W A V E R E P O R T 2014 IMPRINT This publication has been produced with the financial support of the Rights, Equality and Citizenship Programme of the European Union. The contents of this publication are the sole responsibility of Women against Violence Europe (WAVE) and can in no way be taken to reflect the views of the European Commission. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Publisher: Bacherplatz 10/6, 1050 Vienna-Austria Tel.: 0043-(0)-1-54827 20/21 Fax.: 0043-(0)-1-54827-27 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.wave-network.org ZVR: 601608559 Authors: Kelly Blank, Marion Lesur, Rosa Logar Project coordination: Marion Lesur, Maria Rösslhumer Copy Editing: Kelly Blank, Julie Haltermann, Marion Lesur Graphic Design and Layout: Leocadia Rump | www.paneecamice.com Place and Year of Publication: Vienna, 2015 Funded by: European Commission, DAPHNE Programme and co-funded by: Federal Ministry for Women and Education, Austria Federal Ministry for Labour, Social Affairs and Consumer Protection, Austria The Austrian Association of Cities and Towns, Austria Municipality of Vienna, the Department for Women’s Affairs (MA57) Municipality of Vienna, the Cultural Department (MA7) CONTENTS WAVE............................................................................................................................................................................................... 4 INTRODUCTION.............................................................................................................................................................................. 5 1. PrevaLENCE OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN, VICTIms’ NEEDS AND NEW EUROPEAN StandardS TO PROTECT AND Support SurvivorS................................................................................................................................................................... 7 1.1. FRA SurveY ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN..................................................................................................................... 7 1.2. StandardS SETTING IN THE COUNCIL OF EUROPE CONVENTION FOR THE PROTECTION AND Support OF VICTIMS....... 11 1.3. EUROPEAN UNION VICTIms’ DIRECTIVE.............................................................................................................................. 14 1.4. EUROPEAN PROTECTION ORDERS (EPO)............................................................................................................................ 16 2. SPECIALIST WOMEN’s Support Services – WAVE DEFINITIONS AND QUALITY StandardS ....................................... 18 2.1. DEFINITIONS OF SPECIALIZED WOMEN’s support ServiceS........................................................................................ 18 2.2. StandardS FOR SPECIALIZED WOMEN’s support ServiceS...................................................................................... 19 3. Data AND StatiSTICS ON SPECIALIZED WOMEN’s Support ServiceS IN EUROPE........................................................ 20 3.1. METHODOLOGY OF data COLLECTION.............................................................................................................................. 20 3.2. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY AND Overview OF WOMEN’s Support ServiceS IN EUROPE................................................ 21 3.3. StatiSTICS ON NationaL WOMEN’s HELPLINES AND WOMEN’s shELTERS IN 46 EUROPEAN COUNTRIES............... 24 NationaL WOMEN’s HELPLINES................................................................................................................................................ 24 WOMEN’s SHELTERS................................................................................................................................................................... 30 FUNDING FOR SPECIALIZED WOMEN’s support ServiceS.................................................................................................. 46 4. RecoMMendationS to addreSS THE needS OF victiMS OF vioLence, incLudinG acceSS to quaLitY SpeciaLIZed WOMEN’s support ServiceS.................................................................................................................................................. 50 MINIMUM StandardS FOR SPECIALIZED WOMEN’s support ServiceS............................................................................ 51 FUNDING FOR awareneSS-RAISING AND PREVENTION ACTIVITIES ..................................................................................... 52 NETWORKING AND data COLLECTION...................................................................................................................................... 52 RIGHT TO Support AND PROTECTION FOR BLACK, MINORITY ETHNIC, MIGRANT AND ASYLUM-SEEKING WOMEN....... 52 VICTIms’ EMPOWERMENT, AND ACCESS TO SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC RIGHTS..................................................................... 52 5. COUNTRY PROFILES................................................................................................................................................................ 54 ALBANIA........................................................................................................................................................................................ 54 ARMENIA....................................................................................................................................................................................... 54 AUSTRIA........................................................................................................................................................................................ 54 AZERBAIJAN................................................................................................................................................................................. 55 BELARUS....................................................................................................................................................................................... 55 BELGIUM....................................................................................................................................................................................... 56 BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA....................................................................................................................................................... 56 BULGARIA..................................................................................................................................................................................... 57 Croatia........................................................................................................................................................................................ 57 CYPRUS........................................................................................................................................................................................ 58 CZECH REPUBLIC........................................................................................................................................................................ 58 DENMARK..................................................................................................................................................................................... 59 ESTONIA........................................................................................................................................................................................ 59 FINLAND........................................................................................................................................................................................ 60 FRANCE......................................................................................................................................................................................... 60 GEORGIA....................................................................................................................................................................................... 61 GERMANY...................................................................................................................................................................................... 61 GREECE......................................................................................................................................................................................... 62 HUNGARY...................................................................................................................................................................................... 62 ICELAND........................................................................................................................................................................................ 63 IRELAND........................................................................................................................................................................................ 63 P 2 | WAVE REPOrt 2014 ItaLY.............................................................................................................................................................................................. 64 KOSOVO........................................................................................................................................................................................ 64 Latvia..........................................................................................................................................................................................