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.
… In Turkey, women victims of violence are registered in the specific … first sought help. The National Action Plan on Combating ViolenceAgainstWomen 2016-2020 includes the activity ‘An …
… In November 2017, the Women’s Political Network (WPN) was established in … women’s political and economic rights and to combat violenceagainstwomen. It has been established in the context of a …
… Montenegro, gender equality means equal opportunities for women and men to contribute to cultural, political, economic … related to marking 16 days of activism to combat violenceagainstwomen. In each case, there is a financial aspect to …
… and providing services for the victims of domestic violence and their children. Good quality, timely services … and civil society organisations representing the rights of women and children. The mechanisms are usually coordinated by … directly aligned with the National Strategy for Protection against Domestic Violence. Members of the coordination …
… of the Regional Coordination Board, a regional network of women’s NGOs was established as a Union of Associations, … Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violenceagainstwomen and domestic violence (Istanbul Convention). At …
… Summary Roma Women Talk is a project responding to the lack of information … in various types of social environment and their fight against prejudice and discrimination by presenting their … own perspective, and to establish their issues of poverty, violence within the family, and lack of education in their …
… in a context of gender inequality, draws the focus to women. Women participants are often mothers with two to six … the general public to antiziganism (discrimination against the Roma people). Community projects, which were … loss of child support and domestic exploitation and violence. MOBI supports them in securing a living, obtaining …
… objective of Swedish gender equality policy is that women and men are to have the same power to shape society and their own lives. One of the 4 sub-goals is that men's violenceagainstwomen must stop. Counteracting men’s violenceagainst …
… Gain insights into the issue of domestic violence: a centralised and joint database on violenceagainstwomen (VAW) There have been numerous policies, legislative …
… of health professionals: the protocol medical care for women and girls with FGM The Model protocol medical care for … and damaging form of child abuse Dutch policy towards violenceagainstwomen (VAW) adopts a gender neutral approach. As a …
… (CIG). In order to characterise, understand and act against FGM, the Ministry of Health has created a health database on this specific type of gender violence, which is a registration system of cases identified … et al. (2015), were to identify the number of girls and women victimised or at risk of excision, where FGM is …
… An integrated model of intervention on interpersonal violence cases in health settings In 2013, continuing the … domestic violence, stalking, dating violence, violenceagainst elder people, vicarious violence and trafficking in … Measures to improve the knowledge of violenceagainstwomen (VAW) As referred in the most recent gender violence …