Combating gender-based violence seriously hampered by data gaps

Experts on data collection from EU-28, gathered in Vilnius for a consultation meeting on gender-based violence (GBV) in March 2014, called on policy makers to assure the collection of harmonised and comparable data on GBV in the EU-28.

'Collection of comparable, sex-disaggregated data is necessary to measure the effectiveness of our efforts for ending gender-based violence. Gender-based violence against women is still a hidden crime across the EU. The absence of reliable data and information on the prevalence of violence impedes the progress of combating violence against women. Urgent action is needed by governments to address this deficit', said Therese Murphy from the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE), organiser of the meeting.

• Primary Source

ESO: Background information: Violence against women: an EU-wide survey. Main results report http://www.europeansources.info/record/violence-against-women-an-eu-wide-survey-main-results-report/

ESO: Background information: The study to identify and map existing data and resources on sexual violence against women in the EU http://www.europeansources.info/record/the-study-to-identify-and-map-existing-data-and-resources-on-sexual-violence-against-women-in-the-eu/

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