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Definition of domestic violence

All acts of physical, sexual, psychological or economic violence that occur within the family or domestic unit, irrespective of biological or legal family ties, or between former or current spouses or partners, whether or not the perpetrator shares or has shared the same residence as the victim.

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  • Today’s choices are tomorrow’s consequences

    … will have  equal pay for work of equal value .    And  violence against women and domestic violence will be something of the past. Thanks to … for the Directive on Combatting Violence Against Women and Domestic Violence Directive.    Such steps are what we need …

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  • Two years on: women fleeing Russia’s war in Ukraine need more support

    … girls who have been exposed to  conflict-related sexual violence . EIGE Director Carlien Scheele says: Displacement … don’t realise, people can become victims of gender-based violence. And this is mostly hitting many women and girls. To … proposed Directive on combating violence against women and domestic violence. A provisional agreement for the Directive …

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  • Gender-based violence in migration and conflict

    … Putting gender-based violence at the centre of crisis response strategies. The risk of gender-based violence increases during crises. Armed conflict, forced … reception or asylum centres Intimate-partner violence or domestic violence intensified during crises GBV can take …

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  • Administrative data collection on violence against women and domestic violence

    … collection and comparability of data on intimate partner violence (IPV) and domestic violence across the EU.   This ongoing project … States, intimate partner violence is considered a form of domestic violence.  In 2021 – 2022, the 13 indicators were …

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  • Methodological Guidance: Administrative data collection on violence against women and domestic violence

    … (EIGE) has developed 13 indicators on intimate partner violence (IPV) to guide the data collection efforts of the … the progress made at the national level to reduce IPV and domestic violence, and enhance the comparability of data in alignment …

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  • Establishment of a network on the prevention of violence against women

    … of an EU network on the prevention of gender-based violence and domestic violence, which would bring together Member States and …

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  • Gender Equality Index 2023: Far From The Finish Line?

    … complemented by two additional, equally important domains: violence and intersecting inequalities. For the first time, … at gender inequalities in the allocation of time to care, domestic work, leisure and social activities. This year’s …

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  • Georgie Bradley - Moderator

    … as a journalist and crisis counsellor for women victims of domestic and sexual violence. Having trained with Shamsaha in Bahrain – the …

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  • European Conference on Domestic Violence

    … GBV Researcher Diogo Costa at the European Conference on Domestic Violence, covering two EIGE’s Projects. The presentation has … of Data Sources and Data Collection Processes on Cyber Violence against Women and Girls across the EU-27”  …

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  • Violence against women – policy-making and monitoring mechanisms at national and local levels

    … policies and improving the monitoring process of combating violence against women. It hasformulated policy-making and … national action plans. National Action Plans on Combating Violence Against Women, setting out the main policy … on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence (Istanbul Convention). Together with the …

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  • Actioning solutions where gender-based violence and crisis meet

    … conference held at the Lithuanian Parliament in Vilnius on Violence against Women in Times of Crisis: Challenges and … Some of which are unspeakably cruel and unjust like domestic violence, difficulties accessing basic sanitation … proposal on combatting violence against women and domestic violence will help to enshrine standards in EU law. …

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  • Experts meeting of EIGE’s Gender Statistics Database & Consultation meeting on administrative data collection on Violence Against Women

    … Aiming to address persistent challenges of gender-based violence statistics EIGE has been building statistical … for a Directive on combating violence against women and domestic violence, EIGE has reviewed the measurement … on the 13 indicators on violence against women and domestic violence. These meetings will be facilitated by …

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  • Measuring violence against women in the Western Balkans and Türkiye

    … Gender-based violence EIGE supports EU candidate countries and a potential … on Preventing and Combating Violence Against Women and Domestic Violence, known as the Istanbul Convention is the … and accepted as the most advanced treaty tackling VAW and domestic violence. Currently, from the EU candidate countries …

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  • Closing the gaps: How data accelerates progress on gender equality  

    … Violence against women a cause and a consequence of the … Balkans and Türkiye provides guidance for combatting violence against women. Details in the data Developing … of Experts on Action against Violence against Women and Domestic Violence (GREVIO) Council of Europe and one of the …

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  • EU rights and equality agency heads: EU countries must work together to eradicate violence against women

    … media and NGOs continue to report on increasing rates of violence against women and girls. This ‘shadow pandemic’ has … report . FRA also highlighted the reality of increases in domestic violence in some of its Bulletins on the impact of … on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence . It is a tool that supports countries in …

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  • EIGE publications plan 2023

    … Technical report Published Strengthening data systems on violence against women in the Western Balkans and Türkiye … Factsheet Published Understanding intimate partner violence in the European Union. The essential need for … data collection on violence against women and domestic violence Report Published Administrative data …

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  • The need to improve data collection

    … and research on administrative data collection on violence against women across the European Union. It also … data collection on violence against women and domestic violence In order to inform policy makers and assist … and the Provision of Support Services for Victims of Domestic Violence  (6 December 2012) highlight the lack of …

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  • The power of women participating in conflict prevention and peace talks

    … - attention must also be brought to ending gender-based violence. Ending gender-based violence has to be in continual … Convention Action against violence against women and domestic violence as an integral part of your Constitution and for developing a unified database on domestic violence. Also congratulations for appointing a …

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  • Presenting EIGE’s 2023 Work Programme: Ongoing conversations with bold and new commitments

    … We covered topics such as crises and gender-based violence, the Index 2022 ’s thematic focus on unpaid care, … And of course our ongoing priority of gender-based violence with a prominent project related to the war in … Proposed Directive on combating violence against women and domestic violence, once adopted at EU and Member State level. …

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  • The evident benefits of gender equality for the EU and beyond

    … careers, which has a strong and positive impact on Gross Domestic Product per capita. By 2050, improving gender … what #3StepsForward could look like. In the case of cyber violence against women and girls, which EIGE launches a … States can end it by: Harmonising definitions of cyber violence against women and girls.  Enacting tough policies to …

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