"Stop Violence Against Women!" under the financial support of the Netherlands Fund "Mama Cash"
Project timeline: May 2004 - May 2005
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Objectives:
- To increase public awareness on domestic violence against women through psychological, legal, and educational programs.
- To decrease the number of assaults in the community, prevent deviant behavior (suicides, alcohol addictions, crimes and etc.) and decrease psychological discomforts in families.
- To increase the quality of the psychological and legal assistance for victims of domestic violence including women and children.
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Results:
- Developed more effective institutional base for domestic violence against by distributing information and increasing professional level of organizations
- Informed community about causes of domestic violence and existing legal and organizational mechanisms of protection
- Increased awareness of women and use of organizational mechanisms and legal bases
- 1,000 women received psychological assistance on the confidential telephone hotline
- Provided 300 individual psychological consultations