The importance of the operational network: the experience of Padua’s Women’s Center

Title	The importance of the operational network: the experience of Padua’s Women’s Center
Publication Type	Journal Article
Year of Publication	2012
Authors	Zantedeschi P, Lozzi E, Bertoldo A
Journal	Interdisciplinary Journal of Family Studies
Volume	17
Issue	2
Pagination	197-208
Date Published	12/2012
Publisher	Padova University Press
Place Published	Padova, IT
ISSN Number	2282-2011
Keywords	anti-violence centres, domestic violence, gender-violence, primary/secondary/tertiary prevention
Abstract	Based on the UN General Assembly Declaration of the Elimination of Violence against Women (resolution 48/104 of December 1993); the WHO guidelines on primary, secondary and tertiary prevention (Preventing intimate partner and sexual violence against women: taking action and generating evidence. World Health Organization, 2010) and European regulations on violence against women (Council of Europe, Rec. 2002,5), this contribution reports the activities of the Centro Veneto Progetti Donna in Padua. The Centre deals specifically with prevention’ activities for domestic and gender violence. Its activities are structured within the Italian framework, especially the Veneto Region yet lack adequate regulations concerning violence against women.

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IJFS - Interdisciplinary Journal of Family Studies