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.
… media and NGOs continue to report on increasing rates of violence against women and girls. This ‘shadow pandemic’ has … Fundamental Rights (FRA) and the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) call on the EU and all Member States … emerge once again. Already before the pandemic, gender-based harassment and violence in Europe was widespread, as …
… somehow we still have a hard time accepting that online violence is as real as offline violence. Some people believe … the fact that research from the European Institute for Gender Equality, the EU’s knowledge centre on gender … the European Parliament recently estimating that gender-based cyber violence costs the European Union up to 89 …
… Femicide is the killing of women and girls because of their gender. It can include intentional homicides, such as the … femicide would help EU Member States identify these gender-based killings, which currently vanish into female homicide … any gendered risk factors such as dependence or previous violence. Laws and data collection practices are slowly …
… 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 …
… world marks the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. On the eve of this occasion Vilnius … Town Hall and EU House, where the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) is located, will be lit up in orange. … efforts, EIGE has prepared factsheets on gender-basedviolence in all the 28 member states. You can find the …
… first legally binding instrument dedicated to combating violence against women. Violence against women is rooted in … women and men and is one of the strongest expressions of gender inequality. “ The elimination of violence against … strategies. Learn more about EIGE's work on gender-basedviolence . Photo (C): Council of Europe …
… Violence against women is happening in all corners of the EU … and protection measures”, explained Barbora Holubova, gender-basedviolence researcher at EIGE. All EU countries collect …