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New revealing report: Violence against women across the EU

EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) officially launched on the 5^th of March a report of the world’s largest survey on violence against women revealing data on physical and psychological violence suffered by women at home, in their workplace, in public and online.  The survey was based on face-to-face interviews with 42 000 women across EU’s member states and also included questions on specific topics such as stalking and online harassment.

Some of the results include:

• 33 % of women have experiences physical and/or sexual violence
• 22 % have experiences physical and/or sexual violence by a partner
• 5 % of the respondents of the survey have been raped

The study also shows that most victims of violence or harassment do not report their experiences to either the police or to support organisations. 

At the launching conference held in the premises of the Council of the European Union participants underlined the importance of collecting data on this topic since there has been a lack of comparable statistics. Due to the fact that this question remains taboo the exact figures still remains unknown. Inequalities in the society such as women’s economic independence and gender based stereotypes were mentioned as important factors for preventing this kind of violence. 

For the full report please visit the FRA website.