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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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  • Combating violence against women: Greece

    … Violence against women is rooted in women’s unequal status in society, and … Press release: Lighting the way for change - Ending violence against women More about EIGE’s work on gender-based …

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    • Violence
  • Combating violence against women: Belgium

    … Violence against women is rooted in women’s unequal status in society, and … Press release: Lighting the way for change - Ending violence against women More about EIGE’s work on gender-based …

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    • Violence
  • Combating violence against women: Germany

    … Violence against women is rooted in women’s unequal status in society, and … Press release: Lighting the way for change - Ending violence against women More about EIGE’s work on gender-based …

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  • Combating violence against women: Poland

    … Violence against women is rooted in women’s unequal status in society, and … Press release: Lighting the way for change - Ending violence against women More about EIGE’s work on gender-based …

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    • Violence
  • Combating violence against women: Austria

    … Violence against women is rooted in women’s unequal status in society, and … Press release: Lighting the way for change - Ending violence against women More about EIGE’s work on gender-based …

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    • Violence
  • Combating violence against women: Italy

    … Violence against women is rooted in women’s unequal status in society, and … Press release: Lighting the way for change - Ending violence against women More about EIGE’s work on gender-based …

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    • Violence
  • Combating violence against women: Croatia

    … Violence against women is rooted in women’s unequal status in society, and … Press release: Lighting the way for change - Ending violence against women More about EIGE’s work on gender-based …

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    • Violence
  • Combating violence against women: France

    … Violence against women is rooted in women’s unequal status in society, and … Press release: Lighting the way for change - Ending violence against women More about EIGE’s work on gender-based …

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  • Combating violence against women: Lithuania

    … Violence against women is rooted in women’s unequal status in society, and … Press release: Lighting the way for change - Ending violence against women More about EIGE’s work on gender-based …

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  • Combating violence against women: Ireland

    … Violence against women is rooted in women’s unequal status in society, and … Press release: Lighting the way for change - Ending violence against women More about EIGE’s work on gender-based …

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  • Combating violence against women: Estonia

    … Violence against women is rooted in women’s unequal status in society, and … Press release: Lighting the way for change - Ending violence against women More about EIGE’s work on gender-based …

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  • Combating violence against women: Denmark

    … Violence against women is rooted in women’s unequal status in society, and … Press release: Lighting the way for change - Ending violence against women More about EIGE’s work on gender-based …

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  • Combating violence against women: Czech Republic

    … Violence against women is rooted in women’s unequal status in society, and … Press release: Lighting the way for change - Ending violence against women More about EIGE’s work on gender-based …

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  • Administrative data collection on violence against women: Good practices

    … Violence against women (VAW) is a violation of human rights. Its very nature … on good practices EIGE's collection of good practices on violence against women EIGE's collection of good practices …

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  • Roma Women Talk

    … Summary Roma Women Talk is a project responding to the lack of information … in various types of social environment and their fight against prejudice and discrimination by presenting their … own perspective, and to establish their issues of poverty, violence within the family, and lack of education in their …

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  • MOBI Mobile Drop-in Center for Migrants

    … in a context of gender inequality, draws the focus to women. Women participants are often mothers with two to six … the general public to antiziganism (discrimination against the Roma people). Community projects, which were … loss of child support and domestic exploitation and violence. MOBI supports them in securing a living, obtaining …

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  • Cooks Without Homes

    … (Jako doma), a non-profit organisation focusing on women experiencing homelessness. Homeless women, in the … the Homelike organization addressing and investigating violence against women in vulnerable situations and providing support …

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    Czechia
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  • A Step-by-Step Pathway: Rescuing Women from Modern Day Slavery

    … Summary Rescuing Women from Modern Day Slavery is a comprehensive step-by-step … for sexual exploitation from their situation of violence and associated poverty and to enable their full … Nations set the context at a global level for the fight against human trafficking. The “EU Strategy towards the …

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    Spain
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  • Registration of FGM in hospitals

    … properly trained.   National strategy and action plans on violence against women   The way prevention and repression of gender-based …

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    Belgium
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    … A secure online database on gender-based violence There is a growing recognition of the need to have … commitment to, and progress in, addressing violence against women through legislation, policy and service development. …

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