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New report: Improving Access to Healthcare and Justice for Sexual Violence Survivors

Norway and Romania: A joint effort to combat sexual violence

2025 SYNERGY conference charts the future of gender-based violence prevention in Europe

New EU law to combat gender-based violence

Poland steps up efforts to protect women and children from domestic violence

Violence does not recognise political or geographical boundaries

The Rape Committee: Rape is under-communicated and not prioritised

Time to break the circle of silence

Violence survivors need accessible support services

Most read articles in 2023

New research on shelters in Norway and Slovakia

Icelandic family justice centre: coordinated support under one roof

A new handbook to include Roma women: “Nothing about us, without us”

Feasibility of the SYNERGY Network against Gender-based and Domestic Violence

"We need to listen to the voice of Roma women"

How to prevent intimate partner homicide in Norway?

The value of bilateral cooperation regarding domestic and gender-based violence in Bulgaria

Upcoming conference: How to ensure Roma women's rights to be free from violence?

Can tools from a small crisis centre in Norway improve shelters and support services in Romania?

Coming up: Training for support and social service providers on domestic violence

The need for a research centre on gender-based violence in the Czech Republic

Combatting domestic and gender-based violence together

Violence in Sámi communities: From too frightened to touch, to openness

Call for proposals for civil society organisations: Communication and advocacy campaigns on the Istanbul Convention

How can we fight tech-facilitated violence?

New resources and tools available for SYNERGY members!

Webinar on preventing intimate partner homicide

Could have foreseen many intimate partner homicides

Calls for a holistic approach to combating digital violence

How can we protect displaced women and girls from abuse and violence?

Children born of war should be more than an afterthought

Covid pandemic may have caused more violence toward women

"Soft Power": A dance production in the fight against violence

SYNERGY Network members from 7 countries complete course to increase access to justice for women

The Council of Europe Istanbul Convention also protects children from violence

New factsheets on ECtHR case-law on Gender-based Violence against Women

International Conference “Supporting the implementation of the Istanbul Convention in Romania”

Liechtenstein to ratify the Istanbul Convention

Launch of HELP online course on Access to Justice for Women for professionals in 11 countries

First meeting of the SYNERGY Network against Gender-based and Domestic Violence in 2021

Norway will continue to promote the Istanbul Convention

New laws to protect victims of domestic violence in Poland

A comprehensive approach to combating violence against women

Fighting gender inequality and violence with the Istanbul Convention

The #metoo campaign on sexual harassment has shed light on how gender inequality manifests itself in diverse forms of violence. The Istanbul Convention takes gender-based violence at its roots, by providing the tools to combat violence at all levels.

The Istanbul Convention: The best tool to combat violence against women

As many European states are ratifying the Istanbul Convention, Romania welcomes European states to a high-level conference in Bucharest 4–6 June to share experiences and join forces in combating violence against women.