Country | Finland |
Year | 2010 - 2015 |
Type of Measure | Policies > National action plan specific to violence against women |
Form of Violence | Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Trafficking, Violence against women and girls |
The aims of the Action Plan to Reduce Violence against Women (2010-2015) are as follows:
The main focus of the Action Plan is on preventing repeated violence among intimate partners, on reducing sexual violence and on protecting vulnerable women. Specific issues addressed under the first theme of repeated violence include problems involved in divorce situations and the prevention of related violence, and the referral of violent offenders to rehabilitation programmes.