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.
… under the Belgian Presidency, equality issues such as violence against women and anti-discrimination see new-found … directives: The directive on violence against women and domesticviolence, which criminalises physical violence, as … legislation that tackles violence against women and domesticviolence, as well as the policy that strengthens …
… 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 domesticviolence in some of its Bulletins on the impact of … on preventing and combating violence against women and domesticviolence . It is a tool that supports countries in …
… somehow we still have a hard time accepting that online violence is as real as offline violence. Some people believe that when violence is online, … online violence classing cyber harassment as a form of domesticviolence. This misses the gendered nature of cyber …
… Scheele delivered this speech at an event on gender-based violence organised by the Venice Office of the Council of … launching the 16 days of activism against gender-based violence. As you may know, I was working at the Council of … analysis of how EU Member States responded to spikes in domesticviolence during the COVID-19 pandemic. Right now, we …
… the unequal distribution of unpaid work, and gender-based violence, to name just a few. Some new challenges have also … they dominate sectors that are low-paid versions of their domestic caring responsibilities, for example nursing and … women particularly are over-represented in care and domestic services. Men on the other hand dominate highly …
… Lockdowns to contain the coronavirus led to spikes in domesticviolence reports. In two new studies, the European Institute … the pandemic. Yet persistent under-funding of shelters and domesticviolence hotlines has resulted in sometimes patchy …
… of children’s experiences of intimate partner violence including but not limited to their status as … immediate needs of children affected by intimate partner violence, and cases are referred to specialist children’s … intimate partner violence. Police could consider using the DomesticViolence Risk Assessment for Children (97) or the …