Violence against women remains a major social, public health, and human rights problem in the EU. Violence against women is a complex phenomenon that needs to be understood within the wider social context and within the social and cultural norms that permeate it. Public attitudes and responses...

As the European Commission’s current work programme for gender equality - out-lined in its Strategy for equality between men and women 2010-2015 - draws to a close and the EU considers the way forward for gender equality policies, this publication offers a range of perspectives on what has...

Economic independence and fighting gender-based violence are two key priorities in the 2016-19 Strategic Engagement for Gender Equality. Studies assessing economic and health implications of gender-based violence have been undertaken nationally in some Member States as well as for the EU as a...

Das Seminar fand am 20.-21.Oktober 2016 in Brüssel statt und widmete sich bewährten Verfahren, um gegen Einkommensunterschiede zwischen Frauen und Männern anzugehen. Auch wenn in einigen EU-Staaten Fortschritte erzielt wurden, besaß das Seminar angesichts der tief verwurzelten Problematik...