… Women7 Summit (W7) in Rome on 9 May 2024 on the cost of gender-based violence and the power of data. Dear colleagues, … be here at the W7 summit, surrounded by change makers for gender equality. I want to start by thanking you for inviting … we can strengthen our response efforts to the specific needs of the victims – especially for the most vulnerable who …
… Gender-based violence EIGE supports EU candidate countries … aims to contribute towards a better development of gender statistics and towards establishing harmonised administrative data on gender-based violence. The domain of violence of the Gender …
… of violence against women and the most extreme form of gender discrimination. It poses a threat to the fundamental … differently across jurisdictions. The elimination of gender-based violence and the protection of victims is a …
… Femicide is an extreme form of gender-based violence, defined broadly as ‘the killing of a woman or girl because of her gender’. EU and international institutions use various terms to refer to femicide, including ‘gender-related killing of women’ and ‘feminicide’. In 2020, …
… In recent weeks, killings of a woman or girl because of her gender (femicide) in a few EU Member States show the urgency … are killed every hour by someone in their own family. This needs to change. The international human rights framework … prevent femicide. Strengthening legal responses. Femicide needs to be seen as a separate criminal offence. This entails …
… as the killing of a woman or girl because of her gender, is the most extreme form of gender-based violence, deeply rooted in the inequalities … considered direct victims of femicide. As a result, their needs and rights – both during and after the criminal …
… measures are starting to be put in place. More needs to be done. What is coercive control and psychological … the most at-risk groups and those who have additional needs. In EIGE’s research, younger women (under 30), women … Read the full report here Explore EIGE's resources on gender-based violence …
… European green deal in 2023 , and our ongoing priority of gender-based violence across the years . This year, we will … European Commission. This will help us support the EU’s Gender Equality Strategy even more precisely with our … European green deal in 2023 , and our ongoing priority of gender-based violence across the years . Today, I will focus …
… for the “What were you wearing that day?” exhibition on gender-based violence, organised by the European Commission … on the part of the rapist. At the European Institute for Gender Equality, the European Union’s knowledge centre on gender equality, we have solid data on different forms of …
… We need both legislative and cultural change. Persistent gender stereotypes can hinder the effect of even the best … For some years, a backlash has been building against gender equality and women’s rights. A sense that women had … This is despite the fact that according to last year’s Gender Equality Index, women in the EU have not even reached …
… the fact that research from the European Institute for Gender Equality, the EU’s knowledge centre on gender equality, has found that the online and offline … with the European Parliament recently estimating that gender-based cyber violence costs the European Union up to 89 …
… has woken us up – woken us up to the realities of everyday gender inequalities that our society was already facing, but … the important information that policymakers need to design gender-equal recovery measures. I will tell you more about … ideas for leaders and decision makers to ensure that the gender perspective is not forgotten when it comes to making …