National Action Plan for the Prevention and Elimination of Violence Against Women 2014-2019

Brief Description

In an effort to bring about a comprehensive and systematic response to the issue of violence against women, the Government of Slovakia enacted the National Action Plan for the Prevention and Elimination of Violence Against Women for 2014-2019. 

The Plan set out a systematic basis for providing institutional support for survivors of violence against women and domestic violence. The areas of implementation include: strengthening the legal and strategic framework, provisions on assistance and affordable support services, methodology and standards, training for professions providing assistance to survivors, primary prevention, monitoring and research, and violence against women in the workplace. The Plan also set up 63 concrete tasks, together with assigned bodies responsible for each task, sources of financing, indicators for evaluation and due dates for each task.