… 20 March 2024, Director Carlien Scheele shared the agency's work in the field of gender-based violence. Dear … collection requested for the monitoring of the Victims’ Rights Directive and the Istanbul Convention. EIGE’s … data on GBV covering different forms of violence against women and girls. Our administrative data collection provides …
… 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 … by Russia’s armed forces. Over 8 million persons – mostly women and children – fled Ukraine and sought refuge and …
… Violence against women a cause and a consequence of the inequalities between women and men. EIGE’s new report for the Western Balkans and Türkiye provides … of discrimination against women but a violation of human rights. Paths to progress Many EU candidate countries and a …
… Violence against women and girls and gender-based violence is a cause and … of gender inequality and the power imbalance between women and men, and one of the most widespread violations of human rights. This deeply entrenched phenomenon requires a …
… violence (IPV) is the most common form of violence against women and the most extreme form of gender discrimination. It poses a threat to the fundamental rights to dignity, liberty, security, health and, eventually, the lives of women. EU Member States have not established a common …
… victims and professionals . The report follows on EIGE’s package to help EU countries gather solid data to classify … The spate of femicide cases in 2021 puts victims’ rights into sharp focus. According to UN Women, 45,000 women and girls worldwide were killed by their …
… deeply rooted in the inequalities between men and women in society. It is estimated that, globally, around 47 000 women and girls were killed by their intimate partners or … direct victims of femicide. As a result, their needs and rights – both during and after the criminal proceedings – are …
… form of gender-based violence, that violates the human rights of women and girls. The practice entails “all procedures that … for non-medical reasons". Globally, over 200 million women and girls in 31 countries have been subjected to …
… For the first time ever, EIGE’s Gender Equality Index shows signs of a worsening situation for women in many areas of work and home life. The Index paints … “If you want to measure the progress and state of human rights in a country, look no further than the rights enjoyed …
… Women and girls who are victims of conflict-related sexual … accessing specialised healthcare. When most of a country’s resources are mobilised towards the war effort, the issue of women’ and girls’ reproductive and sexual health are rarely …
… if we do not achieve gender equality by presenting EIGE’s research on how we can overcome these remaining challenges … throughout human history. Gender norms, ideas about how women and men should be and act, are internalised early in … gender perspectives in recovery plans, placing women’srights and working conditions high on the agenda. Without the …
… structural barriers, and societal ideas about what women’s work should look like contributed to pushing 7.7 million … The pandemic meant that progress in areas of woman’srights was not just stalled, but reversed. But the pandemic …
… EIGE’s latest report on coercive control and psychological … Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence (the Istanbul Convention) … in a grim reality. Data from the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) showed that across the EU, 44 % of women have …