[en] The aim of this contribution is twofold: on the one hand to study the processes that led to increased political attention on IPV in Belgium during the COVID crisis, and on the other hand to analyze developments, changes, and innovations in practices through case studies. Multiple qualitative approaches have been mobilized in the French-speaking part of Belgium. Data on the political-administrative framework were collected and discourse analysis were first conducted. This collection was enriched with exploratory interviews with representatives of different ministerial cabinets and members of the administration as well as NGO’s member. Then, 6 cases studies were conducted in three sectors (police/justice, medical and associations). The case studies highlight what has been done in the emergency to respond to the problem of IPV and how the professional actors who implement new practices have experienced this. We have analyzed how the different initiatives were implemented, with which collaborations and what they produced in terms of perception of the phenomenon of IPV and the professional experience of actors. The combination of these methods enables on one hand to investigate the processes that have led to increasing political attention to IPV in Belgium and how politicians, administrations and NGO’s have worked together in an unprecedent way. On the other hand, it brings us data close to the professionals ground reality and enable us to build a nuanced analysis of the professional practices in this specific period.
As part of the IPV-DACOVID, research conducted all across Belgium, the contribution is complementary to the other qualitative analyses as the quantitative analyses presented elsewhere in this panel. It will than participate to highlight the interest of combining the quantitative and qualitative approaches.
Disciplines :
Political science, public administration & international relations
