… Violence against women is a much bigger problem than the … Parliament has put forward a resolution on combating sexual harassment and abuse in the parliament and the wider EU. It calls for a zero-tolerance approach towards sexual harassment, encourages victims to speak out and calls …
… 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 … women on average in the EU has experienced physical or sexualviolence, or both, since she was 15 years old. …
… To reduce violence against women, first we need to understand the scope … Administrative data is provided by individuals who report violence to the police, courts, hospitals and shelters. … EU level, such as what constitutes domestic violence or sexual assault. Furthermore, data collected may not record …
… form of physical (e.g. intentional assault and battery), sexual (rape of modesty and rape), psychological (stalking and insults) or economic violence (e.g. abandonment of family) between spouses or … or have lived together and between a stable emotional and sexual relationship exists or existed. …
… Any act of sexual penetration, regardless of its nature and by whatever … to have been given, if the crime is committed by violence, coercion or deceit, or is made possible by the …
… In Bulgaria, intimate partner violence is included under "domestic violence": any act of physical, mental, sexual, emotional or economic violence and any attempted such …
… In Cyprus, intimate partner violence is recognised only within the context of "violence … any act, omission or behaviour which causes physical, sexual or mental injury to any member of the family by … and includes violence used for the purpose of having sexual intercourse without the consent of the victim as well …
… Whoever forces another person by violence or threat of violence or threat of other serious harm to take part in sexual intercourse, or whoever abuses his/her inability to …
… Any act of sexual penetration, of any nature whatsoever, committed against another person by violence, constraint, threat or surprise is rape. Rape is …
… In Greece, "domestic violence" is the commission of one of the following offences … Criminal Code): Domestic physical injury Domestic illegal violence and threat Rape and abuse in lewdness (lechery) Sexual abuse manslaughter by intention fatal injury …
… Standard definitions of violence against women can be found in the national survey … fully dedicated for the first time to physical and sexualviolence against women, which considered three different types of violence against women: physical; sexual and psychological violence, both inside the family (by …
… Italy uses the term "sexualviolence", which is: whoever, by force or by threat or abuse … of authority, forces another person to commit or suffer sexual acts. …
… In Lithuania, the term "domestic violence" is used. Domestic environment shall mean the … persons having a common domicile and a common household. Violence shall mean an intentional physical, mental, sexual, economic or another influence exerted on a person by …