… 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 …
… 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 …
… providing a composite indicator of direct violence against women, based on the data on violence against women collected by the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights through the EU-wide Survey on Violence against Women. …
… Action in the EU Member States Domestic violence against women remains one of the most pervasive human rights violations of our time, and one of the biggest global … against women. This commitment is affirmed in the Women’s Charter (2010), the European Commission’s Strategy for …