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.
… as part of the international campaign ‘16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence’. The campaign aimed to demonstrate that everyone is … in culture and attitudes to eliminate violenceagainstwomen. During 2020, the campaign took place online, due to …
… the EU and its Member States [2] . Equality between women and men is recognised by the EU as a fundamental … will be taken in the following fields: ending gender-based violence, challenging gender stereotypes, closing gender gaps … It highlights the need to: end all forms of discrimination against all women and girls everywhere; eliminate all forms …
… Violence and power imbalances adversely affect the mental health of women and men victims (Bhui, 2018). For example, exposure to … it (Sian Oram et al., 2017). Hate-motivated violenceagainst the LGBTI community has significant and lasting …
… restrictions on movement to contain COVID-19 have trapped women and girls at home with their abusers. If victims of violence had legal and social support networks, these were … and connect different intersecting forms of discrimination againstwomen and heighten the risk of violenceagainstwomen …
… While violence affects all women, some groups face a higher risk (EIGE, 2020a). The 2019 … to take part in common activities (48 %). The violenceagainstwomen survey (FRA, 2014) also showed that disability …
… About a third of women who faced sexual harassment in the EU experienced it in … Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combating ViolenceagainstWomen and Domestic Violence (the Istanbul Convention) …
… Women As stereotypically feminine behaviour is associated … to women in positions of power can be seen in the violence faced by women politicians, with those working on … [5] Council of Europe, Sexism, harassment and violenceagainstwomen in parliaments in Europe, 2018 ( …