… EIGE's Director, Carlien Scheele, addresses a High-level International Conference on Women in Law Enforcement organised by the Lithuanian Ministry … the essential role women play in the promotion of human rights, peace and sustainable development within the …
… Violence against women a cause and a consequence of the inequalities between women and men. EIGE’s new report for the Western Balkans and Türkiye provides … of discrimination against women but a violation of human rights. Paths to progress Many EU candidate countries and a …
… violence (IPV) is the most common form of violence against women and the most extreme form of gender discrimination. It poses a threat to the fundamental rights to dignity, liberty, security, health and, eventually, the lives of women. EU Member States have not established a common …
… victims and professionals . The report follows on EIGE’s package to help EU countries gather solid data to classify … The spate of femicide cases in 2021 puts victims’ rights into sharp focus. According to UN Women, 45,000 women and girls worldwide were killed by their …
… deeply rooted in the inequalities between men and women in society. It is estimated that, globally, around 47 000 women and girls were killed by their intimate partners or … direct victims of femicide. As a result, their needs and rights – both during and after the criminal proceedings – are …
… EIGE’s latest report on coercive control and psychological … Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence (the Istanbul Convention) … in a grim reality. Data from the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) showed that across the EU, 44 % of women have …
… EIGE's Director Carlien Scheele delivered this speech at an event … is online, it can simply be ignored or shrugged off. Women who are harassed or stalked online are frequently told … myths and misinformation and openly oppose women’srights. Often they are behind vicious cyber harassment …
… EIGE's Director Carlien Scheele delivered this speech at an event … my former colleagues are to eradicating violence against women. One of the times this was most clear, was when the … binding and far-reaching tool to combat violence against women. We all recognised how significant this moment was for …
… According to a 2014 study by the Fundamental Rights Agency, 31 % of women in the European Union have experienced physical … are introduced together with a brief overview of EIGE’s data collection process from the 30 different jurisdictions …
… assesses the measures each EU country took to protect women during the pandemic and shows how governments can … usually face the most danger from people they know. EIGE’s research shows EU governments recognise this: every single … campaign emphasised that domestic violence is a human rights violation -- not a private issue. Awareness campaigns …