To what extent the EU citizens’ views on violence against women respond to the reality? According to Eurobarometer’s special report on gender-based violence (November 2016), 93% of EU citizens believe it is wrong to continually criticise a partner and make them feel inferior. Yet the FRA survey on violence against women (2014) revealed that 43%…
When we conceptualise domestic violence (DV), a few images spring to mind. The young wife who faces violence from her husband but is fearful of the cultural stigma she will face if she reports the crime. The child who regularly endures violence from their family, and does not have the faculties and resources to ask…
According to Eurobarometer’s special report on gender-based violence (November 2016), 27% of EU citizens say that “non-consensual sex could be justifiable in certain situations”. Check out some interesting figures below: Original source: #SayNoStopVAW campaign
The European Commission has published an article about PROTASIS in its website campaign ‘NON.NO.NEIN.’ for combating violence against women. The NON.NO.NEIN. campaign is carried out by the European Commission in an effort to spread the message “Say no! Stop violence against women” and raise awareness on the issue of violence against women. Drawing attention to…