Policy Paper: The Importance of Women’s Specialist Support Services in Europe
Policy Paper: The Importance of Women’s Specialist Support Services in Europe
WHY WE NEED NEW HEROINES
WAVE has just published a 28-page brochure with cartoons by female artists, who imagined and presented their vision of an inspirational role model, the character … read article
WAVE HANDBOOK ON STRENGTH-BASED, NEEDS-LED APPROACH NOW AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD
Strengths and skills of women survivors of violence have not been sufficiently taken into account when creating support services for them. This pioneering handbook, published … read article
New Briefing Paper on the Benefits & Challenges of Implementing the Istanbul Convention
WAVE has published a briefing paper on the benefits and challenges of implementing the Istanbul Convention which covers the efforts of the CSSP platform, as … read article
WHOSEFVA Policy Recommendations for Improving Support of Older Women Victims of Abuse (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 article
VERBAL SELF-DEFENCE GUIDE FOR FEMINISTS NOW AVAILABLE IN ENGLISH, FRENCH, HUNGARIAN, UKRAINIAN, BOSNIAN, POLISH, RUSSIAN & TURKISH
WAVE is excited to announce the publishing of the English translation of “Let’s shut down antifeminism! The verbal self-defence guide for feminists,” written by Irene … read article
WAVE Report highlights the importance of Civil Society Networks for ending violence against women
A new research report on increasing the accessibility of civil society networks, especially for women from minority and disadvantaged groups, has been released by WAVE, … read article
Baseline Report on service provision for sexualised violence within the WAVE Membership
The WAVE Working Group on Sexualised Violence (WGSV) recently published an internal report containing baseline information on service provision for women survivors of sexualized violence. … read article
Intersectionality and the inclusive approach to dealing with gender-based violence
WAVE composed a position paper on its stance on intersectionality and the importance to integrate an inclusive approach to dealing with gender-based violence. The paper … read article
WAVE Statistics 2017
The 2017 WAVE country report gives an overview of the situation of women’s specialist support services in Europe and provides statistics on women’s shelters, centres … read article
