Session 4 Pillars of policy intervention Pillars of

Session 4 Pillars of policy intervention

Pillars of intervention • Multiple pillars • Standard 3 Ps: protection, prevention and prosecution (IC) • EVAW 2008: perspective, policy, prevention, protection, provision, prosecution • Merry Engle: punishment, safety and reform • Complementary, multi‐stakeholder action, need for coordination: integrated action

Punishment: Prosecution • Deter violent acts through the authority of the law • Focus on the perpetrator • Recognition

Criminal/civil law • Criminalizing as specific crimes (IC Art. 32‐ 42) • Aggravating circumstances • Restraining/protection orders • Criminalizing the violation of protection orders • Compensation • Factoring violence into divorce, custody

Reform: Prevention • Change society, perpetrators, victims

Istanbul Convention – Art 12 -17 12: Parties shall take the necessary measures to promote changes in the social and cultural patterns of behaviour of women and men with a view to eradicating prejudices, customs, traditions and all other practices which are based on the idea of the inferiority of women or on stereotyped roles for women and men. 13: Awareness raising 14: Education: Parties shall take, where appropriate, the necessary steps to include teaching material on issues such as equality between women and men, non‐stereotyped gender roles, mutual respect, non‐violent conflict resolution in interpersonal relationships, gender‐ based violence against women and the right to personal integrity, adapted to the evolving capacity of learners, in formal curricula and at all levels of education. 15: Training professionals 16: Preventive intervention and treatment programmes: legislative or other measures to set up or support treatment programmes aimed at preventing perpetrators, in particular sex offenders, from re‐offending 17: Participation of the private sector and the media

Safety: Protection • Focus on the victim, safety from the perpetrator

Istanbul Convention: 18 -28 • • • Information General support services Assistance to individual/collective complaints Restraining/protection orders Specialist support services Shelters Helplines Support for victims of sexual violence Protection and support for child witnesses Reporting by professionals

Actors and policy fields involved • Extensive • Need for coordination/integrated action • National level • Local level

Comprehensive and coordinated action IC Article 7 – Comprehensive and co‐ordinated policies Parties shall take the necessary legislative and other measures to adopt and implement State‐wide effective, comprehensive and co‐ordinated policies encompassing all relevant measures to prevent and combat all forms of violence covered by the scope of this Convention and offer a holistic response to violence against women.

Comprehensive and coordinated action • A gender sensitive approach to violence against women: all forms of violence against women are addressed simultaneously as a manifestation of gender‐based discrimination against women, rather than providing a separate and fragmented approach to the different forms, with no explicit link being made between them. • A three-tiered approach (prevention, protection and prosecution): all three main pillars of action are duly covered. The three pillars are interlinked and complement each other. At the same time, each individual pillar follows a comprehensive approach. • Multi-sectoral, multi-agency and multi-level co-ordination: an integrated approach is developed and implemented allowing all relevant sectors and actors to co‐ordinate effectively and systematise action at all administrative levels. • Instruments and tools for ensuring an effective response in practice: a consistent response is ensured through the introduction of instruments and tools that effectively implement, monitor and review existing legislation and policies including: shared standards, guidelines, protocols and by‐laws across the sectors and actors that respond to violence against women; adequate and systematic training; regular monitoring, evaluation and review of legislation, policies and practice; regular and system‐wide data collection; and allocation of sufficient financial resources.

Horizontal coordination • Multiagency cooperation at various levels • National: • National strategies • National level coordination bodies • Local: • Duluth – community coordination • One stop shops (MARAC – Multiagency risk assessment conferences; SART – sexual assault response teams)

Vertical - implementation; putting policy objectives in practice • Ensuring that tools are available and applicable from top to bottom • Awareness raising • Training • Shelters and protection across the board • Data and monitoring