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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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  • Comic Book presentation "Birute Bebaime - the Fearless"

    … about it? It is dealing with a very sensitive topic: violence against women, in a unique way. Domestic violence is a problem women face all over the world. …

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  • Engaging Men and Boys in Gender Equality Programming

    … have engaged men and boys in fields such as gender-based violence, sexual and reproductive health and rights, domestic work and caregiving, education, income generation … 4: Sexual and reproductive health and HIV/AIDS Week 5: Domestic work and caregiving Week 6: Lessons learned and the …

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  • Engaging Men and Boys in Gender Equality Programming e-learning course

    … have engaged men and boys in fields such as gender-based violence, sexual and reproductive health and rights, domestic work and caregiving, education, income generation …

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  • MAY 2015: Seminar on Mediation and Domestic Violence

    … other forms of restorative justice practices in cases of domestic violence. …

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  • EIGE Consultation Meeting - "From Practices with Potential to Good Practices on Women and Political Decision Making"

    … you can find the collection on good practices on fighting Domestic Violence, Female Genital Mutilation, as well as on promoting …

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  • First International Conference on Sexual Violence in Croatia

    … you to the first international conference on sexual violence in Croatia, called  System of Public Policies and … of Experts on Action against Violence against Women and Domestic Violence) „Sexual Violence: Emerging from Oblivion“ … of Croatia, National team for Prevention and Combating Domestic Violence and Violence against Women) “The Success of …

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  • 29 - 30 NOV: Journalist Thematic Network Meeting

    … questions. Day 2 : The day will start with a focus on violence against women . In this session, we provide the … by real stories from women working with victims of domestic violence in Slovakia. In the afternoon there will be a field …

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  • RESTORATIVE JUSTICE AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. CHALLENGES FOR IMPLEMENTATION

    … was on developing minimum standards on the use of RJ in domestic violence cases. It started with the following questions: Can Restorative Justice (RJ) be a solution in cases of domestic violence and if so, under what circumstances? This …

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  • Towards a European Strategy for Gender Equality: Protecting the Health and Well-being of Vulnerable Women

    … devastating physical and mental health effects of domestic violence globally. Despite the progress that the EU has made … Gain insights into existing risk factors for victims of domestic violence Delineate a comprehensive strategy for …

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  • Violence against women in the EU - launch conference

    … (FRA) will launch the results of the world’s biggest ever violence against women survey . A launch conference will be … their experiences of physical, sexual and psychological violence, including incidents of intimate partner violence (‘domestic violence’) as well as the consequences of such …

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  • Bettina Pfleiderer

    … research group "cognition & gender". She teaches gendered domestic violence and sex and gender sensitive medicine at the Münster … aspects into medicine, human rights issues, global health, violence against women and children, female leadership, …

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  • Klára Šimáčková Laurenčíková

    … Rights and a member of the Committee for the Prevention of Domestic Violence and Violence against Women at the Government Council for Gender …

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  • Cristina Fabre Rosell

    … Cristina Fabre Rosell works as Gender-based Violence Team Leader at the European Institute for Gender … data collection on specific forms of gender-based violence and advancing the measurement and the conceptual … Cristina was Head of Unit of the Observatory against Domestic and Gender-based Violence, and member of the Equal …

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  • Georgie Bradley - Session Facilitator

    … 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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  • How Spain and the EU can take steps forward for gender equality

    … Still, today in Spain women also assume most of the domestic work and 70% of all care tasks. We're a long way … between women and men when it comes to care and domestic work. Spain’s Instituto de las Mujeres welcomes the … and led to an increased risk of gender-based violence.” Read the complete findings of the Instituto de las …

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  • How we can successfully avoid paying the high price of gender inequality

    … and are still feeling the after-effects. Lockdowns lead domestic violence to spike. Sectors such as hospitality and retail, … for vulnerable persons including women who are victims of violence. Austria promoted re-skilling and up-skilling of …

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  • Almost 1 in 2 women in the EU have experienced psychological violence

    … EIGE’s latest report on coercive control and psychological violence across the EU Member States proves high prevalence. … on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence (the Istanbul Convention) (Article 33) … under criminal offences that are not specific to the domestic or intimate partner context. Denmark, Spain, France, …

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  • Austria-EIGE meetings underline importance of comparable data to measure and fight femicides

    … and Media, Susanne Raab stated: The fight against violence and the protection of women is top priority for the … definition in order to be able to statistically evaluate domestic violence. The high number of femicides shows that it … Wiener Interventionsstelle gegen Gewalt in der Familie (Domestic Violence Intervention Centre Vienna) to learn more …

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  • Croatia

    … the Law on Local Elections and the Law on Protection from Domestic Violence (since 2003). As of September 2021, there were no … and civil sectors, and is a platform for interdisciplinary domestic and international research. The Student-Teacher …

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  • Luxembourg

    … data indicators on gender equality in various fields: domestic violence, work, decision-making for women and men, work-life … and health. Already, it has created 25 indicators for domestic violence, and 10 for employment. The Observatory is …

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