W A V E Women against Violence

Europe

Ensuring access to women‘s services, including women‘s shelters, for undocumented migrant women

survivors of violence in Europe

by Women against Violence Europe WAVE (25 Nov 2013)

WAVE Network

o Established in 1994o Coordinating body in Viennao 105 WAVE Focal Points (46

countries)o WAVE annual activities and

projects:o Advocacyo Capacity buildingo Exchange of informationo Researcho Networkingo Collaborationby Women against Violence Europe

WAVE (25 Nov 2013)

Support for women‘s organisations

„The autonomous mobilization of feminists in domestic and transnational contexts … is the critical factor accounting for policy change.“

- Htun, Mala and S. Laurel Weldon. (August 2013). The Civil Origins of Progressive Policy Change: Combating Violence against Women in Global

Perspective, 1975-2005.

by Women against Violence Europe WAVE (25 Nov 2013)

Support for Human Rights-based specialised women‘s services

• Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence

• Council of Europe Task Force to combat violence against women, including domestic violence

by Women against Violence Europe WAVE (25 Nov 2013)

The role of Human Rights-based specialised women‘s services

• National women‘s helplines• Women‘s shelters• Women‘s counseling centers• Rape crisis centers

by Women against Violence Europe WAVE (25 Nov 2013)

Undocumented migrant women and violence

• Domestic violence• Intimate partner violence• Physical violence• Sexual violence• Femicide• Economic violence• Psychological violence• Sexual harassment • Other

by Women against Violence Europe WAVE (25 Nov 2013)

Undocumented migrant women‘s survivors of violence access to services in Europe

•European Parliament 2013 Access to shelters of undocumented migrant women fleeing domestic violence: The legal and practical situation in Member States

•WAVE Country Report 2012•European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) 2012 Review of the Implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action in the EU Member States: Violence against Women – Victim Support

•WAVE Country Report 2010

by Women against Violence Europe WAVE (25 Nov 2013)

WAVE principles for specialised women‘s services

• WAVE‘s 20 years of work in the field• Council of Europe Convention on

preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence

• Council of Europe Task Force to combat violence against women, including domestic violence

by Women against Violence Europe WAVE (25 Nov 2013)

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by Women against Violence Europe WAVE (25 Nov 2013)