{"id":27131,"date":"2025-01-02T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-01-02T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/z6frttwr.ordoiuris.io\/aktualnosc\/most-violence-against-women-occurs-in-countries-that-have-adopted-the-istanbul-convention-latest-eu-report\/"},"modified":"2025-08-14T11:10:54","modified_gmt":"2025-08-14T09:10:54","slug":"most-violence-against-women-occurs-in-countries-that-have-adopted-the-istanbul-convention-latest-eu-report","status":"publish","type":"informacje","link":"https:\/\/ordoiuris.pl\/en\/press-newsdesk\/most-violence-against-women-occurs-in-countries-that-have-adopted-the-istanbul-convention-latest-eu-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Most violence against women occurs in countries that have adopted the Istanbul Convention \u2013 latest EU report"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u2022 The results of the latest report, EU Gender-based Violence Survey \u2013 Key Results, on the topic of violence against women, which includes data from 27 member states, show that Scandinavian countries such as Denmark, Finland, and Sweden have some of the highest rates of violence against women (52%, 47%, and 46%, respectively). <\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022 The rate in Poland is only 19%, and is one of the lowest in Europe.<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022 This report was prepared by the European Union\u2019s Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA), Eurostat (the EU\u2019s statistical office), and the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE).<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022 The report indicates that Western countries, particularly those Nordic\/Scandinavian countries which ratified the Istanbul Convention early on, have higher rates of violence against women than those countries which have never adopted it. <\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022 The Istanbul Convention, officially known as the Council of Europe\u2019s Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence, has been the subject of intense debate for years due to controversy over its contents and doubts about its actual impact on the protection of women.<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022 The terms and definitions used in the EU study allow for a broad analysis of the phenomenon of violence, while such a wide topical scope raises questions about the accuracy of its results as well as the feasibility of effectively implementing its conclusions within the legal systems of the individual member states. <\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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The report \u201cEU Gender-based Violence Survey – Key Results,\u201d<\/a> which was produced by the EU\u2019s Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA), Eurostat (the EU\u2019s statistical office), and the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE), is the newest and most comprehensive source of data on violence against women across the 27 EU countries. It was conducted based on interviews with 114,023 women drawn from a representative sample of each member state\u2019s population (aged 18-74). Data was collected between 2020 and 2024, and the methods used included in-person, telephone, and online interviews that were conducted in each country. The report\u2019s aim is to analyze the prevalence of various forms of violence against women, note their consequences, and examine the victims\u2019 interactions with various support systems.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Structure and results of the report<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The report is divided into four main sections:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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  1. General violence \u2013 from any perpetrator<\/b> \u2013 30.7% of women in the EU have experienced physical or sexual violence, or threats of violence. The highest rates of violence were recorded in the Nordic countries: Finland (57.1%), Sweden (52.5%), and Denmark (47.5%). Some of the lowest rates were found in Poland (16.7%) and Bulgaria (11.9%).<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
  2. Intimate-partner violence<\/b> \u2013 17.7% of women have been victims of violence perpetrated by a current or former partner. One of the lowest rates in this category was recorded in Poland (11.2%), and the highest was in Hungary (41.1%).<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
  3. Violence from third parties (other than an intimate partner)<\/b> \u2013 20.2% of women have suffered violence committed by people other than their intimate partners after the age of 15. Finland (46.5%) and Sweden (42%) top the list, with Czechia, Poland, and Bulgaria at the bottom (less than 10%).<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n
  4. Sexual harassment in the workplace<\/b> \u2013 as many as 30.8% of women have experienced sexual harassment at some point in their professional lives. As many as 30.8% of women in the EU reported workplace harassment, with the highest rates being found in Sweden (55.4%) and Finland (53.7%), while the lowest were in Poland (13%) and Bulgaria (12.2%).<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    This data raises questions about the reasons for the high rates of violence in some countries, especially when viewed in the context of their liberal migration policies. Nordic countries such as Sweden and Denmark have for many years received significant numbers of migrants from regions where gender equality is scarcely known. Consequently, violence against women may be the result of a clash of differing value systems.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

    Sexual violence is especially commonplace in some countries:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n