… media and NGOs continue to report on increasing rates of violence against women and girls. This ‘shadow pandemic’ has … rights and mark International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women with concrete action. "Women and girls … violence. The pandemic has made this flagrant human rights abuse even worse, as lockdowns and economic uncertainty leave …
… EIGE’s latest report on coercive control and psychological violence across the EU Member States proves high prevalence. … to be done. What is coercive control and psychological violence? The following explanations characterise the nature of both forms of abuse. Coercive control is defined as “a strategic course of …
… to contain the coronavirus led to spikes in domestic violence reports. In two new studies, the European Institute … how governments can amplify the role of people witnessing violence. “Women usually face the most danger from people … special measures to protect women from intimate partner violence during the pandemic. Yet persistent under-funding of …
… 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 … it routinely and robustly takes into account the impact of abuse on children and informs risk management strategies that …
… migrants and asylum seekers may face increased risk of violence and negative impacts of abuse, not because their ethnicity causes an increase in the … disproportionately more vulnerable to intimate partner violence. Furthermore, some women will experience additional …
… risk factors for different forms of intimate partner violence. Risk factors for intimate partner violence that reflect patterns of abuse and behaviour associated with coercive control (102), …
… Gain insights into the issue of domestic violence: a centralised and joint database on violence against women (VAW) There have been numerous … concerning improvement of gender equality and combating violence against women in the last 15 years. Still, there …
… of FGM. FGM as a very serious and damaging form of child abuse Dutch policy towards violence against women (VAW) adopts a gender neutral … is implemented targeting VAW. The legal framework on violence in the Netherlands criminalises rape (Art. 242 …
… to support Member States' activities to raise awareness of violence against women and a further EUR 11.4 million for … which explicitly refers to FGM as a form of gender-based violence ( IP/12/1066 ). But while all EU Member States and … infancy and age 15. FGM constitutes a form of child abuse and violence against women and girls; it has severe …
… disabilities related to home accidents and sexual violence, as well as diseases and disabilities related to old age. Sexual abuse and domestic violence particularly affect women and girls in all countries …