Country Estonia
Year 2018
Type of Measure Budgets > Government allocation
Form of Violence Violence against women and girls

Brief Description


In order to strengthen victim support, a special funding for women’s support centres was specified in the state budget for the first time in 2014, when it was 430,000 euros. The budget was increased to 500 000 euros for the years 2015-2017 and reached 1 000 000 euros in 2018. Around 2000 women per year receive services from women’s support centres.

Source of Information

Estonia's submission for National Review for Implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action, Beijing+25, 2019, p.34.