This project aims the assessment of the services provided by the national network of support to the victims of domestic violence according to two aspects: a) the entities and services that provide support to victims and are part of the national support network; b) the users of this network. Regarding the first strand, the study aims to survey the set of management entities and valences of the national support network, specifically shelters, shelter’s structure and emergency shelter’ services. At this level, it is aimed the analysis of indicators of characterization and self-assessment of the operation of the services provided to users who are victims of domestic violence. In its second aspect, the study aims are assessing the degree of satisfaction of a set of users of the national network of support to victims of domestic violence who, in the different regions of the country, used services provided by some of those services as well as the impact of this technical intervention in their life pathways.

The research project "Processes of inclusion of women victims of domestic violence: education, vocational training and entrepreneurship" analyzes the process of social and economic autonomy of women who leave violent relationships and enter into a shelter. With three axes of analysis - policies, institutions and individuals (women victims) - the overall objectives of the project are developed at macro, meso and micro level. The project aims to: 1. Assess the importance of political strategies in education, employment and training, social inclusion and equality in the process of social reintegration of victims of domestic violence and the prevention of their revictimization; 2. Map and examine the policies for the social reintegration of the victims and the role of the support institutions, namely shelters; 3. Understand the process of social reintegration of victims of domestic violence who have been hosted in a shelter; to longitudinally analyze the inequality of resources throughout the life course of the woman and the strategies to promote their autonomy and a life project.