Web resource:	http://www.wave-network.org/sites/default/files/wave-moret.a.roof_.pdf
Type:	Electronic publication
Title:	More than a roof over your head : a survey of quality standards in European women's refuges
Authors:	Appelt, Birgit Kaselitz, Verena
Keywords:	Housing
Year:	2002
Publisher:	European Information Centre Against Violence WAVE Office, Vienna
Notes:	General 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. 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. 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. 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. 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.
URI:	https://anrows.intersearch.com.au/anrowsjspui/handle/1/21315
Physical description:	35 p.
Appears in Collections:	Online resource

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