Plenary summary: Parliament urges Commission and Member States to combat violence against women

Thursday, 27 February 2014

On Tuesday, the European Parliament adopted the Parvanova report, which calls on the Commission to present a strategy on combating violence against women.

Antonyia PARVANOVA MEPThe report states that such a strategy should devote particular attention to, amongst others, LGBT persons.

The EU LGBT survey shows that violence against LGBT people is a large problem, with over a quarter – 26% – indicating they had been attacked or threatened with violence. For transgender persons this figure is as high as 35%.

Specific recommended measures include the setting up of training programs for police and judicial services in dealing with gender-based violence. The report also calls to train staff in social welfare, child welfare and healthcare to deal with such cases.

 

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