EIGE’s work on Gender-based Violence

Zulema Altamirano Christian Veske 15 May, 2014

Stockholm

1.The role of EIGE 2.Preventing Domestic Violence in EU-283.Measuring Gender-based Violence in EU-28

1. Support Services for victims of DV2. Female Genital Mutilation3. Administrative data on GBV4. Cost of Violence

4.Context: 1. Gender Equality Index2. Gender Stereotypes3. Raising awareness

ContentContent

The role of EIGE

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Preventing Domestic Violence in EU-28

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“Collection of methods, tools and good practices in the field of domestic violence (as described by area D of Beijing

Platform for Action)”

Awareness-raising campaigns

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• 144 examples (25 to young people).• 76% national coverage ; 22% regional; rest

transnationals.• 52% by NGOs; 42% by governmental bodies; 6% by

others.• Trends:

– website or materials for ethnic minorities, and disable women– lesbian and gay communication strategies– minimum standards

• 144 examples (25 to young people).• 76% national coverage ; 22% regional; rest

transnationals.• 52% by NGOs; 42% by governmental bodies; 6% by

others.• Trends:

– website or materials for ethnic minorities, and disable women– lesbian and gay communication strategies– minimum standards

Training on prevention

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• 136 examples collected.• 67% directed to professional sectors: most to police

and judiciary sector, followed by health personnel.• 64% present in formal curricula.

• 136 examples collected.• 67% directed to professional sectors: most to police

and judiciary sector, followed by health personnel.• 64% present in formal curricula.

Support services for victims

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• 254 examples of implemented methods and tools.• 61% with a national coverage, 39% regional.• 54% by NGOs, 44% by government, 2% by others.• 28% are direct services, 40% aimed at professionals.

• 254 examples of implemented methods and tools.• 61% with a national coverage, 39% regional.• 54% by NGOs, 44% by government, 2% by others.• 28% are direct services, 40% aimed at professionals.

Programmes for perpetrators

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• 48 examples of programmes for perpetrators.• Mostly:

– counselling, mentoring, coaching (69%); – 16% to professionals –networks, guideliness or

minimum standards.

• 48 examples of programmes for perpetrators.• Mostly:

– counselling, mentoring, coaching (69%); – 16% to professionals –networks, guideliness or

minimum standards.

Support services for victims of DV

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“Review of the implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action in the EU Member States: violence against women – victim

support”Scope:

• counselling centres• emergency services• hotlines• women’s shelters/crisis centres• legal advice for victims• health protocols• publicly available information

Main findings

o Specialised services for victims of DV, including counselling and shelters areInsufficient Unequally distributed in and among the

Member States

Female Genital Mutilation

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““Study to map the current situation and trends of female genital mutilation in 27 EU Member States and Croatia”

Main findingso No harmonised FGM prevalence estimates and no comparable

national prevalence studies.o Administrative data not systematically collected or centralisedo Need of a comprehensive strategy, based on a gender-sensitive

and human-rights approach, which empowers girls and women to be in control of their lives and which balances the state measures of protection, prevention and prosecution.

o Improvement in data collection and intensified efforts on the behavioural change among FGM-practising communities, decision-makers and stakeholders in the countries of origin.

Administrative data sources on GBV

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“Mapping administrative data sources on GBV in the EU: current status and potential”

Scope: • Intimate Partner Violence• Sexual Violence:

– Rape– Sexual assault (excl.rape)– Sexual harassment

• StalkingSectors:

• Police• Justice

• Social Services• Health

EU Mapping tool

Administrative data sources on GBV

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Administrative data sources on GBV

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Quality of administrative data

Administrative data sources on GBV

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EU Mapping tool

Main findingso Police and justice are the systems with the widest

coverage of administrative data for all the types of GBV, followed by social services, and mainly for IPV, sexual assault and rape.

o Social services are more focused on IPV and they are not influenced by criminalisation.

o In 24 Member States there are data sources colleting disaggregated information by sex and age of victim and perpetrator and their relationship.

Administrative data sources on GBV

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Some remarkso WHAT? A common understanding in terms and

definitions.o WHY? Data are needed make the right policies and to

measure their effectiveness.o HOW? A common methodology is required and quality

assurance process to ensure reliability and comparability. Data on GBV must be disaggregated.

o WHEN? There is no mandate on GBV data collection across EU-28.

o WHERE? GBV is multisectorial: social-justice-health-public problem.

Cost of Violence

“Study to assess the cost of violence against women across EU-Member States”

Scope: • Intimate Partner Violence• EU-28• Who bears the cost• Sector and types of costs:

– Health, welfare and labour market – Criminal and civil legal system and other public costs, – Human and emotional costs, – Impact future generation, – Long-term effects, etc.

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EqualityInequality

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Gender gaps adjusted for levels of achievement

Results

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Gender Equality Index

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Study The involvement of Men in Gender Equality Initiatives in the EU

The White Ribbon Campaign

Two on-line discussions on Men and Gender Equality

Men and Gender Equality a focus topic in RDC (2013)

Study on Stereotypes

Thematic Network on Men and Gender Equality

Involvement of Men in Gender Equality Initiatives

In total 317 organisations were mapped

24 entries related to violence

Available on EIGE’s website

Includes projects, activities, campaigns

The White Ribbon Campaign

26 White Ribbon Ambassadors:

•Foreign Ministers of Estonia, Finland, Sweden, Lithuania, The Netherlands;•Prime Minister of Malta;•Commissioners of EMPL and REGIO;•Civil Society activists;•Ministers of Justice of Estonia and Ireland;•Heads of EU Agencies;•Minister for Gender Equality of Denmark;•Michael Kaufman•Members of Parliaments

“I mean, it was on the other hand my father, who always used to tell me that because of the fact that I am a man, I should defend my sister. Because my sister, when she was very young, she was very pretty girl. And her male classmates constantly teased her, pulled her plaits and so on. And my father always used to tell me to try to demonstrate here that I am a man and to protect my sister.”

A Man from Poland

“I was born in a workers’ family, and my father he was very harsh and demanding with his wife, sometimes even violent, and this gave me a quite wrong vision of the relation between men and women, as I lived that moment as a male authority imposed on the family as a right and a duty, so for the whole time I was a boy I saw this figure.”

A Man from Italy

Thank you!

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European Institute of Gender Equalitywww.eige.europa.euVILNIUS, Lithuania