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investigated by the Citizens’ safety surveys; administrative data on female
homicides
3. the way out, with data about the calls to the to the national helpline against
violence and stalking 1522 and the new census data collection on shelters and
centers for victims of violence;
4. the paths in the justice system, as the analysis based on the reports to the
police, the proceedings, the convictions and the prisoners data.
Most of these data are produced by ISTAT in agreement with NGOs and a
number of National Ministries and Institutions as this is the only possible way
to proceed producing good, accurate and meaningful data.
The paper will present the structure of the integrated system as well as the
main key results from the new data collection on stereotypes and on
specialized services for victims of VAW.

Keywords
Gender; multisource; Istanbul; police; justice

1. Introduction
In 2017 an agreement between the Italian National Statistical Institute
(ISTAT) and the national Department for Equal Opportunity (DEO) at the
Presidency of the Council of Ministers was signed in order to create an
integrated data system on Violence against women (VAW) with the aim to
support stakeholders in designing policies to prevent and combat VAW.
The Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence
against women and domestic violence (2011), the so called Istanbul
Convention, ratified in Italy in 2013, requires States to offer a holistic response
to violence against women. Chapter II of the Explanatory Report to the
Convention describe the “3 Ps structure” of “Prevention”, “Protection”, and
“Prosecution” of the victims: Prevention of violence through sustained
measures that address its root causes and aim at changing attitudes, gender
roles and stereotypes that make violence against women acceptable;
Protecting women and girls who are known to be at risk and setting up
specialist support services for victims and their children; Prosecuting the
perpetrators. However, since an effective response to all forms of violence
covered by the scope of the Convention requires more than measures in these
three fields, the drafters considered as necessary to include an additional “P”:
adopting and implementing state-wide integrated Policies that are effective,
co-ordinated and comprehensive.
Furthermore, according to article 11 “Data collection and research”, the
Convention recognizes for the first time the crucial importance and the role
played by statistics in improving the awareness of gender based violence and
its monitoring.

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