The sexual violence in the European Union: a lesion scheduled for statistics

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One in three women in the European Union suffered Physical or sexual violence Throughout his life. However, only 13.9 % The accident was condemned or the police threatening the police. More than half of women (63.7 %) shared the event with a friend or a close person, and connected 20.5 % to the health or social service.

Experts The European Institute for Gender Equality (Eig) indicates that many cases Gender violence It can be hidden in data if factors such as sex, age, form of violence or relationship with the aggressor are not separated.

“During this last exercise to collect administrative data, 26 European Union member states can provide data on Home violence initiatives and violence prevention. However, all of them can share the right statistics properly when indicators require this, which means that the experiences of women’s violence – even when reporting them – are not fully collected, “says the European Gender Equality Institute report.

In European Union countries that provide divided data by sex, women represent 85 % of victims Violence in the spouses In 12 member states, 76 % of victims Domestic violence In 20 member states and 47 % of victims Violence by any aggressor In 13 member states.

The lack of broken data also shows the fact that many violent incidents are not isolated facts. In the European Union, 31.8 % of Women suffered from violence Physics or threats and/or sexual violence by their partner throughout their lives. For most of them, it comes to Repeated violence incidents (14.6 %), while 3.5 % is one accident.

What does the European Union do to address this problem?

“What we have in terms of available and similar data It only reveals the ice tipCarlin Shelli, EIGE, said some European Union countries have good data collection practices.

For example, Germany publishes annual federal reports About home violence, which contains information about the victims of the violence they committed Intimate couples and local aggressorsAccording to the type of crime. Report data is divided by sex, age and crime.

Luxembourg It also shows the annual statistics divided by sex and age and The relationship between the aggressor and the victim. However, unified definitions and data collection methods are missing throughout the European Union.

As of 2027, it will be necessary for member states to collect data annually based on common standards. This initiative aims to lead to more effective policies and interventions Fighting these problems and supporting victims.

“The data is our entry point to understand the nature and spread Gender violence in the European Union. But they can also give us an idea why he did not go to victims to the police or judicial systems, and reveal not to report cases and highlight the barriers facing many women when it comes to requesting official justice. Shell added.

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