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.
… shared the agency's work in the field of gender-based violence. Dear colleagues, good afternoon, Thank you very … data on GBV covering different forms of violenceagainstwomen and girls. Our administrative data collection provides …
… week and next, the 68th annual Commission on the Status of Women (CSW68), is happening in New York. CSW is the UN's … poverty’, with 10 action points. They include addressing: violenceagainstwomen , poverty, care and health, the empowerment of …
… Since the onset of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine on 22 February 2022, human rights violations and violence have become the new harrowing reality of Ukraine, … by Russia’s armed forces. Over 8 million persons – mostly women and children – fled Ukraine and sought refuge and …
… (EIGE) has developed 13 indicators on intimate partner violence (IPV) to guide the data collection efforts of the … made at the national level to reduce IPV and domestic violence, and enhance the comparability of data in alignment …
… 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 …
… puts victims’ rights into sharp focus. According to UN Women, 45,000 women and girls worldwide were killed by their … the due diligence principle when shaping responses to violenceagainstwomen. This means they must prevent, investigate and …
… disseminated in a context of anonymity and impunity. Both women and men can be victims of cyber violence. However, evidence shows that women and girls are … or economic harm and suffering. Cyber violenceagainstwomen and girls (CVAWG) is often dismissed as an …