The specific objectives of the survey are to:
- provide evidence needed by key stakeholders such as policy makers, practitioners and non-governmental organisations for the development of policies and other measures to combat violence against women;
- supply, for the first time, EU-wide comparable data on the extent and nature of women’s experiences of physical, sexual and psychological violence and harassment – including whether they report these experiences and what the response is when they do;
- contribute to the collection of data for the development of indicators that will be used to monitor violence against women and responses to it.