Any act which causes physical harm as a result of unlawful physical force. Physical violence can take the form of, among others, serious and minor assault, deprivation of liberty and manslaughter
… media and NGOs continue to report on increasing rates of violence against women and girls. This ‘shadow pandemic’ has … rights and mark International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women with concrete action. "Women and girls … members or relatives (32%) are most often responsible for physical attacks against women, as many of these incidents …
… Intimate partner violence (IPV) is the most common form of violence against women and the most extreme form of gender … worldwide. One in five women in the EU have experienced physical and/or sexual violence by a current or previous …
… were you wearing that day?” exhibition on gender-based violence, organised by the European Commission on 16 November … that somehow tries to put the blame on victims for the violence they have faced. No doubt you will have heard this … countries. The majority require some other element, like physicalviolence on the part of the rapist. At the European …
… the unequal distribution of unpaid work, and gender-based violence, to name just a few. Some new challenges have also … sphere, with nearly one in four women (22 %) experiencing physical and/or sexual violence at the hands of an intimate … the lights switched on in the evening? Can you imagine the physical and mental stress that it causes? This is what …
… 31 % of women in the European Union have experienced physicalviolence by either a partner or a non-partner since the age of 15, and 7 % of women experienced physicalviolence by anyone in the 12 months before the …
… Any form of physical (e.g. intentional assault and battery), sexual (rape … rape), psychological (stalking and insults) or economic violence (e.g. abandonment of family) between spouses or …
… In Cyprus, intimate partner violence is recognised only within the context of "violence in the family", which means any act, omission or behaviour which causes physical, sexual or mental injury to any member of the family …
… In Greece, "domestic violence" is the commission of one of the following offences … and Articles 299 and 311 of the Criminal Code): Domestic physical injury Domestic illegal violence and threat Rape and abuse in lewdness (lechery) …