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      With International Women’s Day just around the corner, progress towards gender equality is high on the agenda. But what does it take to really pave the way for gender equality?

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      Each year the EU spends 14% of its Gross Domestic Product (GDP) on public works, from building projects to social infrastructure. Smart targeting of that €2 trillion in public funds and considering how it impacts the lives of both women and men is the essence of Gender-responsive public procurement, or GRPP.

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Definition of rape

General definition

Engaging in non-consensual vaginal, anal or oral penetration of a sexual nature of the body of another person with any bodily part or object.

Consent must be given voluntarily as the result of the person’s free will, as assessed in the context of the surrounding circumstances.

Statistical definition

Sexual penetration, whether vaginal, anal or oral, through the use of object or body parts, without consent, using force, coercion or by taking advantage of the vulnerability of the victim.

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  • A dearth of evidence hampers true assessment of violence against women

    … or coercion-based rather than consent-based definitions of rape. As data-recording systems are rarely operated by … and justice sectors on intimate partner violence and rape (EIGE, 2018a).   Footnotes [1] …

  • Police report cases

    … crimes of an interpersonal character, such as violence, rape and robbery. Crimes such as theft are thus not included. … injury to the victim sections 216 – 217 regarding rape. Since 2003, female genital mutilation is also …

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    Denmark
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    • Violence
  • New study on gender-based violence

    … violence : intimate partner violence sexual assault, rape, sexual harassment, stalking, female genital mutilation, …

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    • Violence
  • First International Conference on Sexual Violence in Croatia

    … „Feminist Dream: Thousands of Women’s Centers against Rape and the Responsible State“ Biljana Branković  (Serbia, …

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    23 Oct 2015, 9:30 CEST - 23 Oct 2015, 16:00 CEST Europe/Zagreb
  • Gender Equality Index 2017: We cannot be silent about violence

    … trafficking, intimate partner violence, sexual assault and rape. This tool can help Member States who have ratified the …

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  • Lighting the way: violence against women must stop

    … think women often make up or exaggerate claims of abuse or rape. This number is twice as big as the EU average. The …

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  • Speech at an event on gender-based violence

    … to capture the different forms this violence takes. From rape, to psychological abuse, to femicide, our indicators can …

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    • Violence
  • Step 3: Identify the most relevant risk factors for police risk assessment

    … are many terms used to describe the criminal offence of rape, including ‘sexual assault’, ‘sexual violence’, ‘sexual …

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  • Actioning solutions where gender-based violence and crisis meet

    … should be central to our future cooperation. Prosecution - Rape and sexual assault is a weapon of war. Perpetrators must …

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  • EIGE marks 100 years of International Women's day

    … ago! And the United Kingdom had not proclaimed marital rape illegal in England and Wales until 1991. Undeniably, the …

  • Data gaps the mask true scale of gender-based violence in the EU

    … support Member States in collecting administrative data on rape, femicide and intimate partner violence, EIGE proposed …

  • Justice

    … condemned to longer sentences than men. Another example is rape legislation that recognises the act of rape when the use of force can be proved. However, it is … emphasising that in some EU Member States legislation on rape has been changed to better respond to women’s needs. …

  • ¿Qué tiene que ver la presupuestación con perspectiva de género con la vida de las mujeres y de los hombres?

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  • Model protocol medical care for women and girls with FGM

    … framework on violence in the Netherlands criminalises rape (Art. 242 criminal law), sexual assault and stalking …

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  • Equality bodies: How do they strengthen gender equality?

    … to capture the different forms this violence takes. From rape, to psychological abuse, to femicide, our indicators can …

  • Gender-based violence enabled by digital technology: a new occupational hazard?

    … Half of the respondents (47 %) had experienced death or rape threats. In the majority of cases (76 %), the …

  • Violence for 2019

    … support Member States in collecting administrative data on rape, femicide and intimate partner violence, EIGE proposed a …

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  • Eliminating Violence against Women in Europe Intersectoral Approaches and Actions - Press release

    … psychological abuse in partnerships, to sexual assault and rape, forced prostitution, trafficking in human beings and …

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  • Migration

    … violence among refugee women on a global level shows that rape was the most reported form of sexual violence, with … at risk of early and forced marriage, transactional sex, rape, sexual harassment and physical assault. Once they reach … disorders and persons who have been subjected to torture, rape or other serious forms of psychological, physical or …

  • Beyond the Beijing Declaration: Assessment and main challenges

    … %) had received death threats, or threats of beating or rape. The emergence of cyber violence (including online hate …

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    • Environment and climate change
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