This report analyses Directive 2012/29/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2012 establishing minimum standards on the rights, support and protection of victims of crime, and replacing Council Framework Decision 2001/220/JHA, also called the ‘Victims’ Rights Directive’. The analysis has been conducted from a gender perspective [1]. The study is focused on the specificities of the implementation of the Directive vis‑à‑vis victims of gender‑based violence (GBV) and their access to justice.
This publication summarises the findings of the in-depth study of gender-equality training performed in the framework of EIGE’s 2-year project, Gender Training in the European Union: Mapping, Research and Stakeholders’ Engagement. The in-depth study looks at the preconditions and factors contributing to effective training delivery. Effective gender equality training: Synthesis report Database of resources on gender equality training
Although administrative data on violence against women is collected in all EU Member States, their usefulness for policy-making is limited by insufficient comparability. Police and Justice are best in collecting data concerning violence against women, but the data collected are not always sex-disaggregated and therefore inefficient for use by EU legislative bodies. This is one of the main conclusions of a study by the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) „Administrative data sources on gender-based violence against women in the EU:
Also available in BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, FR, GA, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SVSubject: In connection with the launch of the EU-wide research on Administrative Data Sources on gender-based violence, 19-20 March, Vilnius, Lithuania Combating gender-based violence seriously hampered by data gapsExperts on data collection from EU-28, gathered in Vilnius for a consultation meeting on gender-based violence (GBV), calling on policy makers to assure the collection of harmonised and comparable data on GBV in the EU-28.
Download the press release in .pdf format: es, de, el, en, fr, it, lt, plNew report:In connection to The 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)Research recently conducted by the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) shows that domestic violence against women remains widespread and under-reported, and that victims of violence are not effectively supported by public services.
The online discussion reports published below present the views expressed by participants of several online discussion held in September and October 2013 via the EuroGender online platform (http://eurogender.eige.europa.eu/). The reports were prepared in the framework of the ‘Animation online discussions within EuroGender’ EIGE/2012/OPER/23 service contract, delivered by Cultura Lavoro srl in partnership with the European Service Network (ESN). The online discussions covered a broad range of topics related to gender equality:
The online discussion reports published below present the views expressed by participants of several online discussion held in September and October 2013 via the EuroGender online platform (http://eurogender.eige.europa.eu/). The reports were prepared in the framework of the ‘Animation online discussions within EuroGender’ EIGE/2012/OPER/23 service contract, delivered by Cultura Lavoro srl in partnership with the European Service Network (ESN). The online discussions covered a broad range of topics related to gender equality:
Review of the implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action in the EU Member States This publication compares and presents the progress of Member States in the area of institutional mechanisms and gender mainstreaming since 2006, when the first report on institutional mechanisms was developed by the Finnish Presidency of the Council of the EU. The main findings show that by 2012, all Member States had established governmental bodies for gender equality and bodies for the promotion of equal treatment on various grounds.
Reflections from the online discussionThis document reflects the process and the views expressed by a wide range of participants in an online discussion on quality assurance mechanisms for gender training in the European Union, held on 18 and 19 September 2013.Read more:Gender training
