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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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  • Administrative data collection

    … by institutions during their routine operations. For violence against women, administrative data can include, among others, data on …

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  • Administrative data sources on gender-based violence against women in the EU: Technical analysis

    … Read more Administrative data sources on gender‑based violence against women in the EU: Report Gender-based violence …

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  • Estimating the costs of gender-based violence in the European Union: Report

    … of methodological options on the cost of gender-based violence and intimate partner violence, by studying different … a case study on the cost of intimate partner violence against women in the UK during 2012 and provides a calculation of the …

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  • Administrative data sources on gender-based violence against women in the EU: Report

    … framework underpinning administrative data on gender-based violence. The findings of this report show that there is yet … be established a supranational regulation on gender-based violence data collection. The directive establishing minimum … on administrative data collection. Gender-based violence …

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  • Spain - Intimate Partner Violence

    … 1/2004 of 28 December on Integrated Protection Measures against Gender Violence) Purpose of the Act 1. The purpose of this Act is to combat the violence exercised against women by their present or former spouses or by men with whom …

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  • Study to review the implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action in the EU – Beijing +20

    … adopt a more in-depth focus on the review of the area of Violence against Women, by assessing in detail the availability and quality of …

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  • Violence against Women Victim Support: Report

    … Platform for Action in the EU Member States Domestic violence against women remains one of the most pervasive human rights …

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  • Study to identify and map existing data and resources on sexual violence against women in the EU: Report

    … study commissioned by EIGE and carried out by the European Women’s Lobby in 2011. The study focused on the following forms of sexual violence against women – rape, marital rape, sexual abuse/assault, …

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