The strategic objectives from BPfA

1. Review of the area D: Violence against WomenVictim support Working Group on Beijing Indicators September 2011

2. 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

3. 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

4. Indicators (Danish Presidency, 2002) 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

5. 13 sub-Indicators of Victim support 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

6. 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.

7. 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

8. 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.

9. 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

10. Deliverables of the study An Inception report An Interim report A Final report A Summary report An Abstract

11. Indicative timeframe December, 2011: Contract signed; duration 6 months. March, 2012: Interim report of the study delivered May, 2012: Final report of the study delivered. On the basis of the submitted document, EIGE will prepare a Presidency report End of June, 2012: the report will be sent for comments to the members of the HLG on GM

12. Timeframe for the development of the Report August 2012: send to the HLG on GM a revised version of the report with included changes September 2012: EIGE will include last changes based on the comments and suggestions coming from the members of the HLG on GM September 2012: Report internally approved by EIGE October 2012: Report is published on the web

13. 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 EIGE - General enquiries EIGE.SEC@eige.europa.eu www.eige.europa.eu/content/activities/beijing-platform-for-action European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) Švitrigailos g. 11M 03228 - Vilnius Lithuania Switchboard: +370 5 2394140