Shelters for Victims of Gender-based violence in Europe: Best practices and challenges

The present report aims at providing an overview of the situation of women’s shelters in Europe. It gives an insight into good practices and challenges in providing shelter to women survivors of vio­lence and their children. It is based on theoretical and practical research reports and the author’s own experience. Rosa Logar was the founder of the first women’s shelter in Austria (1978) and co-founder of WAVE, the European network of women’s NGOs working to end VAW. She also par­ticipated in the creation and monitoring of standards on the national and international level, for in­stance, as a member of the Council of Europe Istanbul Convention and the GREVIO Commit­tee4 monitoring it.