Abuse of older women is perhaps the most underdeveloped of all aspects of support services for gender-based violence in Europe. For this reason, the MARVOW project will develop and implement a comprehensive multiagency cooperation model for working with elderly victims of abuse. It will do so by bringing together a wide range of stakeholders from relevant sectors of activity (eldercare, healthcare, protection and social services, judiciary and police among others) to identify the gaps that exist within current systems that hinder their ability to adequately serve older victims. MARVOW will also assist these actors in implementing direct interventions to support victims and work with perpetrators to try and break the cycle of violence. The model will be extensively evaluated and improved before being disseminated to a wide audience of policy makers and service providers in partner countries (Austria, Estonia, Greece, Germany) and throughout Europe for replication.
Police, victim support services, men counselling centres, anti-violence programs, senior centres, health care services, eldercare services, DV workers, policy makers
Elderly women victims of abuse
Perpetrators
Today is World Elder Abuse Awareness Day! World Elder Abuse Awareness Day is an opportunity to promote a better understanding of abuse and neglect of older persons by raising awareness of the cultural, social, economic, and demographic processes affecting elder abuse and neglect. Violence against […]
read more The COVID-19 pandemic has a terrible impact on older women, which are more and more often victims of violence and face many difficulties to find help. We talked about this and about our project with Pensionistenverband Oberösterreich (Association of Retired Persons in Upper Austria). You […]
read more The training materials present the MARVOW Project, two models of multi-agency cooperation (MARAC and CCR), and Perpetrator Programmes as part of the response system to victims of domestic violence. .
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