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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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  • Seconded National Experts (SNE) - Gender-based violence

    … list for Seconded National Expert (SNE) – Gender-Based Violence. The registration of applications will begin on 27 … discrimination. 2. Job Description 2.1 Profile Violence against women is one of the critical areas of concern of the Beijing …

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  • Seconded National Experts (SNE) - Gender-based violence

    … list for Seconded National Expert (SNE) – Gender-Based Violence. The registration of applications will begin on 05 … discrimination. 2. Job Description 2.1 Profile Violence against women is one of the critical areas of concern of the Beijing …

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  • EIGE delegates visit FRA

    … status of FRANET. An update was provided on FRA survey on Violence against women and EIGE's role in this regard was analysed. The …

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  • Decision making and gender based violence

    … had a meeting with Ms Metka Roksandic, President of the Women's Lobby of Slovenia and Member of the European Economic … the issues of women in decision making and the problem of violence against women. Moreover, a short overview of the Institute's …

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  • European Parliament Committee for Women's Rights and Gender Equality (FEMM) visit to EIGE

    … for Gender Equality in Vilnius and the committee for Women's Rights and Gender Equality (FEMM) meet to discuss … were the Europe 2020 strategy , reconciliation and violence against women . Over the course of two days the FEMM …

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  • EIGE marks 100 years of International Women's day

    … This year International Women's Day celebrates its 100th anniversary, a day of … statistically, every fourth woman has experienced physical violence at least once during their adult lives? One hundred … as well as rallying for the eventual end of violence against women and discrimination. In 2010 EIGE launched its …

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  • 'Study to map the current situation and trends of female genital mutilation' on its way

    … attention in Europe during recent years. 180.000 women in Europe are estimated to undergo or face the danger … of strategies for the elimination of different forms of violence against women. More specifically, this study will assess and …

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  • EIGE’s study on female genital mutilation yields the first EU-wide map on the situation of FGM

    … and at the same time most tabooed forms of gender-based violence. During recent years FGM has gained considerable … address FGM under national actions plans on violence against women and/or gender equality. Ten Member States have …

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  • European gender-based violence contained: The European Institute for Gender Equality launches its European ‘Resources on Gender-based violence’

    … best available European on-line resources on gender-based violence. These resources on gender-based violence are … Aletta E-Quality – institute for gender equality and women‘s history in Amsterdam Amazone – Resource Centre for … Parliament resolution on the elimination of violence against women (26 November 2009) and the Council of the EU’s …

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  • Women victims of violence receive insufficient support in the EU

    … connection to The International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women (25 November) and the 16 Days of Activism Against …

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  • Statement by Vice-President Reding ahead of the International Day for Eliminating Violence against Women

    … “Across Europe, around 1 in 5 women have suffered physical violence at least once in their … and 1 in 10 have suffered forced sexual violence. Violence against women is the most brutal manifestation of gender …

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  • The Council adopts conclusions on violence against women based on EIGE’s report

    … Affairs Council (EPSCO) adopted Conclusions on “ Combating violence against women, and the provision of support services for victims of …

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  • New study on gender-based violence

    … of administrative sources of data on gender-based violence in the EU and Croatia” EIGE has recently launched a … violence? The crucial role of data collection in the fight against gender-based violence has been increasingly … researchers and experts on this issue. While countless women in the European Union continue to be affected by …

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  • New EU-wide report on female genital mutilation

    … in the EU. It should be: it is a form of gender-based violence that continues to be, also in Europe, one of the … most brutal and most difficult to combat forms of violence against women and girls. The main objectives of the study are to fill …

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  • International Women’s Day: Zero tolerance for female genital mutilation

    … Ahead of International Women’s Day on 8 March, European Commission Vice-President … to support Member States' activities to raise awareness of violence against women and a further EUR 11.4 million for NGOs and …

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  • First Gender Equality Index Reveals - the EU is only halfway towards gender equality

    … Equality Index shows differences in outcomes between women and men at the individual level in EU Member States,’ … and the Gender Equality Index does just that. In our fight against unemployment, improving job opportunities for women … money, knowledge, time, power and health. The areas of violence and intersecting inequalities are also considered as …

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  • Eliminating Violence against Women in Europe Intersectoral Approaches and Actions - Press release

    … Vienna and Vilnius, 25 November 2013 A quarter of all women in the WHO European Region experience physical and/or sexual violence by an intimate partner. Today, on the first day of the 16-day global campaign of Activism Against Gender Violence, the City of Vienna, with the …

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  • Reflections from conference "Eliminating Violence Against Women in Europe – Intersectoral Approaches and Actions"

    … At the conference “ Eliminating Violence Against Women in Europe – Intersectoral Approaches and Actions ” …

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  • Combating gender-based violence seriously hampered by data gaps

    … research on Administrative Data Sources on gender-based violence, 19-20 March, Vilnius, Lithuania Combating … for ending gender-based violence. Gender-based violence against women is still a hidden crime across the EU. The absence of …

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  • Fundamental Rights Agency works with Gender Institute to help combat violence against women

    … 5-6 June 2014 on ‘Preventing and combating all forms of violence against women and girls’, which called on relevant EU Agencies ‘to …

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