Physical, sexual, psychological or economic violence between current or former spouses as well as current or former partners. It constitutes a form of violence which affects women disproportionately and which is therefore distinctly gendered.
Statistical definition
Any act of physical, sexual, psychological or economic violence that occurs between former or current spouses or partners, whether or not the perpetrator shares or has shared the same residence with the victim.
… Violence and power imbalances adversely affect the mental … violence also takes many forms: domestic violence, intimatepartnerviolence, sexual violence, forced and early marriage, …
… women and girls at home with their abusers. If victims of violence had legal and social support networks, these were … plan to address issues arising from an increased level of intimatepartnerviolence, but in only three countries did the plan or …
… The domain of violence cannot be updated regularly because of the serious … EIGE defines femicide as ‘[the] killing of a woman by an intimatepartner and the death of a woman as a result of a practice …
… and central Europe particularly affected. Domain of violence Regular updates to the domain of violence are a … measures to tackle COVID-19 have resulted in a surge of intimatepartnerviolence against women. The risk of violence is …
… et al., 2017; Patel et al., 2018). Preventing all types of violence against women is among the most effective and … be considered as a potential indicator of past or current intimatepartnerviolence or non-partner domestic violence (Ferrari et …
… Violence against women is one of the most pervasive crimes of … sexual, psychological and economic. It can occur among intimate partners, in broader domestic, professional and … can increase women’s vulnerability to gender-based violence. Freedom from violence and stereotyping is a key …
… impacts on women’s and girls’ exposure to gender-based violence. Firstly, in providing abusers with access to more … digital technologies can aggravate traditional forms of intimatepartnerviolence (EIGE, 2017b). Secondly, digital …
… Across the three levels that comprise the domain of violence’s measurement framework, recent data is available … understood as ‘the killing of a woman in the context of intimatepartnerviolence’ (EIGE, 2017a, p. 4), but there is no legal …
… of Europe. (2011). Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence (Istanbul … Administrative data collection on rape, femicide and intimatepartnerviolence in EU Member States . Retrieved from …