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Assistance to victims of gender-based violence

Issues relating to gender-based violence are often taboo in Madagascar. Cultural and community pressures remain very present and the issue of violence is equated with shame, quotmany women prefer to suffer them in silencequot

Particularly committed to the fight against all forms of violations of fundamental rights, including gender-based violence and practices that harm the lives of children, the First Lady, Mialy Rajoelina, was named last April quotAmbassador for the fight against gender-based violence” by UNFPA. To this end, two Local Women's Brigades (BFP) in Antananarivo and Toliara have been set up to support victims of gender-based violence (awareness, listening, support), in collaboration with the UNFPA, as well as the setting up of reception and listening structures for victims.

Juridical help :

  • Listening and Legal Advice Centers (CECJ) : rapid social, legal and medical support for vulnerable people. These centers are responsible for receiving denunciations of gender-based violence, raising awareness for the purpose of preventing this violence through direct advice to victims or mobile activities at the community level and finally, ensuring the dissemination of legal provisions. protecting women against violence, are divided into 12 Regions: Boeny, Betsiboka, Analamanga, Itasy, Bongolava, Atsinana, Analanjirofo, Amoron'iMania, Haute Matsiatra, Menabe, Anosy,
  • quot Trano Aro ZO quot called legal clinics located in Ivandry and Andohotapenaka for Antananarivo, in the region of Betroka and Ihosy, Anosy and Ihorombe Regions, having as main attributions: the settlement of community, family and community conflicts, the guarantee of access to rights and justice for vulnerable people, but also the amicable resolution of community conflicts.

Legal clinics allow the establishment of a non-judicial, rapid, flexible and accessible mechanism of recourse to all citizens in order to make the enjoyment of human rights and individual freedoms effective.

Structure working for the fight against gender-based violence:

  • FITIA Association: Association of the First Lady Mialy Rajoelina, in favor of the vulnerable population, in the field of education, health, community development and the fight against gender-based violence.

Ambodivona Parcel n°34 Tana Water Front Antananarivo

Email: contact@association-fitia.com

Facebook: Official Fitia Association

  • SAHALA project: co-financed by the European Union, implemented by the NGO CforC and the NGO Madagascar Save. Is part of the fight against violence against women and girls, and also in the actions for the realization of the national strategy to fight against gender-based violence in Madagascar, as well as the realization of the 5th objective of the Sustainable Development Goals: Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls.

Missions: Awareness and Involvement of men who are perpetrators of violence or not, in the fight against GBV, accompanied by Listening Units, Raising Children's awareness of non-violence, gender and positive masculinity.

Area of intervention: Analamanga and Menabe

Telephone: 034 79 057 32

Facebook: Sahala / @sahalaproject

  • Social center ARRUPE: Social center for vulnerable people

ECAR Faravohitra, Antananarivo

Telephone: 020 22 310 23

Facebook: Social Center Arrupe Madagascar / @centresocialarrupe.mg

  • TIHAVA Network: Shelter for victims of violence and is also a Network for the fight against domestic violence, made up of around fifty organisations.

Telephone: 034 43 619 52

Facebook: TIHAVA network / @reseautihava

  • Christian Action for the Abolition of Torture - ACAT Madagascar: Secular association fighting against all forms of torture, including domestic violence. Head of Acat Madagascar: Laure Rabetokotany

Lot III U 152 T Bis X Anosizato -East, Antananarivo 101

Telephone: 033 28 350 53/34 17 762 55

Email: acatmadagascar@yahoo.fr

  • NGO SOA AFAFY HAMPAHOMBY NY HO AVY – NGO SAHA: Organization of accompaniment, support and training for the control of development by the actors, the improvement of policy, strategies and governance for development local.

Telephone: 020 22 321 53

Email: contact@saha-mg.org

Facebook: NGO SAHA / @ongsaha

HOTLINES to call in case of:

  • Gender violence: 813 / 034 05 350 13
  • Child abuse: 147
  • Suspicious cases of Coronavirus – Covid19: 910 / 913 / 914
  • Customs violation: 360