Nora Germundsson was awarded second prize for her thesis "We need the voices - strong voices" - a qualitative study of new expectations of women's shelters. The thesis is about the expectations of women's shelters, among other things, based on the strengthening of the Social Services Act in 2006. In order to meet new regulatory requirements the municipality enters into agrements with non-profit women's shelters. Nora Germundsson has examined what impact this has had on women's shelters and what strategies shelters uses to adapt to the requirements. Her results show that the changes have led to women's shelters becoming more uniform, as they must meet the social council requirements. At the same time shelters experience a greater need to specialize and stand out in order to compete with other actors in the field.
Read more (in Swedish) Brottsoffermyndighetens hemsida.
Read the abstract here.