The Violence Meter : a tool to measure violence in a relationship
The Violence Meter is a self-evaluation tool, with 23 quick questions, which allow to identify violent behaviour and measure whether a relationship is healthy or violent.
Created in Latin America, the Violence Meter was taken up and adapted in 2018 by the Observatory of violence against women of Seine-Saint-Denis, in partnership with the Parisian Observatory for the fight against violence against women and the association En Avant Toute(s).
Presented in the form of a graduated rule, the violenceometer reminds what does and does not constitute violence through a scale with 23 examples of typical behaviour that a partner may have.
It indicates healthy relationships in green, inappropriate violence in orange, and cases of danger where seeking help to protect oneself is necessary.
Although it was originally designed for teenage girls and young women, the Violence Meter is for everyone, women and men of all ages.
On the back of the Violence Meter, the definition of consent is recalled: “The act of giving your approval consciously, freely and explicitly at any given time for a specific situation.”
The violentometer has been translated into French, Spanish, Arabic, Mandarin, Farsi and Turkish. To obtain a pdf version of these translations, please write to oivf@seinesaintdenis.fr.
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