{"id":3332,"date":"2016-05-25T15:48:21","date_gmt":"2016-05-25T15:48:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aleg-romania.eu\/step-up\/"},"modified":"2016-05-25T15:48:21","modified_gmt":"2016-05-25T15:48:21","slug":"step-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aleg-romania.eu\/en\/step-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Step-up!"},"content":{"rendered":"

While 1 in 3 women in Europe experiences physical or sexual violence, the states women pay taxes to continue to ensure little or no access to specialised support services. Only 15 out of 46 European countries provide a specialised helpline and more than 47,000 women\u2019s shelter places are missing in Europe. Support centres for rape and sexual assault are not available. Discrimination hinders most vulnerable women from accessing support! “There is a serious underinvestment in specialised support services in many countries in Europe and as a consequence women have nowhere to turn for adequate help. We call on EU authorities, national governments and other interested parties in society to STEP UP investments to stop violence against women!<\/i>“(Rosa Logar, WAVE president)<\/b><\/p>\n


\n\"FBToday, the Women against Violence Europe (WAVE) Network<\/a> launches the European campaign Step up!<\/i><\/b> In the next two years, WAVE members will promote the rights of women survivors of violence and their children to access support and protection throughout Europe. Violence against women and girls remains the most widespread form of human rights violation and it can be fatal –\u00a0 <\/b>in 2012, an estimated 47% of all homicides of women were committed by a family member or an intimate partner. <\/b>
\nThe under-investment in adequate support has to do with the wide-spread victim-blaming, also responsible for the under-reporting of violence. Most societies prohibit such violence but tacitly tolerate it in practice, so women have no alternative and endure repeated violence. The costs of this repeated violence affect all of us. Support services are vital to enable women and their children to seek safety and empowerment for violence-free lives. \u00a0Therefore we urge the European society to step up investments in specialized services that work from a women<\/b>\u2019s rights perspective and make a difference<\/b>. Please see the attached video for more details.
\nFigures that speak about the lack of access to specialized services (WAVE Report 2015)<\/i>: <\/b><\/p>\n