Ebon Kram of the Swedish women´s shelters networks ROKS Urszula Nowakowska of the Centrum Praw Kobiet in Warsaw Marianne Cense of TransAct in the Netherlands Lepa Mladjenovic of the SOS Hotline in Belgrade Raquel Cadorso of the AMCV Associacao de Mulheres Contra a Violencia Women Against Violence Europe (WAVE) is a non-profit feminist women's organization which was established in 1994 and has its headquarters in Vienna, Austria.
The conference explicitly named violence against women as a violation of human rights, which was outlined in the resulting Vienna Declaration.
Following this, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) adopted the Declaration on the Elimination of Violence Against Women in December 1993.
At the Beijing Conference from September 4 until 15 1995, progress was made on forming the network and initiators ran a working group, with the Platform for Action being developed as a result.
[1] The organization's first meeting took place at the Intervention Centre Against Domestic Violence in Vienna in December 1996, and in 1997 WAVE held its first conference in Belgrade, Serbia.
[4] The WAVE Office Team serves as a point of contact between the involved women's organizations in Europe.
Main functions include the collection and dissemination of data on women's support services (WSS) and any applicable legal provisions, creation of prevention programs, campaigns and international activities.
The office is involved in advocacy work at the European and national level, producing publications and organizing relevant activities.
It recognizes the Istanbul Convention as the most powerful legal tool in Europe to promote its aims and considers knowledge and education key elements to its program's success.
It is part of a 3-year program funded by the European Commission and UN Women called “Implementing Norms, Changing Minds”.
Part of the project has included developing a game which allows young people to understand the risks associated with cyber violence.
[10] A European Erasmus+ program started in September 2017, it is meant to establish partnerships between senior centers and their involved partner country.
[13] This program was meant to provide educational and vocational training for counseling professionals working with women victims of violence and/or abuse from a distance.
[14] The WAVE Network is largely funded by the Operating Grant given by the European Union and other grants, including OAK Foundation, UN Women, Open Society Foundation, Federal Ministry, Labour, Social Affairs, Health and Consumer Protection, Federal Minister for women, families and youth, Frauen Stadt Wien MA57.
[16] Furthermore, WAVE publishes audiovisuals, a bi-monthly newsletter, policy and thematic papers, research reports and training manuals.
2013 – The 15th Wave conference "To Live Free from Violence – A Human Right for Women and Their Children or a Postcode Lottery"?
2011 – The 13th Wave conference "Strengthening the Efforts to prevent Violence against Women and their Children in Europe and in the Mediterranean Region" was helt in Rome (Italy), on 11-13 October, in collaboration with DIRe, Donne in Rete contro la violenza.
2010 – The 12th Wave Conference "Europe United: Ending Violence Against Women – Towards Better Laws, Policies and Support Services", was helt in Warsaw, (Poland), on 14-16 October 2010, co-organized by the Centrum Praw Kobiet.
New strategies from a feminist perspective” (Dunajská Streda, Slovakia)[19] 1999 - The 3th WAVE Conference, Sweden (Gothenburg), with the help of ROKS, 13-15 November 1999.