National Action to End Violence: Moldova 15 August 2011

The National Association of University Women in Moldova is one of many IFUW national federations and associations working on the prevention of violence against women and girls at the national and local level. Among their actions have been the creation of a Balti Crisis Centre for Victims of Violence, training of volunteers for telephone “hot lines” to assist victims, mass media campaigns to educate the public, the creation of a legal clinic for victims and the publication of books, brochures, leaflets and flyers in Romanian and Russian to raise awareness of the problem. More recently, the group compiled their experience with crisis centre work from over ten years into a guide to help others starting similar centres.