Violence against women (Easy read)
In this book you will read about laws against hurting women, what is wrong and what to do about it.
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In brief / Factsheet
Violence against women: an EU‑wide survey
This factsheet presents some examples of survey findings, which are placed alongside general considerations as possible 'ways forward' for responding to violence against women.
Violence against women: an EU-wide survey. Results at a glance
Violence against women undermines women's core fundamental rights such as dignity, access to justice and gender equality. For example, one in three women has experienced physical and/or sexual violence since the age of 15; one in five women has experienced stalking; every second woman has been confronted with one or more forms of sexual harassment.
Violence against women: an EU-wide survey - Survey methodology, sample and fieldwork. Technical report
This technical report presents a detailed overview of the research methods used by FRA when collecting survey data on women's personal experiences of various forms of violence.
We asked more than 900 women in every country of the European Union. We asked over 40,000 women in total. We asked if anyone had been violent to them.
About one in three women say someone has hurt them physically.
Most women don't tell the police when someone hurts them.
We say that we should let doctors and nurses ask patients if someone has hurt them.
We say the police should have special people to help women who have been hurt. These special people know how to help.
We need to find out if people are helping women.