In dubio pro femina: bridging international human rights law with EU refugee law

Abstract

Globally, one in three women (736 million around the world) has been sub-
jected to some type of violence (physical and/or sexual) according to the aggre-
gated statistics of the UN Women, with reporting of number varying based on
the source. According to the Gender Equality Index of the European Institute
of Gender Equality (EIGE) there is a lack of comparable EU-wide quality data
that camouflage the phenomenon’s prevalence. On the other hand, females
compose almost 50% (in certain years, even more) of the forcibly displaced
population (including refugees, asylum seekers, stateless and internally dis-
placed persons) over 57,6 million women and girls according to the Office of
the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).