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HELPING TO MAKE FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS

A REALITY FOR EVERYONE IN THE EUROPEAN UNION

Challenges to women’s

human rights in the EU

Gender discrimination, sexist hate speech and

gender-based violence against women and girls

Contribution to the third Annual Colloquium

on Fundamental Rights - November 2017

Women and girls in the European Union (EU) experience persistent gender

discrimination and gender-based violence, as evidence collected by the

EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) confirms. This severely limits

the ability of women and girls to enjoy their rights and to participate on

an equal footing in society. Recent revelations on the global extent to

which women and girls experience sexual harassment stress the urgent

need to tackle socially, culturally and structurally entrenched gender

inequalities. This FRA contribution to the third Annual Colloquium on

Fundamental Rights ‘Women's rights in turbulent times’ looks at core

human rights commitments. It balances these against selected evidence

on gender discrimination, sexist hate speech and gender-based violence

against women and girls in the EU. The paper underlines the need for

EU institutions and Member States to stand firm in their commitment

to safeguard the dignity of all women and girls in the EU. It therefore

highlights concrete areas of intervention where the EU and its Member

States could work actively to turn this commitment into a reality.

Contents

Safeguarding the dignity of women and girls in the EU...........................................2

A comprehensive EU framework to counter discrimination and violence

against women ..............................................................................................................2

Gender inequality contributes to persisting discrimination, hate speech

and violence against women .......................................................................................4

All women are not the same: gender discrimination intersecting with

other grounds of discrimination ................................................................................17

Backlash against gender equality..............................................................................21

In conclusion .................................................................................................................22

Endnotes .......................................................................................................................26

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Further information:

The following FRA publications offer further information on the themes explored in this paper:

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Violence against women: an EU-wide survey, Main results

(2014), http://fra.europa.eu/en/

publication/2014/violence-against-women-eu-wide-survey-main-results-report

Fundamental Rights Forum - Chair’s Statement

(2016), http://fra.europa.eu/en/publication/2016/

fundamental-rights-forum-chairs-statement

Monthly data collection on the current migration situation in the EU,

June 2016 monthly report (2016),

http://fra.europa.eu/en/theme/asylum-migration-borders/overviews/focus-gender-based-violence

The fundamental rights situation of intersex people

(2015), http://fra.europa.eu/en/publication/2015/

fundamental-rights-situation-intersex-people

Addressing forced marriage in the EU: legal provisions and promising practices

(2014), http://fra.europa.

eu/en/publication/2014/addressing-forced-marriage-eu-legal-provisions-and-promising-practices

Discrimination against and living conditions of Roma women in 11 Member States,

Roma survey, Data in focus (2014), http://fra.europa.eu/en/publication/2014/

discrimination-against-and-living-conditions-roma-women-11-eu-member-states

Migrants in an irregular situation employed in domestic work: Fundamental rights challenges for

the European Union and its Member States

(2011), http://fra.europa.eu/en/publication/2012/

migrants-irregular-situation-employed-domestic-work-fundamental-rights-challenges

Analysis of FRA Roma survey results by gender

(2013), http://fra.europa.eu/en/publication/2013/

analysis-fra-roma-survey-results-gender

Inequalities and multiple discrimination in access to and quality of healthcare

(2013), http://fra.europa.

eu/en/publication/2013/inequalities-discrimination-healthcare

Violence, threats and pressures against journalists and other media actors

in the European Union

(2016), http://fra.europa.eu/en/publication/2016/

violence-threats-and-pressures-against-journalists-and-other-media-actors-european

Ensuring justice for hate crime victims: professional perspectives

(2016), http://fra.europa.eu/en/

publication/2016/ensuring-justice-hate-crime-victims-professional-perspectives

Print: ISBN 978-92-9491-829-1 , doi:10.2811/98517, TK-04-17-918-EN-C

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Further information on FRA’s work in the ield of hate crime is available on the FRA website:

http://fra.europa.eu/en/theme/hate-crime

PDF: ISBN 10.2811/711644, doi:10.2811/711644, TK-04-17-918-EN-N

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