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.
… 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 recognises the various forms of femicide committed againstwomen and girls as ‘the most severe manifestation of gender-based violence’. Various terms are used by the European Union (EU) …
… not only fuel an overall rise in intolerance and hate (againstwomen and their attained rights and against lesbian, gay, … and non-discrimination, on the fight against gender-based violence and on the promotion and protection of sexual and …
… ample evidence of the pandemic’s negative repercussions on women in the domains of work, money, knowledge, time, power and health. It also addresses the spike in violenceagainstwomen and how the most disadvantaged and marginalised …
… 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 …
… 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 …
… Member States have obligations to eliminate discrimination againstwomen and ensure that they fully enjoy their human rights. … Convention will create a comprehensive legal framework on violenceagainstwomen, once it is ratified by all Member …
… All EU Member States have criminalised some forms of violenceagainst womenand, together with the EU institutions, have … as reflected in the strategy for equality between women and men (2010-2015) and in the follow-up strategic …