Violence directed against a person because of that person’s gender, gender identity or gender expression, or which affects persons of a particular gender disproportionately.
… The European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) has estimated that the cost of gender-basedviolence across the EU is €366 billion a year. Violence …
… required to effectively tackle FGM. To support evidence-based policymaking, EIGE has provided tailor-made … risk estimations in each country. FGM is a severe form of gender-basedviolence, which the EU is committed to eliminating. This work …
… Women’s Day on 8 March, the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) has released new findings on the … job losses and reduced working hours to spikes in domestic violence and overwhelmed counsellors, the effects of the … prepared for a future crisis, action to combat gender-basedviolence needs to be part of a wider, long-term …
… measures undertaken across the EU to support victims of violence during the Covid-19 outbreak (from March until the … development of governmental strategies on prevention of gender-basedviolence and on crisis preparedness. Further reading …
… Mutilation (FGM) on 6 February, the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) has released estimations of the number … campaigns, and recognise FGM as a form of gender-based persecution in the asylum system. FGM is a severe form of gender-basedviolence that leaves deep physical and psychological scars on …
… partners are the national bodies responsible for gender equality policies and national statistical offices. … support, such as knowledge on data collection on gender-basedviolence. How do we work? We have identified several ways to …
… women’s political and economic rights and to combat violence against women. It has been established in the … including trainers (as knowledge carriers) and women with gender expertise in specific topics in the core team. The … almost all parties), cross-party networking and issue-based networking (i.e. thematic alliances centred on women’s …
… In Montenegro, gender equality means equal opportunities for women and men … by any municipality. Through the regional initiative based on the Sarajevo Declaration 2006, this Charter is … related to marking 16 days of activism to combat violence against women. In each case, there is a financial …
… at global level . Implementing entity: Agency for Gender Equality / Ministry for Human Right Promoting … daily security concerns, including protection from gender-basedviolence and discrimination, human trafficking, access to …
… to contain the coronavirus led to spikes in domestic violence reports. In two new studies, the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) assesses the measures each EU country … overall shaky support systems for victims of gender-basedviolence. A lack of funding and shelter space resulted …
… is illegal, constitutes discrimination and is a form of violence. EU-wide legal obligations necessitate formal … Further reading Online version of the handbook Toolkit on Gender-sensitive communication Gender Statistics Database: … men in decision-making Gender Statistics Database: gender-basedviolence …
… The European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) has published a handbook to help stop … a step closer to achieving the EU’s founding value of gender equality. Further reading Sexism at work: How can we … men in decision-making Gender Statistics Database: gender-basedviolence …
… The EU has long recognised that violence against women is a violation of human rights and a form of gender-based discrimination that has a major negative impact on …
… The EU has long recognised that violence against women is a violation of human rights and a form of gender-based discrimination that has a major negative impact on …
… about women and men, which manifest themselves as gender stereotypes , can rank one gender as superior to … less than men and disproportionately subject to gender-basedviolence [1] . Sexist attitudes, practices and behaviour …
… magnitude of the phenomenon is unknown, a FRA survey on violence against women asked respondents about their experience of online gender-basedviolence. While 14 % of women who had experienced such …
… in many ways, for example if the relationship between gender and technology is viewed as mutually constitutive: … For example, extensive studies have examined gender-based differences in the motion sickness experienced with … (EIGE, 2019a). The broader consequences of gender-basedviolence enabled by technology are discussed in …