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
… under the Belgian Presidency, equality issues such as violence against women and anti-discrimination see new-found … meeting of the Council we have adopted the directives on violence against women and on equality bodies, which are … against women and domestic violence, which criminalises physicalviolence, as well as psychological, economic, and …
… 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 …
… somehow we still have a hard time accepting that online violence is as real as offline violence. Some people believe … stalking or violence from an intimate partner in the physical world are also often victims of ‘online’ violence … online spaces, which suffer from less regulation than the physical world. As more and more of our lives move online, …
… 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 …
… 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 … the signs of intimate partner violence (in particular non-physicalviolence), and provide guidance on how to …
… Spikes in domestic violence reports during Covid-19 lockdowns have been a sad … data. EIGE defines intimate partner violence as: “physical, sexual, psychological or economic violence that … of a woman than to prove a case of economic violence. Physical, sexual and psychological violence are penalised in …
… world marks the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. On the eve of this occasion Vilnius … initiative “Orange the World” and calls for action to stop violence against women. Presidential Palace and the Ministry … more than half of the cases, violence caused long lasting physical and psychological harm to the victim. The majority …
… 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 Bulgaria, intimate partner violence is included under "domestic violence": any act of physical, mental, sexual, emotional or economic violence and …
… 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) …