Domestic and Gender-Based Violence
Programme area objective
Rationale for the support
in this area. The EU Directive on gender-based violence (Directive (EU) 2024/1385) is also relevant.
Domestic and gender-based violence is widespread throughout Europe and remains under-reported. The 2024 EU survey on gender-based violence conducted by the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA), the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE), and Eurostat shows that one in three women in the EU have experienced violence at home, at work, in public or online. physical, or sexual nature. It may also be technology facilitated. All people can experience the harms of such violence, with women and girls the most impacted. Too frequently, the violence leads to loss of life. The violence can be of an economic, psychological, Prevention will save lives and reduce trauma and other impacts of violence, and will promote social and economic progress. The Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence (Istanbul Convention) and the UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) serve as a reference and guideline for the EEA and Norway Grants’ efforts
Prevention and combatting of
Areas of support
domestic and gender- based violence in line with international and
• Prevention. • Protection. • Prosecution. • Coordinated policies.
European human rights standards.
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