Observatory of Institutional Violence Against Women (OVIM)

The Observatory of Institutional Gender-Based Violence is a civil society platform for political and social advocacy that ensures that institutions act with due diligence and guarantee the right to a life free of gender-based violence and discrimination against women, girls, boys and adolescents.

stories cases complaints of institutional sexist violence in the Spanish State

These are not isolated cases, institutional sexist violence is structural. We need to make it known in order to demand accountability from the State. Can we join together?

Discover the data from the 2025 annual report on institutional gender-based violence here!

OVIM Blog

Follow the progress of the first Observatory of Institutional Violence Against Women (OVIM) in Spain here.

The second OVIM report focuses on childhood and adolescence: almost 6 out of 10 cases point to the judicial sector
The OVIM in Seville
II International Forum of Feminist Observatories

Do you want to join the OVIM collective complaint anonymously?

This is a channel intended to document cases and stories about situations of institutional sexist violence experienced, anonymously. Its purpose is to monitor this violence and put collective pressure on public authorities and institutions, so that these events are not repeated and to guarantee the right of women, girls, boys and adolescents to a life free of sexist violence.

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Institutional sexist violence

Did you know that the State has the obligation to guarantee our right to a life free from gender-based violence? And that this obligation is being systematically breached by public institutions and services?

The State itself and its institutions can (re)produce sexist violence, which constitutes institutional sexist violence.

Downloadable Resources

Can you help us to make OVIM reach more people? Access here the promotional and downloadable materials prepared by the team. Don't forget to tag us as @ovim_es if you share on your social networks. Thank you!

Have you experienced a case of institutionalized gender-based violence?
Do you know a woman, child, or adolescent who has experienced this? Are you an organization that is aware of stories of institutionalized gender-based violence?
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