Tackling violence against women and domestic violence in Europe – The added value of the Istanbul Convention and remaining challenges
This study was commissioned by the European Parliament’s Policy Department for Citizens’ Rights and Constitutional Affairs at the request of the FEMM Committee. It aims to understand the implementation of the Convention, its added value, arguments against the ratification of the Convention, and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on violence against women (VAW) and domestic violence (DV). The 27 EU Member States are included in the study, together with Turkey, which offers a comparator of the impact of the ratification of the Convention by a non-EU country.
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Nathalie MEURENS, Hayley D’SOUZA, Saredo MOHAMED, Nazia CHOWDHURY, Stelios CHARITAKIS, Kate, REGAN, ICF Prof. Dr Els LEYE, Ghent University/Consultant
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- Asia and Oceania
- coronavirus disease
- criminal law
- demography and population
- documentation
- domestic violence
- economic geography
- EDUCATION AND COMMUNICATIONS
- EP Committee
- epidemic
- EU institutions and European civil service
- EU Member State
- Europe
- European convention
- EUROPEAN UNION
- gender equality
- GEOGRAPHY
- health
- international affairs
- INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
- LAW
- political geography
- ratification of an agreement
- research report
- rights and freedoms
- sexual violence
- social affairs
- SOCIAL QUESTIONS
- Türkiye
- woman