"Violence against women is violence against the entire society," Mogherini said.
"The entire society has to react, starting with men."
Mogherini highlighted that the EU has implemented targeted projects across the globe to combat this issue, including the recent EU Gender Action Plan 2016-2020, which aims to promote gender equality and the empowerment of women.
"As policy-makers, we bear the greatest responsibility to protect women and raise awareness," she added.
Meanwhile, Lower House speaker, Laura Boldrini has published vulgar and violent insults she received on Facebook to raise awareness and trigger action to end threats against women on social media.
"I have selected only a few of the insulting messages I have received over the past month," Boldrini said.
Boldrini explained that she published the violent messages, "in the name of those who live through the same experience but don't feel like making it public and suffer in silence".
The House speaker urged everyone to read the comments and decide "whether this can be defined as freedom of expression".
"Is nobody ever going to kill this terrorist?", read one of the comments by someone who signed off as Andrea Granelli, while a Faro Di Maria wrote that Boldrini "deserved to end up like a whore".
Rome mayor, Virginia Raggi also announced on Friday a number of measures her government will take to counter violence against women.
She said that the city will bring civil action in trials concerning cases of violence against women and that her administration will help anti-abuse centers and create a new observatory to monitor sexism in commercials.
With ANSA
