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.
… As part of the global 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence, the EESC organises a conference on 26 November to … and collective action to eliminate violenceagainstwomen and girls (VAWG). EIGE's Director Carlien Scheele …
… One in three women in the EU experience violence. With devastating … helps us to understand the shocking levels of violenceagainstwomen. It shows we need to act. Member States must do …
… A third of women in the EU have experienced violence at home, at work or … and other forms of violence than older women. Yet violenceagainstwomen often remains invisible as only every fourth …
… as policy officer at the Institute for the equality of women and men in Belgium. Her work centers around preventing and combating gender-based violence through policy initiatives and projects, with a … of Experts on combatting technology-facilitated violenceagainstwomen and girls (GEC/PC-eVIO). …
… first time, selected key results of the EU gender-based violence survey based on data from all 27 Member States. Across the EU-27, 114 023 women were interviewed about their experiences. The report … focuses on the prevalence of various forms of violenceagainstwomen in the EU. The EU gender-based violence survey …
… She/her Iliana Balabanova is President of the European Women’s Lobby, the largest European umbrella network of … in gender equality with specific focus on gender-based violence, incl. domestic violence, gender stereotypes, gender … in promoting legislation for the prevention and protection against domestic violence in Bulgaria. Her influence spans …
… an independent member of Committee to End Discrimination againstWomen (CEDAW) since 2021. She was the Dutch National … Rapporteur on Trafficking in Human Beings and Sexual Violenceagainst Children from 2006 till the end of 2017. …
… member of the European Disability Forum and chair of its Women’s Committee. She represents the Forum in the Board of … and persons with disabilities, including issues related to violenceagainstwomen, SRHR, care economy and feminist politics. …
… resources and events. Is gender equality just for women? Gender equality is a cause for all. It is about … Anti gender narratives are carefully crafted messages against gender equality and women’s rights with the purpose … life. What is the difference between gender-based violence and violenceagainstwomen? Gender-based violence …
… ASBL, a Belgian feminist NGO combating gender-based violence by the means of primary prevention. Irene has taught thousands of women, girls and professionals across Europe on how to … from it. She is also at the forefront of feminist advocacy againstviolence in Belgium, has participated in the writing …
… WAVE Youth Ambassadors and initiatives such as the “I am Women/Girl in Cyberspace” campaign. Her work centers on youth … self-care, and advancing efforts on primary prevention of violenceagainstwomen and girls. Currently based in Vienna, Austria, …
… Development and a peer researcher and campaigner for Young Women’s Trust. I am also a penultimate-year PhD researcher at … campaigned on paid and unpaid care work, insecure work, violenceagainstwomen, as well as ODA and feminist financing. My …
… Gálvez, Chair of the European Parliament’s Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality, puts it: EIGE’s evidence … she points out ongoing priorities: To stop the rise of violenceagainstwomen. To reconcile the differences between ‘carer’ …
… EIGE’s Gender-based violence researcher, Monica Barbovschi, attends the Equinet … Group meeting to present the key findings on cyberviolence againstwomen and girls. During the session, EIGE provides an …