Review of the area D:
Violence against Women
Victim support
Working Group on Beijing Indicators
September 2011
The strategic objectives from BPfA
• to take integrated measures to prevent and
eliminate violence against women
• to study the causes and consequences of
violence against women and the effectiveness of
preventive measures
• to eliminate trafficking in women and assist
victims of violence due to prostitution and
trafficking
Definition (Council of Europe, 2011)
A violation of human rights and a form of
discrimination against women and shall mean all
acts of gender-based violence that result in, or
are likely to result in, physical, sexual,
psychological or economic harm or suffering to
women, including threats of such acts, coercion
or arbitrary deprivation of liberty, whether
occurring in public or in private life
Indicators (Danish Presidency, 2002)
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profile of female victims,
profile of male perpetrators,
victim support,
measures addressing the male perpetrators in
order to end the cycle of violence,
• training of professionals,
• state measures to eliminate domestic violence
against women,
• evaluation
13 sub-Indicators of Victim support
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counselling-centres
emergency services
hotlines (i.e. 24-hours hotline, others)
Women Crisis Centres/shelters
guide on the available support
special police-units/task forces supporting the victims
legal advice for the victims
publicly available official information regarding domestic violence
against women
support/courses/training in order to help victims re-enter the labour
market
health protocols that provide standards for screening, assessment,
intervention, documentation and evaluation
special support services for vulnerable groups;
any other support measures
coordination of public support system
General objective of the Report
To report on the progress in the
implementation of the objectives formulated
in area D: Violence against women, with a
focus on support services for women victims
of domestic violence. The report will cover all
Member States and Croatia.
The specific objectives of the Report
• to develop an overview of the background situation
on domestic violence against women in MS and
Croatia with a special emphasis on the prevalence rates
and on the state measures to eliminate domestic
violence against women
• to collect and analyse data on the range, number,
extent, actual use and quality of the support options
for women, subject to domestic violence
• to collect data and provide analysis of coordination of
the public support system for women victims of
domestic violence
• to identify gaps in data collection and provide
recommendations on the improvement of data
collection in the area of domestic violence against
women at the EU and Member States level
Methodology
Literature and documentation review
The background overview of the situation on domestic violence
against women in MS and Croatia shall include a review of the
available literature and data on:
• the profile of female victims of violence and male perpetrators,
• legislative and policy measures targeting the male perpetrator,
• training of professionals,
• state measures to eliminate domestic violence against women
and,
• evaluation of measures.
The review shall cover the sources of data and information in all
the Member States and Croatia since 2003.
Methodology
Collection of data through primary and secondary
sources
The collection of data shall consider both qualitative and quantitative
aspects of support.
The qualitative analysis shall describe the full range of support options
and types of services.
Quantitatively, the extent, number of support options and the actual use
of them shall be analysed (survey instrument will be developed).
The analysis of the quality of the aforementioned support services shall
be based on secondary data and information available through open
sources
The analysis of coordination of public support system will include
qualitative and quantitative aspects
The analysis shall consider the possibility of improving the available
indicators or propose new options, if necessary
Deliverables of the study
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An Inception report
An Interim report
A Final report
A Summary report
An Abstract
Indicative timeframe
1. December, 2011: Contract signed; duration 6
months.
2. March, 2012: Interim report of the study
delivered
3. May, 2012: Final report of the study delivered.
On the basis of the submitted document, EIGE
will prepare a Presidency report
4. End of June, 2012: the report will be sent for
comments to the members of the HLG on GM
Timeframe for the development of the
Report
5. August 2012: send to the HLG on GM a
revised version of the report with included
changes
6. September 2012: EIGE will include last
changes based on the comments and
suggestions coming from the members of the
HLG on GM
7. September 2012: Report internally approved
by EIGE
8. October 2012: Report is published on the
web
Contacts
Virginija Langbakk – Director
Virginija.Langbakk@eige.europa.eu
Barbara Wurster – Head of Operations
Barbara.Wurster@eige.europa.eu
Jolanta Reingarde – Senior Researcher
Jolanta.Reingarde@eige.europa.eu
Ilze Burkevica – Statistics Officer
Ilze.Burkevica@eige.europa.eu
Ioana Borza – Gender Expert
Ioana.Borza@eige.europa.eu
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