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  1. About
  2. The organisation

The organisation

Founded in 2014, the European Network for the Work with Perpetrators of Domestic Violence (WWP EN) unites experts from perpetrator programmes, research institutes, and victim/survivor support services. Together, we strive to create a Europe where perpetrator work is accountable, effective, victim-centred, and gender-informed.

Our story

2009

Founding as an informal network

2014

Official founding with 30 members, first financial support by Oak Foundation

2018

First 4-year operating grant from the European Union, first EU-funded project "Engage" and first Responsible Together Campaign

2020

First training courses for professionals working with perpetrators and victims/survivors of domestic violence

2022

Start working on a European accreditation for perpetrator programmes

2023

Launch of the European Standards for Perpetrator Programmes

Our areas of expertise

  • European standards for perpetrator work
  • Starting perpetrator work/building a programme
  • Quality assurance, monitoring, and evaluation of perpetrator programmes
  • Sexualised violence
  • Child protection
  • Fatherhood and fathering
  • Violence against older women
  • Digital/cyber violence/tech-facilitated abuser
  • Working with migrant and refugee perpetrators
  • Multi-agency cooperation
  • Perpetrator work in prisons and probation
  • Perpetrator work and the Istanbul Convention
  • Online work with perpetrators
  • Covid-19 and perpetrator work

Statutes

The WWP EN Statutes include information on the network's aims and goals, the formal requirements for the WWP EN Board and network membership, as well as internal regulations and processes.

Read the statutes in German and English

Organisational chart (download here)

Organisational chart for the European Network for the Work with Perpetrators of Domestic Violence (WWP EN) in 2024. It outlines six key sections: Membership, Board, Current Committees, Current Working Groups, Cooperation with women's support service, and Team. Membership includes individuals and organisations involved in perpetrator work, victim/survivor support, and intimate partner violence research. The Board, elected by full members with at least 2 women's support services representatives, oversees operations. Additionally, the chart showcases the network's operational divisions, which include Current Committees (Equality sub-committee and Sustainability) and Current Working Groups who are in charge of the Annual Conference, IMPACT Toolkit, and Accreditations & Standards. Cooperation with women's support service involves joint webinars, participation in working groups, and expert papers, requiring a minimum of 2 board members. The WWP EN Team, based in Berlin, coordinates network activities across Europe.
Organizational chart illustrating the structure of the European Network for the Work with Perpetrators of Domestic Violence (ENWP) in 2024. The chart outlines the hierarchical relationships within the organization. membership can volunteer/apply to write expert papers and host study visits or annual conferences, they also elect the board. The board decides over acceptance to the membership and selects the organisation's staff, which is coordinated by the Executive Director. The team coordinates all membership activities, such as the expert papers and study visit/annual conference.