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, under the EU–UN Women regional programme, ‘Implementing Norms, Changing Minds’. Produced as part of the…
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. Information contained in this report was provided by a small sample of WAVE member organizations…
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 is structured into two sections, and gives both theoretical and practical reasoning on WAVE’s implementation…
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 and national women’s helplines from a total of 46 European countries. For further details regarding…
Improving Access to Services for Women with Disabilities (2017)
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 help from gender-based violence. The protection of women with disability from gender-based violence has been…
Preventing and Eradicating Femicide (2017)
The WAVE thematic paper on preventing and eradicating femicide is meant to provide policy-makers and practitioners with a comprehensive yet concise overview on the topic of femicide. The paper includes a detailed definition of the phenomenon, including a wide range…
WAVE Statistics 2016
The WAVE Fact sheet & Statistics 2016 gathers key information from the WAVE Report 2015, when it comes to women’s shelters, national women’s helplines and women’s centres. Furthermore, the document also presents important facts and figures when it comes to…
Specialist Services Data Mapping 2016
The 2016 report titled ‘WAVE Mapping – Administrative Data Collection by Women’s Support Services in Europe: National Women’s Helplines, Women’s Shelters, and Women’s Centers’ explores the situation of data collection in specialist women’s support services in Europe with the aim…
