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CountryChange to national policy/legislation on violence

against women and related areasIstanbul Convention

Romania

Developing strategies on family protection and policies on

combating and preventing domestic violence; implementing

the 2013-2017 National Strategy on Preventing and

Combating Domestic Violence; promoting cross-sectoral co-

operation, including partnerships with civil society and the

private sector. A permanent working sub-group on domestic

violence has been set up in the Ministry of Labour, Family,

Social Protection and Elderly in order to strengthen the

institutional capacity of central public administration

authorities to manage domestic violence correlated with

violence against children.

The current National Strategy to

Prevent and Combat Domestic

Violence expressly provides for

necessary steps towards the

signature and ratification of the

convention.

Russian

Federation

Focus on prevention, awareness-raising and assistance to

victims; elaboration of a new federal law on the prevention

of domestic violence.

No mention

Serbia Introduction of an inter-ministerial protocol on violence

against women Commitment to ratify

Slovakia

Improving counselling and shelters for victims; establishing

a national co-ordinating mechanism; opening a free 24-hour

hotline; introducing a new action plan on violence against

women.

Commitment to bring national

policy and legislation in line

Spain

Improving communication and referrals between police,

justice and medical institutions; particular attention paid to

vulnerable groups; awareness raising and partnerships with

the private sector.

Sweden

Priorities: women with higher vulnerability; so-called honour

crimes; trafficking for the purposes of prostitution; intimate

partner violence. Attention to awareness raising; greater

role for municipalities; inquiry into violence against

immigrant women.

Commitment to ratify and

implement

“The former

Yugoslav

Republic of

Macedonia”

Establishing a multi-sectoral national co-ordinating body, to

assume a leading role in the implementation of the policies

for protection against domestic violence; improving quality

of assistance services for victims of violence; strengthening

judicial capacity to tackle cases of domestic violence;

emphasis on prevention.

No mention

Turkey

Opening a women’s shelter in each province; establishing

14 pilot Violence Prevention and Monitoring Centers;

monitoring and evaluating the National Action Plan on

Combating Violence against Women and replicating the

national research on domestic violence. In addition to

launching national awareness-raising campaigns on the

issue, Turkey will expand gender equality training for civil

servants and law enforcement officers, as well as for media

and students.

Integrating the Istanbul

Convention into national

legislation