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Definition of violence against women

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.

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  • Violence against women: victim support - Interview with Sylvia Walby

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  • EIGE's indicators on intimate partner violence, rape and femicide: EU state of play

    … to a 2014 study by the Fundamental Rights Agency, 31 % of women in the European Union have experienced physical violence by either a partner or a non-partner since the age of 15, and 7 % of women experienced physical violence by anyone in the 12 months before the survey …

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    • Justice
    • Violence
  • Violence against women and COVID-19: How do we tackle two pandemics at once?

    … and lockdown measures are having a profound effect on women victims of intimate partner violence. The extreme circumstances of the pandemic have … of COVID-19 for women victims of intimate partner violence, and another examining the factors that enable …

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    18 Nov 2020, 9:30 CET - 18 Nov 2020, 14:15 CET Europe/Brussels
  • Health Database on FGM

    … (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 …

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    Portugal
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  • Online Presentation on the topic of Cyber violence against women and girls for Europe Day 2023

    … 28 for its members all over Europe on EU Institutions and Women's rights in Europe. EIGE Seconded National Expert …

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    02 May 2023, 16:00 CEST - 02 May 2023, 17:30 CEST Europe/Brussels
  • Qual è il nesso tra il bilancio di genere e le realtà vissute da uomini e donne?

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  • Review of the implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action in the EU Member States: violence against women – victim support report

    … legislative and policy measures to address domestic violence, and frequency of prevalence surveys. It is based on … of primary and secondary data on support services for women survivors of intimate partner violence in Member States. The report analyses and assesses …

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  • Women victims of violence receive insufficient support in the EU

    … connection to The International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women (25 November) and the 16 Days of Activism Against …

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  • Local level coordination mechanisms against domestic violence

    … 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 …

  • Cyber violence is a growing threat, especially for women and girls

    … can easily access the internet and social media, cyber violence against women and girls is an increasing concern. Despite the lack of …

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  • Understanding rape in the European Union: The essential need for administrative data collection

    … 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 …

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  • Implications of Covid-19 for women victims of intimate partner violence

    … pandemic led to increased reports of intimate partner violence in a number of EU Member States, with a number of … can take to facilitate access to support services for women victims of violence during crisis situations. Provided … and measures Member States can adopt to counter violence against women during crisis situations. Report: The Covid-19 …

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  • Understanding intimate partner femicide in the European Union: The essential need for administrative data collection

    … 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 …

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  • Risk assessment: protecting women from lethal violence

    … . To help police prevent repeated acts of intimate partner violence and save lives, the European Institute for Gender … the lead up to the international day to eliminate violence against women. One of the innovative aspects of the guide is the …

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  • Building safe digital spaces for women and girls – Click off cyber violence!

    … somehow we still have a hard time accepting that online violence is as real as offline violence. Some people believe … is online, it can simply be ignored or shrugged off. Women who are harassed or stalked online are frequently told … financial repercussions for victims. An act of violence against a victim, whether it’s verbal abuse or the sharing of …

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  • En quoi la budgétisation sensible au genre est-elle liée aux réalités vécues par les femmes et les hommes?

    … and Lagarde, C. (2014), ‘The economic power of women’s empowerment, keynote speech by Christine Lagarde, … des inégalités entre les femmes et les hommes est la violence à l’égard des femmes, qui concerne tous les secteurs … [2] EIGE (2017), Gender Equality Index 2017 — Violence against women: the most brutal manifestation of gender …

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  • Domain of violence

    … Violence against women is one of the most pervasive crimes of our time. It … can increase women’s vulnerability to gender-based violence. Freedom from violence and stereotyping is a key …

  • Violence for 2019

    … The domain of violence provides a set of indicators that can help the EU … extent of the most common and documented forms of violence against women. Unlike other domains, the domain of violence does not …

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  • Measures against gender-based violence including sexual harassment

    … (R & I) is not immune to sexual and gender-based violence, but this issue tends to be underestimated in … practical information for the implementation of measures against gender-based violence including sexual harassment … and public intervention in cases of violence against women , Frederick University, Cyprus, protocol against …

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  • Consultation meeting "From Practices with Potential to Good Practices on administrative data collection on Violence against Women"

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    16 Mar 2016, 9:00 EET - 17 Mar 2016, 12:00 EET Europe/Vilnius

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