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
The article “Sexualised violence against older women: the importance of multiagency collaboration” was published in the Fempower magazine in December 2021. This article specifically focuses on the issue of sexualised violence against older women, and how systematic protocols of multiagency cooperation are helpful in preventing […]
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The purpose of this report is to describe several best practices that were identified during the course of the project. This starts with the MARVOW model itself, followed by the case studies used in the model and other promising practices. The report can be downloaded […]
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This manual provides overall training programme on violence against older people, with emphasis on the special situation of violence against older women. The manual deals with terminology used when talking about violence against elderly and provides information on futurechallenges. Violence against older persons can occur […]
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