The Issue of Violence Against Women in the European Union
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10-03-2016
This study provides an update of the 2011 study on the Issue of Violence against women in the European Union. The different forms and interrelated factors of violence against women are examined. The study also provides an overview of the current international and European political and legal framework on violence against women. Other issues such as the difficulty of the monitoring and gathering of data, the protection of victims, and the prevention of violence against women are also discussed.
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- criminal law
- data collection
- domestic violence
- EDUCATION AND COMMUNICATIONS
- EU law
- EUROPEAN UNION
- European Union law
- gender equality
- information technology and data processing
- LAW
- POLITICS
- politics and public safety
- position of women
- psychological harassment
- public awareness campaign
- rights and freedoms
- sexual harassment
- sexual violence
- social affairs
- SOCIAL QUESTIONS
- trafficking in human beings
- women's rights