Combating Violence Against Women
Violence against women and gender-based violence, both physical and psychological, are widespread and affect women at all levels of society, regardless of age, education, income, social position or country of origin or residence. Combatting and preventing violence against women and gender-violence is one of the key goals of our Committee.
According to the 2014 survey by the FRA one third of all women in Europe have experienced physical or sexual acts of violence at least once since the age of 15; 55 % of women have been confronted with one or more forms of sexual harassment; 11 % have experienced cyber harassment; and 1 in 20 (5 %) have been raped and more than one tenth have suffered sexual violence involving the use of force.
- Round table on the elimination of violence against women 25.11.2015
- Infographic (IMAGE - 190 KB)
- Interview on violence against women online
- Make Europe safe from violence: public meeting – 21.06.2016
- Orange the World: Parliament calls for stronger protection of women's rights
- Female genital mutilation: the scourge affecting half a million women in the EU
- Violence Against Women package:
- Interview with Ms Pina Picierno, Rapporteur on Measures to prevent and combat mobbing and sexual harassment at the workplace, in public spaces, and in political life in the EU
- Debate and vote on VAW and the Istanbul Convention –Plenary November 2019
- EU accession to the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women ('Istanbul Convention')
- The constitutional implications of the ratification of the Istanbul Convention – Venice Commission opinion on Armenia (PDF - 474 KB)
- Parliament calls for end to violence against women – November 2019