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WAVE (Women Against Violence Europe) is a feminist network of European women NGOs promoting human rights of women and children.

22/07/2026

📊 Introducing the WAVE Data Explorer.

Explore data on women’s specialist services across Europe through interactive maps, country profiles, and key findings from the WAVE Country Reports.

Compare trends, discover country-specific data, and access advocacy resources, all in one place.

🔗 Explore the Data Explorer through the link in our bio.

21/07/2026

We continue presenting the HELPLINES project partners with Women Against Violence Europe (WAVE).

WAVE is a European network of women’s specialist support services working to prevent and combat violence against women and girls. With more than 190 member organisations across 46 European countries, WAVE connects specialist services, supports knowledge exchange and capacity building, and advocates for stronger legal and policy frameworks to ensure that women and children affected by violence can access high-quality, survivor-centred support.

A key part of WAVE’s work is the collection and dissemination of knowledge on the availability and accessibility of women’s specialist support services across Europe, including women’s shelters, women’s centres, specialist support for survivors of sexualised violence, and women’s helplines. Through its research, policy work and European advocacy, WAVE highlights the crucial role of specialised services and the need for sustainable funding, quality standards and political recognition.

Within the HELPLINES project, WAVE leads the advocacy work package. Drawing on its European network and policy expertise, WAVE contributes to the development of advocacy strategies, policy recommendations and European-level advocacy activities to strengthen recognition and support for specialised women’s helplines.

Through this work, WAVE helps ensure that the knowledge and experiences of women’s specialist support services inform European discussions on quality, accessibility and survivor-centred support for women and girls experiencing violence.

Follow WAVE’s work on their website: https://wave-network.org/

And on Social Media:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/womenagainstviolenceeurope/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/womenagainstviolenceeurope

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/women-against-violence-europe

17/07/2026

Technology-facilitated violence against women and girls (TFVAWG) includes a wide range of forms of violence carried out, enabled, or intensified through digital technologies or online environments. These include cyberstalking, online harassment, image-based abuse, deepfakes, doxxing, grooming, and spyware and online surveillance.

The WAVE Country Report 2025 found that 37 out of 46 countries (80%) reported an increase in TFVAWG over the past two years. The most commonly reported forms were cyberstalking, surveillance and spyware, and online harassment, hate speech and threats (30 countries each). Image-based abuse increased in 26 countries, while emerging forms such as deepfakes, sextortion and doxxing were also documented.

The report also highlights how women's specialist services are adapting their responses. Thirty countries reported new strategies to address TFVAWG, including digital safety tools, apps, chatbots, updated safety protocols and staff training.

📖 Read the full report:
https://wave-network.org/wave-country-report-2025/

16/07/2026

Laois Domestic Abuse Service (Ireland) provides specialist, trauma-informed support for women and children affected by domestic abuse through counselling, crisis support, advocacy, and prevention initiatives.

Their work promotes safety, dignity, and equality while helping to prevent gender-based violence through education, early intervention, and community support.

We are delighted to welcome Laois Domestic Abuse Service to the WAVE Network and look forward to working together to strengthen specialist support for survivors across Europe. 💜

14/07/2026

📢 Women's rights and democracy must be funded, not diluted.

As negotiations on the EU's next long-term budget for 2028–2034 enter a decisive phase, WAVE has joined two major joint calls to EU decision-makers.

💜 Alongside more than 200 women's rights organisations, we are calling on MEPs to keep women's rights visible within the next EU budget, protect women's specialist services, and ringfence the Daphne funding stream dedicated to ending violence against women and girls.

📢 Together with 30 European networks representing more than 2,800 organisations, we are also calling on the Council to increase AgoraEU, not cut it, and safeguard the CERV+ strand.

This funding supports shelters, helplines, r**e crisis centres, women's centres and primary prevention work across Europe. It helps turn the EU's commitments to women and girls into real protection for survivors.

The EU has made bold commitments to equality and democracy. Now is the moment to fund them.

🔗 Read more about WAVE's advocacy and the two joint calls: https://wave-network.org/wave-joins-two-europe-wide-calls-to-protect-eu-funding-for-womens-rights-and-democracy-in-the-next-budget/

14/07/2026

More than 200 organisations across Europe have issued a joint letter to Members of the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union calling for dedicated, visible funding for women's rights, equality between women and men, and the prevention of violence against women and girls within the next EU Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF, 2028-2034).

According to the research carried out in 15 EU states under the MOTERIS project, women's rights are disappearing from the EU's budget priorities.

We are concerned that within increasingly merged funding frameworks, support for women's rights and substantive equality between women and men risks becoming less visible and less accessible, at a time when many organisations are already facing increased demand for services, shrinking national funding, and growing opposition to women's rights across Europe.

The future EU budget must reflect and prioritise:
- EU values
- Commitments to women’s rights
- Equality between women and men
- Fundamental rights and democracy

Women's rights and equality between women and men are legal obligations under EU law.

14/07/2026

📣 A joint letter from more than 200 women's rights organisations and platforms across Europe has been sent to Members of the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union.

The demand is clear: dedicated, visible funding for women's rights and the prevention of violence against women and girls must remain a defined priority in the next EU budget.

Research conducted in 15 EU Member States under the MOTERIS project indicates an ongoing erosion of women's rights within EU budget priorities. There is significant concern that within increasingly merged funding frameworks, such as the proposed AgoraEU programme, support for women's rights and substantive equality risks becoming less visible and accessible.

Women's rights and equality are legal obligations under EU law and must remain a clear priority in the next EU budget.

🔗 Read the full press release here: https://www.migrantwomennetwork.org/2026/07/moteris-over-200-womens-rights-organisations-call-for-dedicated-eu-funding-for-womens-rights/

09/07/2026

Looking back on our WAVE Regional Meeting in Berlin 💜

Earlier this year, members from across West-Central Europe came together to share experiences, strengthen solidarity, and discuss the challenges facing women's specialist services today.

From the rise of anti-gender narratives and shrinking civic space to sustainable funding and technology-facilitated violence against women and girls, the conversations were honest, challenging, and grounded in a shared commitment to protecting women's rights.

What stays with us most is the strength of our network. Every day, our members continue to advocate, innovate, and support survivors, often under increasingly difficult circumstances.

Thank you to everyone who contributed their knowledge, experiences, and solidarity. Together, we are stronger.

Read more about the meeting:
🔗 https://wave-network.org/wave-regional-meeting-west-central-europe-2026/

06/07/2026

What role should consent play in the legal definition of r**e?

As discussions continue across Europe, The Parliament Magazine explores why consent-based legislation remains a key issue for women's rights and justice.

The article features insights from WAVE's Senior Advocacy Advisor, Eliana Jimeno, who explains why investigations should focus on the actions of the perpetrator rather than questioning the behaviour of victims, and why understanding trauma responses is essential to achieving justice.

Thank you to The Parliament Magazine for including WAVE's perspective.

📖 Read the full article here: https://www.theparliamentmagazine.eu/news/article/europe-is-moving-toward-yes-means-yes-will-the-eu

02/07/2026

Women’s centres are often a cornerstone of specialist support for survivors of violence against women and girls.

The WAVE Country Report 2025 highlights that women’s centres provide a broad range of services, supporting survivors throughout recovery and long after the immediate crisis has passed.

They can provide counselling, legal advice, advocacy, safety planning, housing referrals, and practical support.

Many also specialise in supporting women facing specific barriers or forms of discrimination and work from gender-specific, feminist, and empowerment-based approaches.

Violence against women and girls takes many forms, and so does recovery.

Women’s centres provide long-term specialist support that helps survivors rebuild safety, stability, and independence.

Learn more in the WAVE Country Report 2025. Link in bio.

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