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
United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD)
UN Women
- Annual Report 2016–2017 | (pdf)
- Global Database on Violence against Women
- End violence against women
United Nations Office On Drugs and Crime (UNODC)
- Global study on homicide 2018. Gender-related killing of women and girl
- UNODC helps to eliminate violence against women
United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)
- Gender-based violence
- Female genital mutilation
- kNOwVAWdata: Measuring prevalence of violence against women in Asia-Pacific
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
- The big conversation: Handbook to Address Violence against Women in and through the Media
- Reporting on violence against women and girls: a handbook for journalists
World Health Organisation (WHO)
- Global and regional estimates of violence against women | (pdf)
- Violence and health in the world (pdf)
- Violence info
Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE)
Council of Europe
- Istanbul Convention Action against violence against women and domestic violence
- General Reports on GREVIO’s activities
- COE Gender Equality Strategy 2018-2023
- Combating and preventing sexism
European Commission
- Actions to eliminate gender-based violence in the EU, funding and support for awareness campaigns
- Gender Equality Strategy
- Protecting victims’ rights
European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE)
- Gender-based violence (website)
- Gender Statistics database
- Measuring femicide in the EU and internationally: an assessment (2021)
- Gender Equality Index 2017 Measurement framework of violence against women (2017)
European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA)
Studies from some European countries
Belgium
- Institut pour l’égalité des femmes et des hommes (IEFH):
Emotional, physical and sexual abuse (pdf)
Cyprus
- 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)
Denmark
- National Institute of Public Health:
Men’s violence against women (pdf) - National Institute of Public Health:
Dating violence in Denmark (pdf)
Estonia
- Statistics Estonia:
Statistical database crime victimisation
Finland
- Official Statistics of Finland (OSF)
Domestic violence and intimate partner violence (2015)
Domestic violence and intimate partner violence reported as an offence (2009-2019)
Domestic violence and intimate partner violence (2019)
Reports of intimate partner violence (Spring 2020)
France
- INSEE:
Victimisation survey - Institut national d’études démographiques INED:
Violence and gender relations survey - Mission interministérielle pour la protection des femmes contre les violences et la lutte contre la traite des êtres humains (MIPROF):
Les chiffres de référence sur les violences faites aux femmes
Les lettres annuelles de l’observatoire national des violences faites aux femmes - Ministère de l’Intérieur:
Etude nationale relative aux morts violentes au sein du couple
Germany
- Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth:
Health, Well-Being and Personal Safety of Women in Germany
Greece
- Research Centre for Gender Equality (ΚΕTHΙ):
Epidemiological research on domestic violence - General Secretariat for Family Policy and Gender Equality (GSFPGE):
The 23rd E-bulletin of the Observatory of the General Secretariat for Family Policy and Gender Equality
Bimonthly Report Newsletter GSFPGE March-April 2020
Ireland
- The Economic and Social Research Institute:
Domestic Abuse of Women and Men in Ireland
Latvia
- Ltd Latvijas fakti:
Survey on Domestic Violence
Lithuania
- Women’s Issues Information Centre:
Violence against women: victim survey report (pdf)
Luxemburg
- STATEC:
The Safety Survey
Portugal
- Governo República Portuguesa:
Dados trimestrais de crimes de violência doméstica – 2º trimestre de 2020
United Kingdom
- NSO:
Intimate personal violence and partner abuse (pdf) - Home Office:
British Crime Survey: intimate personal violence split-sample experiment (pdf) - England and Wales Kantar per NSO:
Crime Survey for England and Wales - Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency’s (NISRA):
Northern Ireland Crime Survey - Scottish Government:
Scottish Crime and Justice Survey
Czech Republic
- Institut of Sociology (Czech Academy of Science) and Charles University:
Measures to fight violence against women (pdf)
Romania
- Center for Urban and Regional Sociology:
Domestic Violence in Romania
Spain
- Ministerio de Sanidad, Servicios Sociales e Igualdad:
Macro survey on violence against women
Portal Estadístico Violencia - Ministerio del Interior:
Sistema VioGén
Sweden
- 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)