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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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  • Istanbul Convention meeting on Data collection for Combating Violence Against Women

    … The meeting aims at addressing strategies for combating violence against women.  EIGE contributes to the discussion by presenting its …

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  • Today’s choices are tomorrow’s consequences

    … does gender equality look like in concrete terms? Seeing women in  Science Technology, Engineering and Mathematics , … will have  equal pay for work of equal value .    And  violence against women and domestic violence will be something of the …

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  • Women fleeing the war: Access to sexual and reproductive healthcare in the EU under the Temporary Protection Directive

    … Since the onset of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine on 22 February 2022, human rights violations and violence have become the new harrowing reality of Ukraine, … by Russia’s armed forces. Over 8 million persons – mostly women and children – fled Ukraine and sought refuge and …

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

    … unknown country in the EU, many face barriers – especially women and girls who have been exposed to  conflict-related sexual violence . EIGE Director Carlien Scheele says: Displacement … and adopt the proposed Directive on combating violence against women and domestic violence. A provisional agreement …

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  • Presenting EIGE’s 2024 Work Programme

    … be in place. This year’s Index thematic focus will be on Violence Against Women. Which has always been one of EIGE’s core priority …

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  • EIGE publications plan 2024

    … date EIGE's publications overview 2023 Factsheet Published Women fleeing the war: Access to sexual and reproductive … framework on cyberviolence  Report 2025 Tackling cyber violence against women and girls: The role of digital platforms Policy …

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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 … data was broken down by sex, showing how many victims are women and the total number of victims. This helps highlight … stressing the need for sex-disaggregated data on violence against women. Future publications will include an in-depth …

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  • Research and development of indicators on cyber violence against women and girls

    … Cyber violence against women is a new and fast-paced dimension of inequality for … has not been fully conceptualised, defined or legislated against at EU level. In order to better understand the nature …

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  • Gender Equality Index 2024

    … total equality. The scores are based on the gaps between women and men in terms of the levels of achievement in six … sub-domains. The Index also has two additional domains: violence against women and intersecting inequalities. The thematic …

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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 … made at the national level to reduce IPV and domestic violence, and enhance the comparability of data in alignment …

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    • Violence
  • Launch of the research “The dark side of digitalization"

    … The UN Women Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia is … “The Dark Side of Digitalization: Technology-Facilitated Violence Against Women in Eastern Europe and Central Asia.”  The …

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  • Informal Meeting of Equality Ministers

    … focuses on the current challenges in the response to violence against women in the Member States, specifically with regard to data …

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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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  • Webinar on "Combating cyber violence against women and girls"

    … ‘Women in Leadership’ - a Network at the European Central Bank … an “Orange Day”, to raise awareness and take action to end violence against women and girls. EIGE's work around Cyber Violence …

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  • Q&As from Gender Equality Index 2023 Conference

    … The 'motherhood penalty' refers to the phenomenon where women, upon becoming mothers, often experience a decline in … opinion on the strike in Island? The strike in Iceland against the gender pay gap and gender based violence is a sharp reminder also for us in the European …

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  • Researcher - Gender Based Violence (GBV)

    … a reserve list for the post of Researcher - Gender Based Violence (GBV). The registration of applications will begin … their institutional response to combating violence against women together with collecting comprehensive and comparable …

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  • Ex-ante publicity notice for procurement procedure (€15 000.01- € 60 000.00) ‘Contextual factors to gender-based violence in the EU - a study towards the Gender Equality Index 2024 Thematic Focus’

    … contract for ‘ Contextual factors to gender-based violence in the EU- a study towards the Gender Equality Index … of selected 19 EU Member States in relations to violence against women (VAW). Description of the requested services Under the …

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  • Blandine Mollard

    … research on unpaid care work, youth and digitalisation and violence against women, including psychological violence. Before joining EIGE …

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  • Blandine Mollard

    … research on unpaid care work, youth and digitalisation and violence against women, including psychological violence. Before joining EIGE …

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  • Irene Montero

    … for Equality. Montero's policies focus on inequalities and violence against women, applying an intersectional perspective and following …

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