LIBE - FEMM Joint Hearing: Combating Gender based Violence: Cyber Violence
20-11-2020 - 11:14
LIBE and FEMM Committees are holding a joint hearing “Combating Gender based Violence: Cyber Violence” on 30 November 2020 in order to obtain an important input from relevant experts for the joint LIBE-FEMM legislative initiative draft report, which will focus on combating cyber violence as an expression of gender based violence, with specific attention to violence against women.
The organisation of such a hearing is of particular relevance in light of the current crisis, which has led to the confinement of millions of individuals in the EU with, as a consequence, an increased use of the Internet, and an increased risk of cyber violence, especially against women and girls. The hearing is set to take place in the UN's 16 days of activism against gender-based violence (November 25 to December 10).