… Femicide is an extreme form of gender-based violence, defined broadly as ‘the killing of a woman or girl … worldwide were killed by their intimate partners or other family members. In 2019, while women accounted for only 19 % … partner homicide victims 64 % of all intimate partner/family-related homicide victims. Only with a strong evidence …
… worldwide were killed by their intimate partners or other family members. This means that, on average, more than five … or girls are killed every hour by someone in their own family. This needs to change. The international human rights … the due diligence principle when shaping responses to violence against women. This means they must prevent, …
… out of the pandemic, was that of the spikes in domestic violence, which were happing in countries across the globe. … who are killed die at the hands of an intimate partner or family member. In the EU, more than a fifth of women have … disasters and other crisis situations often lead to more violence against women. Yet when the Covid-19 crisis hit, no …
… domains of work, money, knowledge, time, power, health and violence. Each year, we score the EU and Member States from 1 … situation of different groups of women and men, based on family type, level of education, country of birth, age and … faced the most challenges when trying to juggle work and family life. This brings me to the focus of this year’s …
… The EU has long recognised that violence against women is a violation of human rights and a … costs for society. Women are most likely to face violence at the hands of someone they know, with one in five … necessarily to report violence to the police. Friends and family are a key group for supporting victims of intimate …
… policymakers. The Index includes two additional domains: violence against women and intersecting inequalities, which … disability, age, level of education, country of birth and family type, intersect with gender to create different …
… circumstances and the recent surge in drug use, domestic violence and child abuse. To tackle these and other issues … Home Affairs agencies' network. In the past decade, this family of JHA agencies joined forces as guardians of the Area …
… risk factors for different forms of intimate partner violence. Risk factors for intimate partner violence that reflect patterns of abuse and behaviour … online behaviour, including cyberstalking; isolation from family/friends/social network; control of a partner’s access …
… on delivering effective responses to intimate partner violence (see how to embed police risk assessment in a … of risk including: lethality risk and risk of repeated violence; level or extent of harm to the victim and her children, her family or other relevant people; the threats to which the …
… are still threatened by one of the most horrible forms of violence. When girls return to the family’s home country this risk becomes real because of the …
… it comes to female genital mutilation (FGM) in the EU. Family members fear the consequences of the law more than the … on combating FGM EIGE's Gender Equality Index report on violence against women that includes female genital …
… properly trained. National strategy and action plans on violence against women The way prevention and repression of gender-based violence are dealt with in Belgium is influenced by the … 2001, Belgium has pursued a policy to combat gender-based violence by means of national action plans (NAP), supported …