European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights: Violence Against Women Survey, 2012

The European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) has carried out the first survey on women's experiences of violence across the 28 Member States of the European Union (EU). The survey responds to calls of the Council of the EU and the European Parliament for comparable data on violence against women. Before the FRA survey, available data across the EU on the scale and nature of women’s experiences of violence was fragmented and with many gaps. Existing administrative data (e.g. based on incidents recorded by the police) is not comparable across countries, and many incidents are never reported to the authorities or other service providers. Results from national surveys can also not be reliably compared due to differences in question formulation and survey methodology. Furthermore, some EU Member States have not carried out national surveys on violence against women, or the available data is old.<br>
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The FRA survey is based on face-to-face interviews with 42,000 women across the EU, who were selected based on random sampling. They were asked about their experiences of physical, sexual and psychological violence, including incidents of intimate partner violence ('domestic violence'). The survey also included questions on stalking, sexual harassment, experiences of violence in childhood by adult perpetrators, safety and fear of crime, as well as awareness of laws and support services. While all respondents were asked about experiencing various forms of violence in order to establish the prevalence of violence, women who had been victims of violence were asked further details about the nature and consequences of the incidents. These data can be analysed both at the EU-level and at the Member State level to assess and to develop policies to combat violence against women.<br>
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Further information and publications can be found on the <a class="external" href="https://fra.europa.eu/en" title="FRA">FRA</a> website. <br>
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欧盟基本权利署（European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights, FRA）开展了欧盟28个成员国范围内首项针对女性暴力经历的调研。该调研响应了欧盟理事会与欧洲议会关于获取针对女性暴力可比数据的呼吁。在本次FRA调研开展前，欧盟范围内关于女性暴力经历的规模与性质的可用数据零散且存在大量缺失：现有行政数据（例如基于警方记录的案件）在各国间不具备可比性，且诸多暴力事件从未向当局或其他服务机构报案；各国调研的问题设计与调研方法存在差异，导致其结果无法进行可靠对比。此外，部分欧盟成员国尚未开展针对女性暴力的全国性调研，或现有数据已过时。<br><br>本次FRA调研采用随机抽样方式选取欧盟境内42000名女性，通过面对面访谈收集数据。调研内容涵盖身体暴力、性暴力与心理暴力经历，包括亲密伴侣暴力（intimate partner violence，即“家庭暴力”）相关事件；同时设置了关于跟踪骚扰、性骚扰、童年时期遭受成年施害者暴力、安全状况与犯罪恐惧，以及对相关法律与支持服务的认知等问题。所有受访者均被问及各类暴力经历以确定暴力发生率，而曾遭受暴力侵害的女性则被进一步询问事件的性质与后果相关细节。这些数据可在欧盟层面与成员国层面进行分析，以评估并制定打击针对女性暴力的政策。<br><br>更多信息与公开出版物可访问<a class="external" href="https://fra.europa.eu/en" title="FRA">FRA</a>官方网站。&nbsp;<br><br>