Violation of human rights and a form of discrimination against women including all acts of gender-based violence that result in, or are likely to result in, physical, sexual, psychological or economic harm or suffering to women, including threats of such acts, coercion, or arbitrary deprivation of liberty, whether occurring in public or in private life.
… Femicide is an extreme form of gender-based violence, defined broadly as ‘the killing of a woman or girl … to refer to femicide, including ‘gender-related killing of women’ and ‘feminicide’. In 2020, 47 000 women and girls worldwide were killed by their intimate …
… Rape is an unlawful sexual act and a harmful form of sexual violence that disproportionately affects women and girls. Rape occurs in the absence of consent, the … and frequency of rape in the EU, the effects of sexual violence on victims and the actions of Member States to …
… measures undertaken across the EU to support victims of violence during the Covid-19 outbreak (from March until the … of governmental strategies on prevention of gender-based violence and on crisis preparedness. Further reading EIGE's … gender equality gains EIGE's resources on gender-based violence …
… Further information Data collection on gender-based violence Good practices on administrative data on violenceagainstwomen Administrative data sources on gender-based violence in …
… in their efforts to combat and prevent domestic violence by providing them with reliable and comparable data … and policy improvement. Facts and figures: Area D. ViolenceagainstWomen …