Women Against Violence Europe Network
Acronym: WAVE
General Information
Identification Code: 820880834847-22
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Entity Form: ASBL
Registration Category: Non-governmental organisations, platforms and networks and similar
Registration Date: 5/22/2019
Last Update: 5/14/2024
EP Accredited Number: 0
Mission & Interests
Goals: WAVE is a network of over 170 members in 46 European countries, all working towards tackling and preventing violence against women and their children. WAVE members are women's specialist services such as shelters, centres and helplines, some are also national networks of such organisations. WAVE's main areas of work are 1) Advocacy & Campaigning for a) better legislation, and implementation of existing legislation to tackle violence against women and b) sufficient funding for women's specialist services, 2) Capacity building and networking for our members through trainings, conferences, partnership projects and regranting, 3) Research and dissemination to build an evidence-base on the status and value of WSS in Europe and knowledge on the impact of VAWG. WAVE also publishes regular newsletters, social media posts, blog contributions and an online magazine Fempower.
Interests Represented: Does not represent commercial interests
Interests:
- Justice and fundamental rights
- Migration and asylum
- Trans-European Networks
- Youth
Levels of Interest:
- european
Activities
Main EU Legislative Proposals: EU Directive on combating Violence Against Women and Domestic Violence (as created 2024)
European Commission Gender Equality Strategy 2020-2025
EU Victims’ Rights Directive (as being revised 2024)
EU Victims’ Rights Strategy 2020-2025
EU accession to the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence (Istanbul Convention)
Directive 2011/99/EU on European Protection Order (EPO)
Directive 2012/29/EU (Victim's Directive)
Regulation EU no. 606/2013
Communication Activities: Through data collection and analysis about women’s specialist support services for women and girls experiencing gender-based violence, across the EU and other European regions, WAVE identifies gaps and barriers in support services and implementation of the IC and other international legal frameworks (biennial WAVE Country Report and Database on women's specialist services in 46 countries).
Online and in-person advocacy and campaigning for stronger legislative frameworks for effective prevention and tackling of violence against women and girls (VAWG) and inclusion of women's specialist services (WSS) as the experts and crucial civil society partners they are in tackling VAWG, in the drafting and implementation process of key legislative frameworks on VAWG.
Additionally, WAVE raises awareness on EU policies related to violence prevention and protection and is able to target different audiences in Europe through four social media channels (Facebook, Instagram and Twitter), the WAVE “Fempower Magazine” and periodic online actions involving the WAVE Youth Ambassadors. WAVE Youth Ambassadors raise awareness among their peers in 14 European languages and thus promote EU values on national level. On external level, the WAVE Information Centre performs an important consultation service to professionals with international questions on male VAWG (around 100 requests are processed per year). In addition, around 30-40 women survivors in international and cross-border cases are supported annually by the Information Centre. The Database accessible on the website holds a unique registry of over 1,550 vetted entries of WSS in 46 European countries, which is accessible to women experiencing male VAWG or agencies supporting them. This is an important resource for centralized and verified knowledge. All these activities result in harmonized European data collection and increased awareness on VAWG.
Inter-institutional or Unofficial Groupings: N/A
Head Office
Address: Bacherplatz 10/6
Post Code: 1050
City: Vienna
Country: AUSTRIA
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EU Office
Address: Bacherplatz 10/6
Post Code: 1050
City: Vienna
Country: AUSTRIA
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Financial Data
New Organisation: false
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Membership Information
Members10 Percent: 0
Members25 Percent: 2
Members50 Percent: 1
Members75 Percent: 1
Members: 4
Members F T E: 1.75
Structure
Structure Type: Structure
Is Member Of: see above
Organisation Members: Global Network of Women's Shelters https://gnws.org/
Social Platform https://www.socialplatform.org/
European Coalition to end Violence Against Women & Girls https://www.womenlobby.org/EuropeanCoalition-to-End-violence-against-women-and-girls?lang=en