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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 13815
Russian invasion of Ukraine / Women’s rights

Female Ukrainian refugees in EU face heightened risks of sexual harassment and labour exploitation

Almost 25% of female Ukrainians have suffered physical or sexual violence since the start of the Russia’s war of aggression, and 54% have been physically or verbally abused in the EU for speaking Ukrainian in public, the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) said on Tuesday 24 February.

Some 2.5 million women and girls have fled the war in Ukraine since February 2022. By the end of 2025, 1.8 million of these Ukrainian women had been granted temporary protection in the EU,...

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Russian invasion of Ukraine
EXTERNAL ACTION
INSTITUTIONAL
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS - SOCIETAL ISSUES
SECTORAL POLICIES
NEWS BRIEFS