Country Switzerland
Year 2015
Type of Measure Monitoring and Evaluation > Services
Form of Violence Violence against women and girls

Brief Description


The provision of shelters for victims of violence is the responsibility of the cantons. Most cantons have women's shelters, but the provision varies from canton to canton. In order to assess whether there were enough shelters for victims of violence and their children and whether their funding was secure in the long term, the Conference of Cantonal Directors of Social Affairs and the Federal Office for Women's Affairs  published a situation and needs analysis in May 2015. This provides the cantons with a baseline for regional assessments.

Source of Information

Switzerland's submission for National Review for Implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action, Beijing+25, 2019, p.16.

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