The conference is designed to: 1. Connect research and intervention within the field of domestic violence 2. Exchange knowledge, good practices and methodologies which best contribute to the protection of victims and to the eradication of domestic and gender violence 3. Share scientific results which inform the construction of social and legal policies regarding domestic and gender violence 4. Promote networking among professionals and experts in this field 5. Develop research and practice networks, methods and tools on preventing and combatting domestic violence. Conference themes • Intimate partner violence • Domestic violence against the elderly • Domestic violence against children • Domestic violence against LGBTI groups • Domestic violence against ethnic minorities • Risk assessment and management • Intervention systems • Sexual violence • Domestic violence prevention • Victim support professionals and practice • The state and social policy • Intervention with perpetrators • Domestic violence and the justice system • The role of social and feminist movements in combatting domestic violence • Gender issues and domestic violence Intersectionality of domestic violence • Ethical issues in intervention • Research and intervention methods • Domestic violence and human trafficking • Femicide Human and social costs of domestic violence • Media and representations of domestic violence • The health system and domestic violence • Domestic violence and the formal education systems The conference on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/ECDV2017/