed to establish a measure of violence against women, using uniform definitions and indicators on rape, …

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    Project
    Topics
    • Violence
  • Cyber violence against women and girls

    … analysed the existing research on different forms of cyber violence against women and girls. It assessed the availability of survey and …

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    • Digital agenda
    • Violence
  • Good practices in combating female genital mutilation

    … to help health professionals treat and counsel girls and women living with FGM; and training in data collection for … Good practices on administrative data collection on violence against women EIGE's studies on female genital mutilation …

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    Project
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    • Violence
  • Country information on “Combating violence against women”

    … in support of 2017’s programme of focused activities on violence against women, EIGE developed country factsheets for each of the …

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    • Violence
  • Collection of good practices on administrative data collection on violence against women

    … quality, reliable and comparable administrative data on violence against women. It provides a set of good practices on the collection …

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    • Violence
  • Mapping the current status and potential of administrative data sources on gender-based violence in the EU

    … mapped the key administrative data sources on gender-based violence in the EU Member States, as well as the statistical … The study focused on five classifications of violence against women: intimate partner violence (all types); sexual violence …

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    Project
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    • Violence
  • Collection of methods, tools and good practices in the field of domestic violence

    … methods and tools on protection and prevention of violence against women to enhance the effectiveness of gender equality …

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    • Violence
  • Review of the implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action in the EU Member States: violence against women – victim support report

    … legislative and policy measures to address domestic violence, and frequency of prevalence surveys. It is based on … of primary and secondary data on support services for women survivors of intimate partner violence in Member States. The report analyses and assesses …

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    • Violence
  • Study to identify and map existing data and resources on sexual violence against women in the EU

    … This study focused on sexual violence against women, including rape, marital rape, sexual abuse and …

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    • Violence
  • Risk assessment by police of intimate partner violence against women

    … improved institutional response from the EU to combating violence against women and better protection of women from further …

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    • Violence
  • Step 3: Gender-sensitive analysis

    … affect the living conditions and access to resources for women and men. This effect is known as ‘gender impact’. An … proposed policy? If yes, what will the changes be? Will violence against women change as a consequence of the proposed policy? …

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    • Economic and financial affairs
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  • Austria

    … general, including self-employment) and/or the income of women and men? Does the new law have any impact on the … other relevant impacts on gender equality (e.g. protection against violence, access to mobility, infrastructures, information)? …

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    Austria
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    • Employment
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  • Step 6: Setting gender equality objectives

    … on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) ’, the ‘ Beijing Platform for Action ’, the EU … and sports. Women and men feel safe and live free from violence as well as sexist discrimination in the private and …

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  • Gender Statistics Database

    … (Thematic areas) Gender equality in decision-making (women and men in decision-making) and Violence against women (Gender-Based Violence). EU policies and …

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  • Female genital mutilation is illegal in Malta but girls are not safe

    … are still threatened by one of the most horrible forms of violence. When girls return to the family’s home country this … Convention, we have strengthened the legal framework against the practice. There is a law in place to criminalise … a gender-sensitive way. This can include the provision of women interpreters and specialised referral and care upon …

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    • Violence
  • Orange the world - Vilnius lights the way for change

    … awareness-raising campaign ‘Orange the World’ to end violence against women and girls. As many other famous buildings and monuments …

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  • Reported cases of violence against women reveal only the tip of the iceberg

    … Most women in the European Union who are abused by their partner … the authorities. Reported figures of intimate partner violence conceal how widespread it really is. In the lead up … to the international day for the elimination of violence against women on 25 November, the European Institute for …

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  • Recommendations to improve data collection on intimate partner violence by the police and justice sectors: Denmark

    … improve administrative data collection on intimate partner violence to better inform policies and to help the Member … Convention. Read more Data collection on intimate partner violence by the police and justice sectors - all EU countries … justice sectors EIGE's work on data collection on violence against women …

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  • Recommendations to improve data collection on intimate partner violence by the police and justice sectors: Estonia

    … improve administrative data collection on intimate partner violence to better inform policies and to help the Member … Convention. Read more Data collection on intimate partner violence by the police and justice sectors - all EU countries … justice sectors EIGE's work on data collection on violence against women …

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