LINKS

Links to the stakeholders of the project can be found by selecting the PACT partners and their local partners.

UNITED NATIONS

Say NO – UNiTE
http://saynotoviolence.org/
Say NO – UNiTE to End Violence against Women is a global call for action.

DAW
www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/
Division for the Advancement of Women (DAW)

WOMENWATCH
www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/cedaw/committee.htm
Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women

CSW
www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/csw/
Commission on the Status of Women (CSW)

INSTRAW
www.un-instraw.org/
International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women (INSTRAW)

UNIFEM
www.unifem.org/gender_issues/violence_against_women/
www.endvawnow.org
UNIFEM’s Global Virtual Knowledge Centre to End Violence against Women and Girls

UNFPA
www.unfpa.org/gender/violence.htm
United Nations Population Fund

WHO
www.who.int/topics/gender_based_violence/en/
World Health Organisation

UNHCR
www.unhcr.org/pages/49c3646c1d9.html
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

EUROPE


Council of Europe links 

www.coe.int/stopviolence/intergov

www.coe.int/violence
Campaign to combat violence against women including domestic violence

www.coe.int/childprotection
Protection of children against sexual exploitation and sexual abuse

www.coe.int/T/E/Human_Rights/Equality/11._Equality_Committee/
Steering Committee for Equality between Women and Men (CDEG)

www.coe.int/cdpc
European Committee on Crime Problems (CDPC)

European Union
www.europarl.europa.eu/committees/femm_home_en.htm
European Parliament – Committee on Women’s rights and gender equality

European Commission
http://ec.europa.eu/justice_home/funding/daphne/funding_daphne_en.htm
DAPHNE II Programme to combat violence against children, young people and women

AUSTRIA


Federal Minister for Women and Civil Service

www.frauen.bka.gv.at/
(German, English)

Austrian Women´s Shelter Network – Information Centre Against Violence AOEF
www.aoef.at

Network of Austrian Counselling Centres for Women and Girls – Netzwerk österr. Frauen- und Mädchenberatungsstellen 
www.netzwerk-frauenberatung.at

GERMANY


Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth

www.bmfsfj.de/BMFSFJ/Gleichstellung/frauen-vor-gewalt-schuetzen.html
(Bundesministerium fur Familie, Senioren, Frauen und Jugend)

BIG e.V.
www.big-interventionszentrale.de/
www.big-hotline.de
Berliner Interventionsprojekt gegen häusliche Gewalt

ZIF
http://autonome-frauenhaeuser-zif.de
Zentrale Informationsstelle der autonomen Frauenhäuser der BRD

Geschäftsstelle des Bundesverbandes Frauenberatungsstellen und Frauennotrufe – Frauen gegen Gewalt e.V
www.frauen-gegen-gewalt.de

Protection against violence   
www.gewaltschutz.info
Good information in seven languages

ITALY


Ministry for Equality

www.pariopportunita.gov.it
(in Italian)

Casa delle Donne per non subire violenza 
www.casadonne.it

Associazione Nazionale Volontarie – Telefono Rosa 
www.telefonorosa.it/

Associazione Nazionale D.i.Re contro la violenza (Donne in Rete contro la violenza)
www.centriantiviolenza.eu/

Violence never again
www.maipiuviolenze.it
Umbrian initiative combating domestic violence

kila
www.kila.it/violenza-di-genere-norme-e-strumenti-di-tutela.html
Piemontese website for women’s issues

Donne del Mondo
www.donnemondo.it
Online-newspaper for women

LITHUANIA

Ministry
www.bukstipri.lt
(english, lithuanian, russian)

Women’s Coalition of Lithuania
www.women-coalition.webinfo.lt

Vilnius Women´s House
Only e-mail available: vmotnam@delfi.lt
Crisis Centre for Women

MALTA


Ministry of Education, Employment and the Family

www.msp.gov.mt/services/gender_equality.asp

APPOGG Ghat-Tfal, Familji, u l-Komuntá
www.appogg.gov.mt
Adult and Family Services

POLAND


Centrum Praw Kobiet 

www.cpk.org.pl/

Niebieska Linia Blue Line 
www.niebieskalinia.pl
National Emergency Centres for domestic violence victims the “Blue Line” cooperating to combat violence

PORTUGAL


Governo de Portugal

www.portugal.gov.pt
Official website of the Government

TRAINING ON DOMESTIC VIOLENCE


WAVE 

www.wave-network.org
Training programme on domestic violence, 2000 (pdf download)

Background
www.background-eu.org/
Course aiming at sustainable improving competencies of adult education staff in the area of violence against women in different institutional environment with the main purpose of supporting women survivors of violence.

AVP Alternatives to Violence Project
www.avpinternational.org
Training programme enabling participants to deal with potentially violent situations in new and creative ways

CEPOL
www.cepol.europa.eu
European Police College, offers training on DV to police staff

RESPECT
www.respect.uk.net
Britain and works with perpetrators

Guardiamo avanti con sicurezza
www.regione.veneto.it
(Let’s look forward with security) only in Italian
Manual for professionals working in the field of DV (social workers, police, medical and health care (download, pdf)

SIMMONS
www.simmons.edu/ssw/dvtraining/index.htm
On-line Training from Boston Massachusetts on DV

TrainingForums
www.trainingforums.org/lms/index.php
Website from Maryland with 3 on-line-courses:
Trauma and Trauma-Informed Care
Cultural Competency
Working With Undocumented Survivors

National Institute of Crime and Prevention, Texas
www.domesticviolencetraining.com
For professionals working in the field of DV: Law Enforcement Officers, Prosecutors, Victim Advocates, Judges, Social Workers and Public Health Workers

Violence-Risk
www.violence-risk.com
Methods of Risk assessment SARA and B-Safer

Sexual abuse of elderly women
www.nursinghomeabusecenter.com/blog/sexual-abuse-of-elderly-women/
Support resource on this specfic topic published by Nursing Home Abuse Center, US