Inaugural lecture by Prof. Renée Römkens (Director of Atria), professor by special appointment in Gender Based Violence at the University of Amsterdam.

It was obvious: this 2017 Women’s March on Washington was from its very beginning historical in its own right. Together we rallied with what later turned out to be half a million protesters.

Renée Römkens has been named professor by special appointment of Gender Based Vviolence at the University of Amsterdam’s (UvA) Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences.

This study by Atria and Verwey-Jonker Institute primarily focuses on deepening existing insights into the approach in interventions that have proven to work when it comes to breaking through the intergenerational transference of violence.

European Union survey results in the Dutch context.

The Kenau foundation was founded in 1981, with the aim of increasing the physical and mental resistance of women and girls by teaching them self-defence and martial arts.

What works in prevention of violence against women and girls?

With over a 1000 participants coming from all continents, the 3rd World Conference on Women’s Shelters lived up to its name.