Helpful links
The list below are links to national and regional plans, as well as other sources of information or help around sexual assault and violence against women. These were mainly collected through a survey and desk search in different European countries and sectors involved in planning and providing services for women who have been sexually assaulted. To view the full report click here.
Please visit the Rape Crisis Network Europe www.rcne.com for a list of centres in European countries which can help victims and their families.
EU Member States
Austria
• Violence info
www.gewaltinfo.at
• National Action Plan on FGM 2009-2011
www.african-women.org/documents/FGM_NAP_DE.pdf
• Austrian Action Plan on Implementing UN Security Council Resolution 1325”
www.bmeia.gv.at/fileadmin/user_upload/bmeia/media/2-Aussenpolitik_Zentrale/UN_Security_Council/4328_action_plan.pdf
• National Action Plan on Trafficking in Human Beings2009-2011
www.bka.gv.at/DocView.axd
Belgium
• Service Violence domestique du Ministère de Santé publique, Sécurité de la Chaîne alimentaire et Environnement
www.health.fgov.be/eportal/Myhealth/socialissues/Domesticviolence/index.htm
• National action plan to combat intimate partner violence and other forms of domestic violence 2010-2014 (NAP)
igvm-iefh.belgium.be/nl/publicaties/nationaal_actieplan_ter_bestrijding_van_partnergeweld_en_andere_vormen_van_intrafamiliaal_geweld_2010-2014.jsp
• Flemish ministry of Welfare, Public Health and Family – tacking domestic violence and intimate partner violence
www.vlaanderen.be/welzijnengezondheid
Bulgaria
• Law of Domestic Violence (2005) Penal Code, Chapter ІІ, Section VIII, Chapter ІV, Sections І and ІІ (1968)- Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Interior, Ministry of Labour and Social Policy, National Assembly of the Republic of Bulgaria, State Agency for Child Protection
www.lex.bg
• Information from the Stop Violence Against Women project on plans and services
www.stopvaw.org/Bulgaria2.html
Czech Republic
• Information from the Stop Violence Against Women project on plans and services
www.stopvaw.org/czech_republic2.html
Denmark
• Medical assistance for victims
www.voldtaegt.dk
• Victim Advice Line ('Offerrådgivningen')
www.offerraadgivning.dk
• Local women’s shelters
www.lokk.dk/Krisecentre/oversigt
Estonia
• Information from the Stop Violence Against Women project on plans and services
www.stopvaw.org/Estonia2.html
Finland
• Useful links to help on sexual assault and violence against
https://www.naistenlinja.fi/en/public/helpful+connections
France
• Violence femmes info
www.stop-violences-femmes.gouv.fr
Germany
• National Action Plan II to combat violence against women 2007
www.bmfsfj.de/BMFSFJ/gleichstellung,did=73000.html
Greece
• GASANOW- Greeks Against Sexual Assualt
gasanow.org
Hungary
• Information from the Stop Violence Against Women project on plans and services
www.stopvaw.org/Hungary.html
Ireland
• Health Service Policy on Domestic, Sexual and Gender Based Violence
www.hse.ie/eng/services/Publications/services/Children/HSE%20Policy%20on%20Domestic,%20Sexual%20and%20Gender%20Based%20Violence.pdf
• The Dublin Rape Crisis Centre
www.drcc.ie
Italy
• Centri Antiviolenza
www.vitadidonna.it/salute/sanita-e-diritti/4111-centri-antiviolenza.html
• Telefono Rosa
www.telefonorosa.it
Latvia
• Combating violence against women
phoebe.vm.gov.lv/misc_db/web.nsf/626e6035eadbb4cd85256499006b15a6/195448bbbf7b0975c2257313001f19e0/$FILE/vardarbiba%20pret%20sievieti_rekomendacijas%20arstiem.pdf
• Information from the Stop Violence Against Women project on plans and services
www.stopvaw.org/Latvia.html
Lithuania
• Information from the Stop Violence Against Women project on plans and services
www.stopvaw.org/Lithuania2.html
Luxembourg
• Ministère de l’égalité des chances : Violence
www.violence.lu/violence_Accueil.1-2.html
Malta
• Commission on Domestic Violence
www.domesticviolence.gov.mt
Netherlands
• First line help for victims of sexual violence
www.blijfgroep.nl
Poland
• Information from the Stop Violence Against Women project on plans and services
www.stopvaw.org/Poland2.html
Portugal
• Associação para o Planeamento da Família
www.apf.pt
Romania
• Information from the Stop Violence Against Women project on plans and services
www.stopvaw.org/Romania2.html
Slovakia
• Ministry of Health
www.health.gov.sk
• Summary Report on Gender Equality in Slovakia in 2009
www.gender.gov.sk/index.php;
• National Strategy on Gender Equality 2009-2013
www.gender.gov.sk/index.php
• Action Plan to prevent all forms of discrimination, racism, xenophobia, anti-Semitism and Intolerance 2009
www.gender.gov.sk/index.php
• Information from the Stop Violence Against Women project on plans and services
www.stopvaw.org/Slovakia.html
Slovenia
• Information from the Stop Violence Against Women project on plans and services
www.stopvaw.org/Slovenia.html
Spain
• Ministry of Health, Social Services and Equality- Violence against women
www.mspsi.es/organizacion/sns/planCalidadSNS/e02_t03_Comision.htm
• Observatory on Violence Against Women
www.poderjudicial.es/cgpj/es/Temas/Violencia_domestica_y_de_genero/El_Observatorio_contra_la_violencia_domestica_y_de_genero
Sweden
• Action Plan to Combat Violence Against Women
www.sweden.gov.se/sb/d/4096/a/121039
UK: England
• End Violence against Women and Girls
www.homeoffice.gov.uk/crime/violence-against-women-girls/
• Rape Crisis- England and Wales
www.rapecrisis.org.uk
• List of Sexual Assault Referral Centres
www.rapecrisis.org.uk/Referralcentres2.php
• Metropolitan Police: Sapphire Unit
www.met.police.uk/sapphire/
UK: Northern Ireland
• Tackling Sexual Violence and Abuse - A Regional Strategy 2008 – 2013
www.dhsspsni.gov.uk/sexualviolencestrategy08.pdf
UK: Scotland
• Safer Lives: Changed Lives. A Shared Approach to Tackling Violence Against Women in Scotland
www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2009/06/02153519/0
• Responding to domestic abuse: A handbook for health professionals (2005)
www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publicationsandstatistics/Publications/PublicationsPolicyAndGuidance/DH_4126161
• Dealing with cases of forced marriage: practice guidance for health professionals (2007)
www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publicationsandstatistics/Publications/PublicationsPolicyAndGuidance/DH_084449
• A Resource for Developing Sexual Assault Referral Centres (SARCs) (2009),
www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publicationsandstatistics/Publications/PublicationsPolicyAndGuidance/DH_107570.
• Female genital mutilation: multi-agency practice guidelines (2011)
www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publicationsandstatistics/Publications/PublicationsPolicyAndGuidance/DH_124551
• Multi-agency practice guidelines: Handling cases of Forced Marriage (2009)
www.fco.gov.uk/resources/en/pdf/3849543/forced-marriage-guidelines09.pdf;
• Guidance on rape and sexual assault
www.gbv.scot.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/GBV_Rape-Sexual-Assault-A4-4.pdf
• This is not an invitation to rape
www.thisisnotaninvitationtorapeme.co.uk
• Rape Crisis Scotland
www.rapecrisisscotland.org.uk
EFTA
Iceland
• Stigamot: Counseling and information for victims of sexual violence
www.stigamot.is
• Samtök um kvennaathvarf: Female shelter
www.kvennaathvarf.is
Norway
• Dixi: Resource for rape victims
www.dixi.no/dixi-forside.74299.no.html
Switzerland
• Centre à l’Aide aux Victimes d’Infractions (LAVI)
www.centrelavi-ge.ch
Accession countries
Macedonia
• Action Plan for prevention and protection of sexual abuse and pedophilia 2009 – 2012
www.mtsp.gov.mk
• Information from the Stop Violence Against Women project on plans and services
www.stopvaw.org/Macedonia.html
Montenegro
• National program for prevention of violence with particular emphasis on the prevention of violence against women
www.mzd.gov.me/en/library/strategije
• Information from the Stop Violence Against Women project on plans and services
www.stopvaw.org/Montenegro_Country_Page.html
