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Definition of gender-based violence

Violence directed against a person because of that person’s gender, gender identity or gender expression, or which affects persons of a particular gender disproportionately.

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  • Cooks Without Homes

    … alongside the provision of a safe environment are two key gender dimensions to the initiative. Cooks without Homes … the Homelike organization addressing and investigating violence against women in vulnerable situations and providing … women want to participate in society. However, gender-based discrimination in the labour market, their low …

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    Good practice
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    Czechia
    Topics
    • Poverty
  • A Step-by-Step Pathway: Rescuing Women from Modern Day Slavery

    … for sexual exploitation from their situation of violence and associated poverty and to enable their full … due to the abuse and the stigma they endure. The gender specific nature of this issue can be seen where the … rendered these women and girls susceptible to this gender based violence. Gender based violence in turn has trapped …

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    Good practice
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    Spain
    Topics
    • Poverty
  • Registration of FGM in hospitals

    … properly trained.   National strategy and action plans on violence against women   The way prevention and repression of gender-based violence are dealt with in Belgium is influenced by the …

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    Good practice
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    Belgium
    Topics
    • Health
    • Violence
  • Rape Crisis Network

    … A secure online database on gender-based violence There is a growing recognition of the need to have …

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    Good practice
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    Ireland
    Topics
    • Health
    • Violence
  • Police report cases

    … Ministry of Justice publishes results of specific analyses based on the criminal statistics. Researchers may gain access … prevention of specific criminal offences. The Ministry for Gender Equality regularly reports on different aspects of gender, including violence against women, stalking, sexual harassment and other …

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    Good practice
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    Denmark
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    • Health
    • Violence
  • Police and justicial administrative data

    … and justice data on crime The overall objective of Swedish gender equality policy is that women and men are to have the … and their own lives. One of the 4 sub-goals is that men's violence against women must stop. Counteracting men’s … on the council’s home page. Official crime statistics are based on 2 different classifications on registering offences. …

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    Good practice
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    Sweden
    Topics
    • Health
    • Violence
  • Nationwide registration in women shelters

    … contacts with the shelters for women exposed to partner violence. At present, 48 shelters situated in all regions of … (LOKK) publish statistics on contacts with the shelters, based on data collected by the personnel at the shelters. In … of national and regional shelters for victims of gender-based violence by the feminist movement in the late …

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    Good practice
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    Denmark
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    • Health
    • Violence
  • Health Database on FGM

    … and coordinated by the Commission for Citizenship and Gender Equality (CIG). In order to characterise, understand … created a health database on this specific type of gender violence, which is a registration system of cases identified … V National Plan to Prevent and Combat Domestic and Gender-based Violence (2014–2017). [5] The III Programme of Action …

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    Portugal
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    • Health
    • Violence
  • Health action on gender, violence and life cycle (HAGVLC)

    … An integrated model of intervention on interpersonal violence cases in health settings In 2013, continuing the … violence across lifecycle was created –Health action on gender, violence and lifecycle (HAGVLC) (Order no. 6378/2013) … National plan V to prevent and combat domestic and gender-based violence 2014 – 2017 ([ 2 ]) (V PNPCVDG), coordinated …

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    Portugal
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    • Health
    • Violence
  • Finnish Homicide Monitor (FHM)

    … and prevention-targeting purposes. The FHM uses victim-based data architecture and is updated on an ongoing basis. … relative, acquaintance, stranger), demographic variables (gender, age, marital status), the main characteristics of the … are widely used, also by NGOs working on gender-based violence (GBV). The data retrieved from the database was used …

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    Finland
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    • Violence
  • Looking at the Victims’ Rights Directive through a gender lens

    … When EIGE put on its gender glasses to analyse the Victims’ Rights Directive from the point of view of victims of gender-based violence and their access to justice, it found many positive …

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    News article
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    • Violence
  • All the essential gender terms now in one place!

    … you feel a need to double-check the difference between “ gender balance ” and “ gender parity ”? Are you looking for … terminology database. The definitions regarding gender-based violence also go hand-in-hand with those developed by the …

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    • Culture
  • Senior Officer - Gender-based Violence

    … The European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE)[1] is organising a call for … establishing a reserve list for a Senior Officer – Gender Based Violence (GBV). The registration of applications will begin …

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    Temporary Agents
  • Research Officer – Gender Based Violence (GBV)

    … The European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) [1] is organising a call for … a reserve list for the post of Research Officer – Gender Based Violence (GBV). The registration of applications will begin …

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    Vacancy
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    Contract Agents
  • How can improved data collection help end violence against women?

    … To reduce violence against women, first we need to understand the scope … website. You can access existing data and information on gender-based violence, through the new  Gender Statistics Database …

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    Topics
    • Violence
    • Justice
  • Seconded national expert – Gender-based violence

    … The European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) [1] invites applications with a view … a reserve list for Seconded National Expert (SNE) – Gender-Based Violence . The registration of applications will begin on 26 …

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    Vacancy
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    Seconded national experts
  • EIGE's 2016-2018 Single Programming document

    … quality, unique data to assist policy makers working in gender equality and related sectors across the European Union … address data gaps, particularly in the domain of gender-based violence. Furthermore and to increase the impact of its main …

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    Document
  • Poverty

    … Relevance of gender in the policy area Poverty is both a cause and an … social exclusion among different target groups poverty and violence against women. Gender inequalities in the policy … combating poverty among older women impact of gender-based violence on poverty risk the role of social dialogue …

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    Policy area
  • About - DGS

    … The Gender Statistics Database is a comprehensive knowledge … Equality Index Women and men in decision- making Gender-based violence Gender mainstreaming What are gender statistics? …

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    Page
  • 16 Days of Activism: We invite you to join us!

    … 16 Days of Activism: Engaging Europe to end violence against women! Gender-based violence (GBV) remains a major problem in the European …

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    News article
    Topics
    • Violence

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