Sexo, orientação sexual e género

A legislação europeia antidiscriminação, constituída, em particular, pelas diretivas da UE em matéria
de não discriminação, pelo artigo 14.o da Convenção Europeia dos Direitos do Homem e pelo
Protocolo n.o 12 a esta convenção, proíbe a discriminação em diversos contextos e com base em
diversos motivos. O presente manual examina a legislação europeia neste domínio, tal como
decorre dessas duas fontes, remetendo indiferenciadamente para um ou outro destes sistemas
jurídicos complementares nas situações em que os mesmos se sobrepõem, ou assinalando as
diferenças onde estas existem.

In this book you will read about laws against hurting women, what is wrong and what to do about it.

Seventeen years after adoption of EU laws that forbid discrimination, immigrants, descendants of immigrants, and minority ethnic groups continue to face widespread discrimination across the EU and in all areas of life – most often when seeking employment. For many, discrimination is a recurring experience. This is just one of the findings of FRA’s second European Union Minorities and Discrimination Survey (EU-MIDIS II), which collected information from over 25,500 respondents with different ethnic minority and immigrant backgrounds across all 28 EU Member States.

Women and girls in the European Union (EU) experience persistent gender discrimination and gender-based violence, as evidence collected by FRA confirms. This severely limits the ability of women and girls to enjoy their rights and to participate on an equal footing in society. 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.

Diverse efforts at both EU and national levels sought to bolster fundamental rights protection in 2016, while some measures threatened to undermine such protection.

This year marks the 10th anniversary of the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights. Such a milestone offers an opportunity for reflection – both on the progress that provides cause for celebration and on the lingering shortcomings that must be addressed.

A free and pluralist media is vital to the democratic functioning of the European
Union (EU) and its Member States. However, journalists and other media actors
in the EU face various challenges, including violence, threats and other forms of
pressure, both direct and indirect.