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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
  • Data collection on intimate partner violence by the police and justice sectors: Bulgaria

    … Many women victims of intimate partner violence in the EU Member … and existing stereotypes result in the denial of violence against women and its tolerance or normalisation. States must …

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    Publication
  • Data collection on intimate partner violence by the police and justice sectors: Belgium

    … Many women victims of intimate partner violence in the EU Member … and existing stereotypes result in the denial of violence against women and its tolerance or normalisation. States must …

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    Publication
  • Data collection on intimate partner violence by the police and justice sectors: Austria

    … Many women victims of intimate partner violence in the EU Member … and existing stereotypes result in the denial of violence against women and its tolerance or normalisation. States must …

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    Publication
  • Analysis of data collection on female genital mutilation

    … mutilation. Read more EIGE's work on data collection on violence against women …

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    • Violence
    • Health
  • Recommendations for the EU to improve data collection on violence against women

    … data collection on rape, femicide and intimate partner violence. The objective is not to achieve perfect … and ensure that key data on these three forms of violence are available. Achieving this goal would provide an … Read more EIGE's work on data collection on violence against women …

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    • Violence
    • Justice
  • Let’s put an end to gender-based violence

    … milestone during a year of actions focused on combating violence against women. Yet despite this progress, it remains one of the most …

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    • Violence
  • Gender-based violence officer

    … establishing a reserve list for the post of Gender-based Violence (GBV) Projects Officer. The registration of … their institutional response to combating Violence against Women.  EIGE has been mandated with the task to provide this …

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    Vacancy
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    Temporary Agents
  • Recommendations for the EU to improve data collection on intimate partner violence

    … improve administrative data collection on intimate partner violence. Reliable, systematic and comparable data on … extent, dynamics and consequences of this form of violence against women. In order to improve the reliability and comparability …

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    • Violence
  • Domain 1 – Gender equality laws and policies

    … of the possible discrimination factors. Equality between women and men is one of the fundamental principles of the … on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), the EU and most European countries … and services, work-life balance, and gender-based violence (European Commission, DG JUSTICE: 2015). The …

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    Toolkit page
  • Self-assessment, scoring and interpretation of parliament gender-sensitivity

    … ‘gender-sensitive parliaments’ and the key dimensions for women’s full participation in the political sphere, as well … to women, such as reproductive rights, equal pay, violence against women, education, women’s health, maternity leave, …

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  • Area 3: Women’s interests and concerns have adequate SPACE on parliamentary agenda

    … and resources of gender equality bodies Delegations for women’s rights and equal opportunities for women and men – … to the success of legislation to combat gender-based violence, for instance. Source : Inter-Parliamentary … health, sexual and reproductive rights; and violence against women. Source: Parliament of Catalonia  See also: …

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  • References and resources

    … Agora (2014). Enhancing women’s representation in parliamentary institutions – The … Union (2018a). Issues Brief: Sexism, harassment and violence against women in parliaments in Europe . Inter-Parliamentary …

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  • Seconded National Expert (SNE) – Gender-Based Violence

    … list for Seconded National Expert (SNE) – Gender-Based Violence. The registration of applications will begin on 2 … relevant to their work.  Job Description Profile Violence against women is one of the critical areas of concern of the Beijing …

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    Seconded national experts
  • Risk assessment by police of intimate partner violence against women

    … by Member States of the European Union in combatting violence against women; by better protection of women from further …

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  • Tough laws discourage female genital mutilation

    … genital mutilation In recent years, the legal framework against the practice has strengthened, partly due to the … to end the practice to be successful.  In the EU today, women from FGM-practicing countries continue to seek asylum. … on combating FGM EIGE's Gender Equality Index report on violence against women that includes female genital …

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  • Women and men in a digital Europe

    … which has dramatically changed the everyday lives of both women and men. We also aim to highlight the human dimension … Campaign pledge to never tolerate or remain silent about violence against women and took on the role of Ambassadors for the …

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    • Digital agenda
  • EIGE Newsletter: Special Edition on Violence against Women

    … newsletter highlights some of EIGE’s recent work on violence against women, from insights on the emerging trend of cyber violence, …

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    • Violence
  • Terminology and indicators for data collection: Rape, femicide and intimate partner violence - Report

    … lays the ground for the establishment of a measure of violence against women through the use of harmonised definitions and …

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    • Violence
    • Justice
  • Joint Statement of Heads of JHA agencies: Zero tolerance for sexual harassment

    … zero tolerance towards sexual harassment and gender-based violence in the workplace. We cannot and will not accept … pledge never to tolerate or remain silent about violence against women. Men and boys wearing the white ribbon declare that …

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  • Lighting the way: violence against women must stop

    … world marks the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. On the eve of this occasion Vilnius Town Hall and EU …

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    • Violence
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