Registration is open for the 2019 WAVE Conference
The 21st WAVE conference “25 Years of Defending Women’s Human Rights: Milestones and Visions for the Future” is a celebration of the work the WAVE Network has done over the last quarter century and will be taking place in Tallinn,…
Supporting the Sustainability and Autonomy of Women’s Organizations Providing Services in Eastern Europe for Women and Children Survivors of Domestic Violence (2015)
This report focuses on the promotion of the work of women’s organizations, more specifically feminist women’s NGOs, who provide services to women survivors of violence and their children and to build knowledge in the area of ensuring sustainability and autonomy…
“More than a roof over your head” (2002)
The present survey focuses on those eleven minimum standards for women’s shelters which were defined by a group of experts at the Cologne conference in March 1999. Our principal concern was to ascertain whether the women’s shelters in the EU…
The Poverty Risks of Women Affected by Violence and their Children: Report on the socioeconomic situation in Austria (2009)
Download the 2009 Report in ENGLISH and GERMAN language.
Prevention of Domestic Violence against Women (2000)
The present brochure “Prevention of Domestic Violence against Women” deals with preventive measures which have been taken in Europe to combat male violence against women in intimate relationships. It surveys the status of prevention efforts in the EU Member States…
Positive messaging campaign on the Istanbul Convention launches
May 27th, 2019 – Today, the CSSP positive messaging campaign on the Istanbul Convention launches in the Western Balkans and Turkey. From May 27 – 31st, nine important articles from the Istanbul Convention will be presented and discussed on WAVE…
Call for the release of Nasrin Sotoudeh
Nasrin Sotoudeh, an Iranian human rights lawyer, was sentenced to 38 years in prison and 148 lashes for her work in defending women’s human rights and protesting the strict veiling laws. She was convicted in absentia, since neither her, nor…
Away From Violence (2004) available in 16 languages!
The manual “Away from violence – Guidelines for setting up and running a women’s refuge” is available for download in the following languages: Croatian Czech English Estonian Finnish German Greek Hungarian Italian Lithuanian Polish Portuguese Romanian Slovak Slovenian Turkish