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dc.contributor.authorAppelt, Birgiten
dc.contributor.authorKaselitz, Verenaen
dc.date.accessioned2022-07-01T00:38:45Z-
dc.date.available2022-07-01T00:38:45Z-
dc.date.issued2002en
dc.identifier.urihttps://anrows.intersearch.com.au/anrowsjspui/handle/1/21315-
dc.format35 p.en
dc.languageenen
dc.publisherEuropean Information Centre Against Violence WAVE Office, Viennaen
dc.subjectHousingen
dc.titleMore than a roof over your head : a survey of quality standards in European women's refugesen
dc.typeElectronic publicationen
dc.identifier.catalogid4444en
dc.identifier.urlhttp://www.wave-network.org/sites/default/files/wave-moret.a.roof_.pdfen
dc.subject.keywordnew_recorden
dc.subject.keywordElectronic publicationen
dc.subject.keywordInternationalen
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dc.description.notesGeneral Overview: This European paper reports on a survey of women’s refuges in Europe and finds that there is an acute shortage of places in many countries and that many refuges are poorly funded.<br/ ><br/ >Discussion: In 1998 and 1999, three European Union conferences on violence against women were held in Baden (Austria), Cologne (Germany) and Jyvaskyla (Finland). The conferences made recommendations on the minimum standards for women’s refuges.<br/ ><br/ >This report provides the results of a survey of all European Union countries regarding their compliance with the recommendations. The survey asked about the number of places available in refuges, whether the refuges are run on feminist principles, whether men have access, whether refuge workers aim to empower women, whether safety and confidentiality are guaranteed, whether they are open to all women, free of charge and without time limits, whether refuges are adequately funded by the state and whether training and salaries for refuge staff are adequate. Some countries provided incomplete or no data.<br/ ><br/ >There is a shortage of places for women, with only Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Sweden, Northern Ireland and Malta achieving or close to the recommended one family place per 10 000 of population. The Eastern European candidate countries are well behind the EU members in reaching the required standards. Refuges run by feminist organisations were much more likely to meet the standards regarding empowerment, safety, confidentiality and no time limits. However these refuges were less likely to be funded satisfactorily, while the government run refuges were more likely to be adequately funded.<br/ ><br/ >The report also contains information about the background to violence against women, the prevalence of violence, the forms that violence takes, the history of the women’s refuge movement and the purpose of a refuge.en
dc.date.entered2008-04-02en
dc.publisher.placeAustriaen
dc.description.physicaldescription35 p.en
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