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 …
… 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, …
… (EIGE) has estimated that the cost of gender-based violence across the EU is €366 billion a year. Violence against women makes up 79 % of this cost, amounting … gender-based violence, with the biggest cost coming from physical and emotional impact (56 %), followed by criminal …
… with abusers. Several countries saw spikes in domestic violence reports. As lockdowns ease, the European Institute … natural disaster or economic recession. Domestic violence happens everywhere. Yet each EU Member State … a crisis, we need to know more. How many women have faced physical, sexual, psychological and economic violence? What …
… genital mutilation is a severe form of gender-based violence that directly affects girls’ and women's health. It leaves deep psychological and physical scars. EIGE´s upcoming study aims to identify how … seconded national expert from Belgium on gender-based violence. To fill data gaps and help policy makers design …
… to mark the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women by lighting up the historic Town Hall … up in orange to raise awareness of the urgent need to end violence against women and girls. The Orange event marks the … one in three women on average in the EU has experienced physical or sexual violence, or both, since she was 15 years …
… 16 Days of Activism: Engaging Europe to end violence against women! Gender-based violence (GBV) remains a major problem in the European … Union: 1 in 5 women, on average, have experienced physicalviolence by a partner . GBV is based on unequal …