… 2 paragraph 2 of the Counteracting Violence Against Women Act (2010): “one-time or prevalent intentional action or lack of action which violates rights or personal goods of the people mentioned in article 1 …
… had a meeting with Ms Metka Roksandic, President of the Women's Lobby of Slovenia and Member of the European Economic and … a series of information and opinions on the issues of women in decision making and the problem of violence against …
… Equality and the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights sign a cooperation agreement in line with the new EU strategy for gender equality 2010-2015. EIGE's Director Virginija Langbakk and FRA Director Morten Kjaerum … of cooperation will be on working to end violence against women in the EU. The EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) …
… International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women (25 November) and the 16 Days of Activism Against … Gender Violence Campaign (25 November-10 December –Human Rights Day) R esearch recently conducted by the European … specialised services for women victims of violence. EIGE’s report will be available online in December 2012. More …
… and most difficult to combat forms of violence against women and girls. The main objectives of the study are to fill … Female genital mutilation is a violation of the human rights of women and girls and a cruel form of gender-based violence. The European Commission’s ‘Strategy for equality between women and men 2012 − 2015’ …
… Ahead of International Women’s Day on 8 March, European Commission Vice-President Viviane … and Commissioner Cecilia Malmström have today joined human rights campaigners to call for zero tolerance for female …
… Vienna and Vilnius, 25 November 2013 A quarter of all women in the WHO European Region experience physical and/or … requires determined joint efforts and ranks high on Vienna’s political agenda. Social, health and women’s policy in the … Directive 2012/29/EU establishing minimum standards on the rights, support and protection of victims of crime will …
… At the conference “ Eliminating Violence Against Women in Europe – Intersectoral Approaches and Actions ” … Europe and the City of Vienna that started on this year’s International Day for the Elimination of Violence against … women in the EU conducted by the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) met great interest. The conference participants …
… on ‘Preventing and combating all forms of violence against women and girls’, which called on relevant EU Agencies ‘to … women. “ By working together and drawing on each Agency’s respective strengths, FRA and EIGE stand side-by-side in … March this year, the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) released results from its EU-wide survey on …
… Although administrative data on violence against women is collected in all EU Member States, their usefulness … are best in collecting data concerning violence against women, but the data collected are not always … This commitment is affirmed in the European Commission’sWomen’s Charter (2010)1, the European Pact for Gender …
… providing a composite indicator of direct violence against women, based on the data on violence against women collected by the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights through the EU-wide Survey on Violence against Women. …
… any other mutilation to the whole or any part of a woman’s labia majora, labia minora or clitoris; Coercing or … is recognised internationally as a violation of the human rights of girls and women. It reflects deep-rooted inequality between women and …
… and continues to be one of the most notable human rights violations within all societies. Gender-based violence … directed against a person because of their gender. Both women and men experience gender-based violence but the … men. The terms are used interchangeably throughout EIGE’s work, reflecting the disproportionate number of these …
… Action in the EU Member States Domestic violence against women remains one of the most pervasive human rights violations of our time, and one of the biggest global … against women. This commitment is affirmed in the Women’s Charter (2010), the European Commission’s Strategy for …