On 20 June 2007, the European Parliament and the Council adopted Decision No 779/2007/EC establishing, for the period 2007-2013, the specific programme Daphne III as part of the General Programme "Fundamental Rights and Justice".
The aforementioned decision was published in the Official Journal L 173 of 3 July 2007.
The aim of this programme is to contribute to the protection of children, young people and women against all forms of violence. Over the next twelve months, around 3,500 children under the age of 15 will die as a result of physical assault and neglect in the world’s richest nations. One out of every ten schoolchildren faces violence at school – some of it so traumatic that suicide seems the only way out. Moreover, recent studies on gender-based violence suggest that an estimated one-fifth to one-quarter of all women in Europe have experienced physical acts of violence at least once during their adult lives, and more than one-tenth have suffered sexual violence involving the use of force. One particularly serious form of violence is human trafficking: the estimated number of trafficking victims in the EU is over 100.000 per year, and 80% of these are women and girls.
The general objective of Daphne III will be to contribute to the protection of children, young people and women against all forms of violence and to attain a high level of health protection, well-being and social cohesion. These general objectives will contribute to the development of Community policies, in particular those related to public health, human rights and gender equality, as well as actions aimed at protection of children's rights, and the fight against trafficking in human beings and sexual exploitation.
The aforementioned decision was published in the Official Journal L 173 of 3 July 2007.
The aim of this programme is to contribute to the protection of children, young people and women against all forms of violence. Over the next twelve months, around 3,500 children under the age of 15 will die as a result of physical assault and neglect in the world’s richest nations. One out of every ten schoolchildren faces violence at school – some of it so traumatic that suicide seems the only way out. Moreover, recent studies on gender-based violence suggest that an estimated one-fifth to one-quarter of all women in Europe have experienced physical acts of violence at least once during their adult lives, and more than one-tenth have suffered sexual violence involving the use of force. One particularly serious form of violence is human trafficking: the estimated number of trafficking victims in the EU is over 100.000 per year, and 80% of these are women and girls.
The general objective of Daphne III will be to contribute to the protection of children, young people and women against all forms of violence and to attain a high level of health protection, well-being and social cohesion. These general objectives will contribute to the development of Community policies, in particular those related to public health, human rights and gender equality, as well as actions aimed at protection of children's rights, and the fight against trafficking in human beings and sexual exploitation.
