Skip to main content
European Institute for Gender Equality

Main menu

  • Newsroom
    • Newsroom
    • Newsroom
      • News
      • Events
      • Director's corner
      • Subscribe to our updates
      • Frequently asked questions
    • In focus
      • EU Gender-based Violence Survey
      • Care and gender
      • Beijing Platform for Action
      • Green transition and gender equality
      • Economic benefits of gender equality
      • View all campaigns
    • Europe's moment of truth: the new Gender Equality Strategy

      Type
      News article
      An abstract shape made up of three directional arrows
    • Delivering equal pay: a new tool for employers

      Type
      News article
      Two faces, one female and one male, assembled from coins, with the logos of EIGE and the European Commission on top
  • Publications and resources
    • Publications and resources
    • Publications
      • Search all publications
      • All on gender and climate
      • All on gender-based violence
    • Resources
      • Toolkits and guides
      • Videos
      • Glossary and thesaurus
    • Sharing care, closing gender gaps: CARE Survey 2024

      Type
      Publication
      Sharing care, closing gender gaps: CARE Survey 2024
    • Gender Equality Index 2025: Sharper data for a changing world

      Type
      Publication
      Gender Equality Index 2025: Sharper data for a changing world
  • Gender mainstreaming
    • Gender mainstreaming
    • Gender mainstreaming in the EU
      • What is gender mainstreaming
      • Institutions and structures
      • Policy areas
      • Country information
    • Resources
      • Step-by-step toolkits
      • More methods and tools
      • Good practices
      • Publications
      • Gender mainstreaming glossary
    • EU-wide guidelines on gender-neutral job evaluation and classification: Step-by-step toolkit

      Type
      Toolkit
    • From reckoning to reform: gender mainstreaming in the EU

      Type
      News article
      EIGE Director Carlien Scheele
  • Gender-based violence
    • Gender-based violence
    • Gender-based violence in the EU
      • What is gender-based violence
      • Regulatory and legal framework
      • Costs of gender-based violence
      • How we support the Istanbul Convention
      • Publications
    • In focus
      • Gender-based violence in migration and conflict
      • Female genital mutilation
      • Cyber violence against women
      • Femicide
      • Administrative data collection
      • Risk assessment and risk management
      • Intimate partner violence and witness intervention
      • View all Focus areas
    • EU Gender-based Violence Survey: Evidence for Policy and Practice

      Type
      Publication
      EU Gender-based Violence Survey: Evidence for Policy and Practice
    • Improving the collection of national administrative data on femicide in the EU

      Type
      Publication
      Improving the collection of national administrative data on femicide in the EU
  • Gender Equality Index
  • Gender Statistics Database
    • Gender Statistics Database
    • Browse Gender Statistics
    • Data talks
    • Latest updates
    • FAQs
    • About
    • Search
  • About us
    • About us
    • Who we are
      • Our Work
      • Organisation
      • Contact us
    • How we work
      • Our partners
      • EU candidate countries and potential candidates
      • Projects
      • Consultations
      • Planning and reporting
      • Documents registry
      • Strategic foresight
      • Communications Lab 
    • Work with us
      • Recruitment
      • Procurement
    • How far have we come 30 years on? A comprehensive gender equality review

      Type
      Page
      Illustration of men and women, boys and girls in the various stages of life

Breadcrumb

  1. Home

Search

Filters

please type a term
Type
Topics
Country

680 items / 34 pages

Pagination

  • First page « First
  • Previous page ‹‹
  • Page 3
  • Page 4
  • Page 5
  • Page 6
  • Current page 7
  • Page 8
  • Page 9
  • Page 10
  • Page 11
  • …
  • Next page ››
  • Last page Last »

Definition of gender-based violence

Violence directed against a person because of that person’s gender, gender identity or gender expression, or which affects persons of a particular gender disproportionately.

Content type
Glossary & Thesaurus

1 gender statistics indicators found

Type
Gender Statistics Database
  • Gender Equality Forum 2024: Building an inclusive Europe together

    … Director Carlien Scheele opens the Agency’s second Gender Equality Forum on 10 December 2024 at The EGG in … Forum is built on two thematic strands: Tackling gender-based violence in the EU’ ‘Taking stock of gender equality in …

    Type
    News article
    Topics
    • Digital agenda
    • Economic and financial affairs
    • Education
    • Employment
    • Justice
    • Youth
    • Violence
  • Working Party on Social Questions meeting

    … EIGE’s gender-based violence researcher, Monica Barbovschi, presents the findings of the EU-GBV survey and an update on the Gender Equality Index and EIGE's next implementation cycle …

    Type
    Event
  • EIGE travels to Brussels

    … Committee, and exchange views with MEPs on how to tackle gender-based violence in Europe. During her visit, Director Scheele and …

    Type
    Event
  • Expert Roundtable Addressing Femicide: Measurement and Accountability

    … EIGE’s Team Leader of Gender Based Violence, Cristina Fabre, discusses with international …

    Type
    Event
  • International conference on War trauma and women’s human rights protection

    … EIGE’s Team Leader of Gender Based Violence, Cristina Fabre with the assistance of Mara …

    Type
    Event
  • GBV team presenting the results of the EU GBV Survey

    … One week after the launch of the EU GBV Survey, EIGE’s Gender-Based Violence team attends several conferences to present its …

    Type
    Event
  • EU GBV Survey Launch: EESC event and stakeholder meetings on combating violence against women

    … occasion of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, EIGE’s Director, Carlien Scheele, … Support Unit, Marusa Gortnar, and the Team Leader of Gender Based Violence, Cristina Fabre, travels to Brussels to launch …

    Type
    Event
  • Gender Equality Index 2024: Baby steps on the fragile path to a “union of equality” mean not all countries are feeling the benefits equally

    … The Gender Equality Index score for the EU is 71 out of 100, an … culture, and leisure The Index highlights how gender-based violence is holding women back in most areas. The Gender …

    Type
    News article
  • How you can help build a safer Europe for young women

    … Addressing violence against women at the Gender Equality Forum  Every … Union. Yet young women are at higher risk of gender-based violence, according to new research from Eurostat, the …

    Type
    News article
    Topics
    • Digital agenda
    • Youth
    • Violence
  • Iliriana Banjska

    … Pronouns: She/her Iliriana Banjska is a gender specialist who has been active in the field of gender … She has worked in different roles on issues such as gender based violence, the economic empowerment of women, gender …

    Type
    Speaker
  • Tavares Ferreira

    … Movement's youth Cohort, dedicated to ending child sexual violence. Their journey in activism began as a volunteer and … delivered training in schools about LGBTIQA+ topics and gender based violence. …

    Type
    Speaker
  • Camelia Proca

    … is founder and director of Association for Liberty and Gender Equality – A.L.E.G., a non-governmental organization … gender equality and preventing and combating gender-based violence. Camelia has a diploma in the equal status and …

    Type
    Speaker
  • Irene Bilei

    … almost ten years of experience working with survivors of gender-based violence and board member of Lesbiche Bologna, an Italian …

    Type
    Speaker
  • The power of digital platforms in standing up for the safety of women and girls online

    … the role digital platforms must play in combatting cyber violence against women and girls. Dear colleagues, Thank you … of your activities for the 16 Days of Activism against  gender-based violence . As the Director of the EU’s only gender …

    Type
    News article
    Topics
    • Digital agenda
    • Violence
  • Women are owed a life free from violence. What steps are you going to take?

    … On the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, Director Carlien Scheele gives an … statement in the press briefing for the release of the EU gender-based violence survey data on 25 November 2024 at the …

    Type
    News article
    Topics
    • Justice
    • Violence
  • EU GBV Survey Press Release

    … occasion of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women key results of the EU Gender-based violence survey are revealed during a press briefing …

    Type
    Event
  • EESC Conference on the Elimination of Violence against women

    … As part of the global 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence, the EESC organises a conference on 26 November to …

    Type
    Event
  • EU Gender-based Violence Survey

    … One in three women in the EU experience violence.  With devastating long-term consequences. Gender-based violence - It should be zero. The EU gender-based …

    Type
    Mini site
  • One in three women in the EU have experienced violence

    … A third of women in the EU have experienced violence at home, at work or in public. Young women report … These are some of the findings of the EU survey on gender-based violence conducted from 2020 to 2024 by Eurostat (the …

    Type
    News article
  • Ellen De Pauw

    … Belgium. Her work centers around preventing and combating gender-based violence through policy initiatives and projects, with a …

    Type
    Speaker

680 items / 34 pages

Pagination

  • First page « First
  • Previous page ‹‹
  • Page 3
  • Page 4
  • Page 5
  • Page 6
  • Current page 7
  • Page 8
  • Page 9
  • Page 10
  • Page 11
  • …
  • Next page ››
  • Last page Last »

Share:

Cookie Preferences

Subscribe to email alerts

Get notifications about news alerts, publications and more

Contact us

Do you have feedback or media enquiries for us? You can leave them here.

Useful links

  • Who we are
  • Recruitment
  • News
  • Events

Popular pages

  • What is gender mainstreaming?
  • What is gender-based violence?
  • Forms of gender-based violence
  • Gender Equality Index
  • Glossary and Thesaurus

EIGE in social media

  • Linkedin
  • YouTube
  • Facebook
  • Instagram

Help us improve

European Institute for Gender Equality

© 2026 European Institute for Gender Equality

An EU Agency

Disclaimers

  • Web Accessibility
  • Legal notices
  • Data Protection
  • Cookies Policy
  • Login

To top