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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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  • Gender Equality Index 2017: We cannot be silent about violence

    … Violence against women is a much bigger problem than the statistics show. Almost one in two women (47%) who have experienced violence have never told anyone, whether that be the police, …

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    • Violence
    • Justice
  • Gender Equality Index 2017: Measurement framework of violence against women - Report

    … Gender-based violence against women is rooted in historically unequal power relations … Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) has incorporated violence against women in its Gender Equality Index as a …

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    • Violence
  • Gender Equality Index 2017: Violence against women - the most brutal manifestation of gender inequality

    … Eradicating gender-based violence against women is a priority of the European Union (EU) and its Member …

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    • Violence
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  • About the Gender Equality Index 2025

    … knowledge, time, power and health 2 Additional domains violence against women and intersecting inequalities 27 Indicators 27 EU …

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  • Gender Equality Index 2017: Measuring gender equality in the European Union 2005-2015 - Report

    … power and health. Additionally, it gives insights into violence against women and intersecting inequalities. It shows the different …

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  • Gender Equality Index 2017: Progress at a snail’s pace

    … government policies are matching the specific needs of women and men and whether they are working or not’ said … time, power and health – and two satellite domains: violence against women and intersecting inequalities. It gives more …

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    • Employment
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  • Note on prevalence surveys on rape and intimate partner violence in the EU-28

    … Violence against women is rooted in women’s unequal status in society, and … of data on the prevalence of rape and intimate partner violence (IPV) is key to establishing and evaluating …

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  • Mark your calendars – Gender Equality Index 2017 coming soon!

    … give a more accurate picture of the realities faced by women and men living in the EU. The Index also shows trends … time, power and health – and two satellite domains: violence against women and intersecting inequalities. It gives more …

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  • Index conference 2017

    … of the vast inequalities within a few selected groups of women and men based on age, disability, family status, … to improve the situation of women with disabilities, violence prevention, victim support and increasing awareness … von Suttner. Edith Stohl made documentaries on violence against women and the male role in society, which was on the …

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  • Cyber violence against women and girls

    … use of social media, coupled with the existing pandemic of violence against women and girls (VAWG), has led to the emergence of cyber …

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  • Cyber violence is a growing threat, especially for women and girls

    … can easily access the internet and social media, cyber violence against women and girls is an increasing concern. Despite the lack of …

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  • EU signs the Istanbul Convention

    … first legally binding instrument dedicated to combating violence against women.  Violence against women is rooted in the unequal power …

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  • Gender statistics and indicators

    … of agreed indicators that are relevant to the lives of women and men. In the EU, for example, they are used to … as education, employment, decision making and gender-based violence. Indicators can be used to show relative positions … point (a norm or benchmark) should also be defined against which value judgements can be made (such as the …

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  • Cyber violence against women

    … use of social media, has led to the emergence of cyber violence against women and girls (VAWG) as a growing global problem with …

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  • Glossary of definitions of rape, femicide and intimate partner violence

    … of definitions of rape, femicide and intimate partner violence has been prepared within the scope of the European … information EIGE's work on data collection on violence against women EIGE's Gender Equality Glossary and Thesaurus …

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  • Tackling violence requires more comparable data

    … Violence against women is happening in all corners of the EU but we still do … are urgently needed to ensure that policy responses to violence are as effective as possible. EIGE’s new project on …

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  • Administrative data collection on rape, femicide and intimate partner violence in EU Member States

    … and other agencies that come into contact with cases of violence against women (VAW). The police and the justice systems are the most …

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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 5 … 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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  • Gender-responsive evaluation

    … power relations, the participation and representation of women and men in all their diversity, the access and control … scattered across different institutions and policy areas. Against this backdrop, the institutional context and the … to effective empowerment, and in decreasing and preventing violence against women. Efficiency : the size of the budgets …

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  • Gender awareness-raising

    … and services that respond to the different needs of women and men. Definition and purpose Gender awareness … understanding of gender-related challenges, for instance, violence against women and the gender pay gap. It also aims to show …

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