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It is the approximate population of Tokyo. It is more than 130 times the capacity of FC Barcelona\u2019s stadium, Europe\u2019s largest. And, according to a 2012 \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/fra.europa.eu\/en\/publication\/2014\/violence-against-women-eu-wide-survey-main-results-report\u0022\u003EEU-wide survey\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cu\u003E, \u003C\/u\u003Eit is the estimated number of women in the European Union who suffered physical violence in the previous 12 months.\u003C\/p\u003E\u0026#13;\n\u0026#13;\n\u003Cp\u003E\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\u003Cdiv class=\u0022embed align-right embedded-entity embedded-entity-type-media embedded-entity-bundle-image embedded-entity-viewmode-embeddable embed--right\u0022\u003E\n \n\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\n \n \n\n\n\n\u003Cfigure class=\u0022figure figure--expand text-center\u0022\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\u0022figure__media relative inline-block mx-auto\u0022\u003E\n \u003Ca href=\u0022\/modal\/25566\u0022 rel=\u0022modal:open\u0022 class=\u0022figure__link\u0022\u003E\n \u003Cimg srcset=\u0022\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/480w\/public\/multimedia_images_2015\/rtr3ds3n_layout_comp.jpg?itok=XLL33aGj 480w, \/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/embed_xxl\/public\/multimedia_images_2015\/rtr3ds3n_layout_comp.jpg?itok=-iNQKjjp 850w\u0022 sizes=\u0022(max-width: 524px) 100px, 500px\u0022 data-responsive-image-style=\u0022embedded_images\u0022 src=\u0022\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/embed_xxl\/public\/multimedia_images_2015\/rtr3ds3n_layout_comp.jpg?itok=-iNQKjjp\u0022 width=\u0022850\u0022 height=\u0022561\u0022 alt=\u0022women uk\u0022 loading=\u0022lazy\u0022 typeof=\u0022foaf:Image\u0022 \/\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\u0022figure__expand absolute block bottom-0 right-0 w-8 h-8 bg-white text-gray-700\u0022\u003E\n \u003Cspan class=\u0022sr-only\u0022\u003EClick to expand Image\u003C\/span\u003E\n \n\n\n\n\u003Cdiv class=\u0022icon fill-current w-full inline-block\u0022\u003E\n \u003Csvg viewbox=\u00220 0 20 20\u0022 fill=\u0022currentColor\u0022 role=\u0022img\u0022 focusable=\u0022false\u0022 aria-hidden=\u0022true\u0022\u003E\u003Cuse xlink:href=\u0022\/themes\/custom\/hrw_design\/dist\/app-drupal\/assets\/spritemap.svg?cacheBuster=#sprite-expand\u0022\u003E\u003C\/use\u003E\u003C\/svg\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n \u003C\/div\u003E\n \u003C\/a\u003E\n \u003C\/div\u003E\n \u003Cfigcaption class=\u0022figure__info text-left font-serif text-xs md:text-sm lg:text-base mx-auto text-gray-700 mt-1\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022figure__caption\u0022\u003EWomen protest at a gathering of the \u0027One Billion Rising\u0027 campaign in central London February 14, 2013. One Billion Rising is a global campaign to call for an end to violence against women and girls.\u00a0\n\u003C\/span\u003E\n \u003Cspan class=\u0022figure__credit\u0022\u003E\u00a9 2015 Reuters\u003C\/span\u003E\n \u003C\/figcaption\u003E\u003C\/figure\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\n \u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/p\u003E\u0026#13;\n\u0026#13;\n\u003Cp\u003ESurvey results also showed that one in three European women had experienced physical and\/or sexual violence since age 15. Published last year, this data rattled the European public and policymakers. But it shouldn\u2019t have: the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.who.int\/mediacentre\/news\/releases\/2013\/violence_against_women_20130620\/en\/\u0022\u003EDirector-General of the World Health Organization\u003C\/a\u003E (WHO) has called violence against women a problem of \u201cepidemic proportions,\u201d and Europe is no exception. \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.heuni.fi\/en\/index\/researchareas\/violenceagainstwomen\/internationalviolenceagainstwomensurveyivaws.html\u0022\u003EResearch\u003C\/a\u003E has long shown that no social or economic group is immune to violence against women, particularly domestic violence. Many in high-income countries, however, cling to the myth that it only happens \u201cover there,\u201d in places where conflict rages and poverty can\u2019t hide.\u003C\/p\u003E\u0026#13;\n\u0026#13;\n\u003Cp\u003EYet this is truly a myth: the WHO \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.who.int\/reproductivehealth\/publications\/violence\/9789241564625\/en\/\u0022\u003Eestimates\u003C\/a\u003E that 25.4% of women in the European region experience violence from intimate partners. Such violence is often brutal. In \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2013\/11\/06\/hungary-chronic-domestic-violence\u0022\u003EHungary\u003C\/a\u003E, \u201cElvira\u201d (not her real name) told Human Rights Watch her husband grabbed her wrists, dragged her to the door, and threw her off a balcony. In \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2011\/05\/04\/turkey-women-left-unprotected-violence\u0022\u003ETurkey\u003C\/a\u003E, \u201cZelal\u201d described an attack by her ex-husband: \u201cHe held me, I screamed \u2018Let me go,\u2019 and he started beating me\u2026. He pulled my hair and covered my mouth, and he dragged me to my house\u2026. Then he took off my clothes and raped me.\u201d Survivors of such violence are often denied crucial services and access to justice; two police stations turned \u201cZelal\u201d away when she tried to report the abuse.\u003C\/p\u003E\u0026#13;\n\u0026#13;\n\u003Cdiv class=\u0022embed\u0022 data-type=\u0022quote\u0022\u003E\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\u003Cdiv class=\u0022embed align-left embedded-entity embedded-entity-type-paragraph embedded-entity-bundle-pullquote embedded-entity-viewmode-embeddable embed--left\u0022\u003E\n \n\u003Cdiv\u003E\n \n \n \n\u003Cfigure class=\u0022pull-quote-block py-12 leading-tight max-w-xs mx-auto\u0022\u003E\u003Cblockquote class=\u0022pull-quote-block__quote md:text-2xl font-sans font-bold pl-10 md:pl-16 relative\u0022\u003E\n Violence against women threatens the rights to life, health, physical integrity, an adequate standard of living, and non-discrimination, among other rights enshrined in international treaties.\n \u003Cspan class=\u0022pull-quote-block__quote-icon text-gray-400 absolute top-0 left-0 w-6 md:w-10\u0022\u003E\n \n\n\n\n\u003Cdiv class=\u0022icon fill-current w-full inline-block\u0022\u003E\n \u003Csvg viewbox=\u00220 0 20 20\u0022 fill=\u0022currentColor\u0022 role=\u0022img\u0022 focusable=\u0022false\u0022 aria-hidden=\u0022true\u0022\u003E\u003Cuse xlink:href=\u0022\/themes\/custom\/hrw_design\/dist\/app-drupal\/assets\/spritemap.svg?cacheBuster=#sprite-quote-open\u0022\u003E\u003C\/use\u003E\u003C\/svg\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n \u003C\/span\u003E\n \u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n \u003Cfigcaption class=\u0022pull-quote-block__credit font-sans mt-6 pl-10 md:pl-16\u0022\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\u0022pull-quote-block__author text-sm md:text-lg font-bold\u0022\u003E\n \n \u003C\/div\u003E\n \u003Cp class=\u0022pull-quote-block__title text-xs md:text-sm\u0022\u003E\n \n \u003C\/p\u003E\n \u003C\/figcaption\u003E\u003C\/figure\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\n \u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\u0026#13;\n\u0026#13;\n\u003Cp\u003ETo change this, governments should commit to ending violence against women, whether it occurs in public or in private. \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.un.org\/ga\/search\/view_doc.asp?symbol=A\/69\/L.85\u0026amp;Lang=E\u0022\u003ESustainable Development Goal 5\u003C\/a\u003E\u00a0 \u2013 which the UN will adopt this month as one of 17 global policy priorities \u2013 calls on member states to do just that as a means to ensure gender equality and women\u2019s empowerment. This is a start, but it must be accompanied by clear benchmarks and strong reporting and evaluation mechanisms that hold states \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2015\/07\/22\/post-2015-outcome-document-redlines-and-proposals-follow-and-review\u0022\u003Eaccountable\u003C\/a\u003E for taking steps to eliminate violence against women.\u00a0\u003C\/p\u003E\u0026#13;\n\u0026#13;\n\u003Cp\u003EViolence against women threatens the rights to life, health, physical integrity, an adequate standard of living, and non-discrimination, among other rights enshrined in international treaties. The \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.un.org\/ga\/search\/view_doc.asp?symbol=A\/RES\/67\/144\u0026amp;Lang=E\u0022\u003EUN General Assembly\u003C\/a\u003E has stated that, as well as violating women\u2019s human rights, violence against women \u201cimpedes social and economic development.\u201d Governments have not only a moral imperative to end violence against women, but an economic one. Health care, social and legal system expenses related to such violence, and women\u2019s lack of economic participation due to injuries, are costly. One study estimated that violence against women cost the EU \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.europarl.europa.eu\/RegData\/etudes\/etudes\/join\/2013\/504467\/IPOL-JOIN_ET(2013)504467_EN.pdf\u0022\u003E228 billion Euros in 2011\u003C\/a\u003E, or 1.8% of GDP.\u003C\/p\u003E\u0026#13;\n\u0026#13;\n\u003Cdiv class=\u0022embed\u0022 data-type=\u0022report\u0022\u003E\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\u003Cdiv class=\u0022embed align-right embedded-entity embedded-entity-type-node embedded-entity-bundle-report embedded-entity-viewmode-embeddable embed--right\u0022\u003E\n \n \n\n\n\u003Cdiv class=\u0022media-related flex md:ml-8\u0022\u003E\n \u003Cdiv class=\u0022media-related__image flex-none\u0022\u003E\n \u003Ca href=\u0022\/report\/2013\/11\/06\/unless-blood-flows\/lack-protection-domestic-violence-hungary\u0022 class=\u0022media-related__image-link\u0022\u003E\n \n \u003Cimg src=\u0022\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/thumbnail\/public\/media\/images\/report-covers\/hungary1113_reportcover.jpg?itok=DJQSGqgH\u0022 alt=\u0022\u0022 loading=\u0022lazy\u0022 class=\u0022unloaded\u0022 width=\u002277\u0022 height=\u0022100\u0022 \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\n \u003C\/div\u003E\n \u003Cdiv class=\u0022media-related__content pl-4\u0022\u003E\n \u003Cdiv class=\u0022media-related__info text-base text-gray-700\u0022\u003E\n \u003Ctime class=\u0022media-related__date\u0022 datetime=\u00222013-11-06T03:45:09-0500\u0022\u003ENovember 6, 2013\u003C\/time\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\u0022media-related__title text-gray-900 text-2xl leading-tight font-medium font-sans mt-1\u0022\u003E\n \u003Ca href=\u0022\/report\/2013\/11\/06\/unless-blood-flows\/lack-protection-domestic-violence-hungary\u0022 class=\u0022media-related__title-link hover:underline focus:underline\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EUnless Blood Flows\u003C\/span\u003E\n\u003C\/a\u003E\n \u003C\/div\u003E\n \u003Cp class=\u0022media-related__subtitle text-gray-700 text-lg font-serif font-normal leading-snug py-2\u0022\u003ELack of Protection from Domestic Violence in Hungary\u003C\/p\u003E\n \u003C\/div\u003E\n \u003Cul class=\u0022media-related__list\u0022\u003E\u003Cli class=\u0022media-related__item block border-t border-gray-200 first:border-t-0 \u0022\u003E\n \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/sites\/default\/files\/reports\/hungary1113_ForUpload.pdf\u0022 class=\u0022media-related__item-link flex py-2\u0022\u003E\n \u003Cspan class=\u0022media-related__item-icon self-center\u0022\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cdiv class=\u0022icon fill-current w-4 inline-block\u0022\u003E\n \u003Csvg viewbox=\u00220 0 20 20\u0022 fill=\u0022currentColor\u0022 role=\u0022img\u0022 focusable=\u0022false\u0022 aria-hidden=\u0022true\u0022\u003E\u003Cuse xlink:href=\u0022\/themes\/custom\/hrw_design\/dist\/app-drupal\/assets\/spritemap.svg?cacheBuster=#sprite-docicon\u0022\u003E\u003C\/use\u003E\u003C\/svg\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/span\u003E\n \u003Cp class=\u0022media-related__item-title font-semibold text-sm pl-4\u0022\u003EDownload the full report\u003C\/p\u003E\n \u003C\/a\u003E\n \u003C\/li\u003E\n \u003C\/ul\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\n \u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\u0026#13;\n\u0026#13;\n\u003Cp\u003EAs a first step in Europe, every Council of Europe member state should ratify the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2014\/04\/24\/europe-treaty-violence-against-women-take-effect\u0022\u003EIstanbul Convention\u003C\/a\u003E on violence against women and domestic violence. This groundbreaking treaty requires that states criminalize forms of violence from forced marriage to stalking, and meet standards for prevention, service provision, and accountability. Despite political commitments, countries such as Belgium, the Netherlands, and the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2015\/07\/31\/dispatches-uk-promises-wont-end-violence-against-women\u0022\u003EUK\u003C\/a\u003E have yet to ratify.\u003C\/p\u003E\u0026#13;\n\u0026#13;\n\u003Cp\u003EAs a new global policy agenda, the SDGs can spur reluctant states into needed action on violence against women. No region \u2013 including Europe \u2013 should be exempt.\u003C\/p\u003E\u0026#13;\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\n \n\n \n \n\n \n \n\u003C\/div\u003E\n","settings":null}]