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Violence against women

International experiences

Violence against women is a spread phenomenon with severe consequences on the physical, psychological and social wellbeing of women. It is recognized by the United Nations as an important issue concerning the public and social health, as well as a violation of the human rights that has deep effects on the society as a whole.

Data and information provide institutions, associations and citizens with a reference framework useful to evaluate the extent of the phenomenon, to know the victims and authors’ characteristics, to understand the roots and the contexts where these crimes grow up and they are tools to develop effective policies and actions.

 
 
 

International institutions: studies and analysis

Studies from some European countries

  • Institut pour l’égalité des femmes et des hommes (IEFH):
    Emotional, physical and sexual abuse (pdf)

  • Advisory Committee for the Prevention and Combating of Violence in the Family:
    Extent, frequency, nature and consequences of domestic violence against women in Cyprus (pdf)

  • National Institute of Public Health:
    Men’s violence against women (pdf)
  • National Institute of Public Health:
    Dating violence in Denmark (pdf)

  • Women’s Issues Information Centre:
    Violence against women: victim survey report (pdf)

  • Institut of Sociology (Czech Academy of Science) and Charles University:
    Measures to fight violence against women (pdf)

  • National Council for Crime Prevention (Brå):
    The Swedish Crime Survey
  • National Centre for Knowledge on Men’s Violence Against Women (NCK):
    Statistic Sweden: Violence and health in Sweden (pdf)