WAVE 2016 Fact Sheet on the Istanbul Convention
The Council of Europe’s Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence (Istanbul Convention) represents a milestone in the fight against violence … Read more
Feminist Network Promoting Human Rights of Women and Children
The Council of Europe’s Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence (Istanbul Convention) represents a milestone in the fight against violence … Read more
In 2014, the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) presented the results of the first European-wide survey on violence against women, based on 42,000 … Read more
In 2010, two engaged and courageous Spanish Members of the European Parliament, Carmen Romero López and Teresa Jiménez-Becerril Barrio, started a groundbreaking initiative to improve … Read more
The 2014 WAVE Report (published in 2015) provides an up-to-date overview of the availability of core specialized support services for women and their children in … Read more
Download WAVE Fact Sheet on the cost of violence against women and children here (January 2016).
Download the 2018 Working Paper here.
The WAVE Thematic Paper on the Importance of Women’s Specialist Support Services in Europe explores the necessity and added value provided by this type of … Read more
WAVE Infosheet – 2018
The amount of older people in society is rapidly increasing, yet services to protect and support older women victims of abuse are weak or non-existent … Read more
The 2017 ‘Thematic Paper on Improving Access to Services for Women with Disabilities’ looks at which challenges women with disabilities face when trying to seek … Read more