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Definition of domestic violence

All acts of physical, sexual, psychological or economic violence that occur within the family or domestic unit, irrespective of biological or legal family ties, or between former or current spouses or partners, whether or not the perpetrator shares or has shared the same residence as the victim.

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58 gender statistics indicators found

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Gender Statistics Database
  • Country profile for Estonia

    … data collection exercise on intimate partner violence and domestic violence in Estonia. Main findings Victims of domestic violence 77 % of victims of domestic …

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    Country profile: Gender-based violence
  • Country profile for France

    … data collection exercise on intimate partner violence and domestic violence in France. Main findings Victims of intimate partner violence and domestic violence 85 % of victims of intimate partner …

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    Country profile: Gender-based violence
  • Country profile for Belgium

    … data collection exercise on intimate partner violence and domestic violence in Belgium. Main findings Offences of intimate partner violence and domestic violence In 2022, 39,397 offences of intimate …

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    Country profile: Gender-based violence
  • Country profile for Germany

    … data collection exercise on intimate partner violence and domestic violence in Germany. Main findings Victims of intimate partner violence and domestic violence Women represent 80 % of victims of intimate …

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    Country profile: Gender-based violence
  • Country profile for Spain

    … data collection exercise on intimate partner violence and domestic violence in Spain. Main findings Victims of intimate partner violence and domestic violence Women represent most victims of intimate …

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    Country profile: Gender-based violence
  • Country profile for Cyprus

    … data collection exercise on intimate partner violence and domestic violence in Cyprus. Main findings Victims of domestic violence Roughly 3 out of 4 victims of …

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    Country profile: Gender-based violence
  • Country profile for Hungary

    … data collection exercise on intimate partner violence and domestic violence in Hungary. Main findings Victims of intimate partner violence and domestic violence In 2022, 86 % of victims of intimate …

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    Country profile: Gender-based violence
  • Country profile for Ireland

    … data collection exercise Victims of intimate partner violence and domestic violence Women represent most victims of intimate partner violence (88 %) and domestic violence (78 %), based on data from 2022. Physical …

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    Country profile: Gender-based violence
  • Country profile for Croatia

    … data collection exercise on intimate partner violence and domestic violence in Croatia. Main findings Victims of domestic violence and any violence Roughly 4 out of 5 victims …

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    Country profile: Gender-based violence
  • Country profile for Italy

    … data collection exercise on intimate partner violence and domestic violence in Italy. Main findings … Data is not available on intimate partner violence or domestic violence. During the latest data collection …

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    Country profile: Gender-based violence
  • Country profile for Luxembourg

    … with caution. For instance, victims in cases of domestic violence means all victims that were recorded in a case that, among other offences, included domestic violence. Therefore, not all victims were …

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    Country profile: Gender-based violence
  • Country profile for Austria

    … data collection exercise on intimate partner violence and domestic violence in Austria. Main findings … same year, 31 women victims of intentional homicide by a domestic perpetrator were recorded. Rape and sexual assault …

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    Country profile: Gender-based violence
  • Country profile for Slovenia

    … data collection exercise on intimate partner violence and domestic violence in Slovenia. Main findings Victims of intimate partner violence and domestic violence In 2022, women comprised 91 % of victims of …

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    Country profile: Gender-based violence
  • Country profile for Czechia

    … data collection exercise on intimate partner violence and domestic violence in Czechia. Main findings Victims of intimate partner violence and domestic violence Most victims of intimate partner violence …

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    Country profile: Gender-based violence
  • Country profile for Malta

    … data collection exercise on intimate partner violence and domestic violence in Malta. Main findings Victims of intimate partner violence and domestic violence In 2022, 79 % of recorded victims of …

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    Country profile: Gender-based violence
  • Country profile for Portugal

    … data collection exercise on intimate partner violence and domestic violence in Portugal. Main findings Victims of domestic violence In 2022, women comprised 83 % of victims of …

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    Country profile: Gender-based violence
  • Country profile for Sweden

    … data collection exercise on intimate partner violence and domestic violence in Sweden. Main findings Victims of intimate partner violence and domestic violence 86 % of offences of intimate partner …

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    Country profile: Gender-based violence
  • Country profile for Lithuania

    … data collection exercise on intimate partner violence and domestic violence in Lithuania. Main findings Victims of intimate partner violence and domestic violence In 2022, 89 % of victims of intimate …

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    Country profile: Gender-based violence
  • Country profile for Netherlands

    … data collection exercise on intimate partner violence and domestic violence in the Netherlands. Main … In the same year, police recorded 36 women victims of domestic homicide and 24 women victims of intimate partner …

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    Country profile: Gender-based violence
  • Country profile for Romania

    … data collection exercise on intimate partner violence and domestic violence in Romania. Main findings Victims of intimate partner violence and domestic violence In 2022, 34,776 victims of intimate partner …

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    Country profile: Gender-based violence

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