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FRA chairs EU agencies in year of institutional change

The EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) will lead the Europe-wide network of EU Agencies in 2014, the year in which the EU landscape is changing. With the European Parliament elections in May and a new European Commission in the autumn, EU Agencies remain well placed to showcase the EU’s added value.
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Sex, sexual orientation and gender

Launch conference - Violence Against Women

Best of the launch conference 'Violence against women across the EU: Abuse at home, work, in public and online'.
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Equality, non-discrimination and racism
Sex, sexual orientation and gender
Justice, victims’ rights and judicial cooperation
Victims’ rights

Violence against women survey

Results of the biggest ever violence against women survey.
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Sex, sexual orientation and gender

Voices of victims of violence against women

FRA's survey on violence against women reveals for the first time the extent to which women are abused at home, at work, in public and online.
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Sex, sexual orientation and gender

Violence against Women: every day and everywhere

A new report by the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) presents results from the world’s biggest-ever survey on violence against women, revealing the extent of abuse suffered by women at home, work, in public and online. As well as demonstrating the wide prevalence of violence against adult women, the report also details incidents of physical and sexual violence experienced by women in childhood.
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Violence against women survey

Widespread violence against women in EU: At home, work, in public, online.
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Sex, sexual orientation and gender

Unreported violence against women masks true extent of problem

Two-thirds of female victims of physical and/or sexual violence did not contact the police or any other service following the most serious incident of violence they had experienced, a survey from the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) can reveal. The scale of the problem therefore often remains invisible in official figures, highlighting the need to improve awareness of the issue.
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Data protection, privacy and new technologies

Citizens require efficient and accessible protection against data protection violations

People across the EU have become victims of data protection violations brought on by the widespread use of information and communication technologies by public and private bodies. Web-based activities, direct marketing, and video surveillance account for most data protection violations.
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Equality, non-discrimination and racism
Hate crime

Racism, discrimination, intolerance and extremism: Learning from experiences in Greece and Hungary

Racism, discrimination, extremism and intolerance currently pose a great challenge for the European Union. In a new report, the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights examines the responses of two Member States, taking these countries as case studies to demonstrate the need for more targeted and effective measures to combat these phenomena throughout the EU. The report ends by proposing a number of steps to improve the situation.
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FRA: hate crime - giving victims a face and a voice

Four victims of hate crime speak about their experiences.
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FRC 2013: Livia Jaroka

Video message from MEP Livia Jaroka to the Fundamental Rights Conference 2013
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Hate crime

Combating hate crime in the EU: Giving hate crime victims a face and a voice

The EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) holds its annual high level Fundamental Rights Conference in Vilnius on 12-13 November. This year’s conference focuses on ‘Combating hate crime in the EU’ and is being hosted in cooperation with the Lithuanian Presidency of the Council of the EU.

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Combating antisemitism: more targeted measures needed

FRA is today presenting the first comparable figures on Jewish people’s experiences of antisemitic harassment, discrimination and hate crime in the EU. On 8 November, the eve of the anniversary of the anti-Jewish pogroms that took place 75 years ago, it needs to be acknowledged that while Member States have made sustained efforts to combat antisemitism, the phenomenon is still widespread.




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FRA: survey on antisemitism - Martin Schulz

Message by the President of the European Parliament.
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FRA: survey on antisemitism - Morten Kjaerum

Video message by the FRA Director.
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FRA: survey on antisemitism - Herman Van Rompuy

Video message by the President of the European Council.
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Asylum, migration and borders

Tragic reminder off coast of Italy of Europe’s need to address asylum and migration

The recent tragedy off Italy in which at least 92 people have died after a boat carrying African migrants sank, underscores why all possible efforts should be made to reduce the need for people to take such dangerous journeys, given the high risks of sea crossings.
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Asylum, migration and borders

Maltese migrant dilemma points to urgent need for clearer disembarkation rules, says FRA

On 4 August, 102 people, including four pregnant women, one injured woman as well as a five-month old baby were rescued by a tanker, the M/V SALAMIS, in the Libyan search and rescue area.
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Combating hate crime in the EU – Fundamental Rights Conference 2013

Combating hate crime in the EU - Giving victims a face and a voice
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FRA is on a good track, finds external evaluation

The Council Working Party on Fundamental Rights, Citizens Rights and Free Movement of Persons (FREMP) discussed the results of FRA’s independent external evaluation on 9 July. The FRA Management Board’s recommendations resulting from this evaluation were also discussed. The Chairperson of the FRA Management Board, Maija Sakslin, and FRA Director, Morten Kjaerum, took part in the meeting.