Research project In this project, we will analyse how gender-based violence is identified and responded to within the Swedish social services and propose how the needs of women exposed to violence can be better met.
Women clients in social services have experience of violence to a greater extent than those who do not have contact with social services. However, research shows that in Sweden gender-based violence is not routinely identified and addressed within social services. There are also large variations between municipalities and individual social workers in their use of question-centred responses. Despite this, there is a lack of empirical research analysing question-centred responses within social services.
