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This article was originally published October 2020.  The data has not improved.

United Nation’s-Secretary General Antonio Guterres has warned that being confined with abusive partners during the pandemic has led to a “horrifying global surge in domestic abuse”.  This well organized domestic violence resource guide with hotlines and practical advice.  It has been gathered by Michelle Cardillo a member of a Women’s Rights action group.  Share this widely.

 

National Domestic Violence Hotlines

 

National Domestic Violence Hotlines

• Break the Silence Survivor Helpline
  phone: 1 (855) 287-1777
  message on Facebook
• DoD Safe Helpline (for military members & their families)
  phone: 1 (877) 995-5247
• National Dating Abuse Helpline
  phone: 1 (866) 331-9474
  message on Facebook
• The National Domestic Violence Hotline
  phone: 1 (800) 799-7233
  phone: 1-800-787-3224 (TTY)
  message on Facebook
• VictimConnect
  phone: 1 (855) 484-2846

United Kingdom: You can’t trust the government

The 25% jump in U.K. abuse reports isn’t surprising. A recent study shows that the pandemic exposed severe flaws in the government’s approach to domestic abuse.

Funds promised to services who support victims of Domestic Abuse back in October 2019 have not yet been supplied. This is surprising, considering the Government signed the Istanbul Convention in 2012 to reaffirm the U.K.’s strong commitment to tackle violence against women and girls. In reality, most of the U.K.’s 48 support services had to shut down at least one of their support channels. Abuse victim shelters are nearing full capacity, and the Coronavirus outbreak made everything worse – particularly for Asian, Black, and other minority victims.

We need to take the initiative and help people ourselves. This list will show you contacts that are still available and can help save lives today.

Domestic Violence Hotlines Across the U.K.

• Freephone National Domestic Abuse Helpline
  phone: 0808 200 0247
• Galop (for the LGBTQ community)
  phone: 0800 999 5428
  message on Facebook
• Live Fear Free Helpline (Wales)
  phone: 0808 801 0800
• Men’s Advice Line
  phone: 0808 801 0327
  message on Facebook
• Respect Phoneline
  phone: 0808 802 4040
  message on Facebook
• Scotland’s Domestic Abuse and Force Marriage Helpline (Scotland)
  phone: 0800 027 1234
• Scottish Women’s Aid (Scotland)
  phone: 0131 226 6606
• Women’s Aid Federation (Northern Ireland)
  phone: 0800 917 1414
  message on Facebook

European Union: Most victims don’t know where to turn

As the Coronavirus Plague’s hit grew hard in Europe, cases of Domestic Violence simply skyrocketed.

Designated hotlines in Spain reported a 47% increase in women calling for help and a shocking 700% increase in online approaches from victims. Calls for help increased by 40% in Austria, and in France there’s been a 36% increase in police interventions for cases of abused women and children since the outbreak.

Being locked in with their abuser made calling for help harder than ever. Women in France and Spain had no choice, and began asking for help from pharmacists when they managed to go out to get medications. You can help make a difference by utilizing these contacts – whether you’re a victim of Domestic Abuse in the E.U. yourself or know somebody there who is being abused.

Domestic Violence Hotlines in European Countries

• Albania
  Women and Girls Advice Line (Linja e Keshillimit per Gra dhe Vajza)
  phone: 116
  message on Facebook
• Andorra
  Servei d’Atenció a les Víctimes de Violència Domèstica i Familiar
  phone: 181
• Austria
  Women’s Helpline Against Violence (Wiener Interventionsstelle gegen Gewalt in der Familie)
  phone: 0800 222 555
  message on Facebook
• Belarus
  National Hotline for Survivors of Domestic Violence
  phone: 8801 100 8801
• Belgium
  Crisis Situation Helpline
  phone: 106 (Flemish)
  phone: 107 (French)
  phone: 108 (German)
  Ecoutes Violences Conjugales (French)
  phone: 0800 30 030
  Violence Hotline (Flemish)
  phone: 1712
• Bosnia and Herzegovina
  SOS Line for Women and Children
  phone: 1264 (Republika Srpska)
  phone: 1265 (Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina)
  message on Facebook
• Bulgaria
  Women’s Helpline
  phone: 359 2 981 7686
• Croatia
  Autonomous Women’s House in Zagreb
  phone: 0800 55 44
• Cyprus
  Center for Emergency Assistance Helpline
  phone: 1440
• Czech Republic
  DONA Line
  phone: +420 251 51 13 13
• Denmark
  LOKK Hotline
  phone: +45 70 20 30 82
• Estonia
  Tugitelefon
  phone: 1492
• Finland
  Women’s Line (Naisten Linja)
  phone: 358-800-02400
  message on Facebook
• France
  Violences Femmes Info
  phone: 3919
  Viols Femmes Information
  phone: 0800 05 95 95
• Germany
  National Women’s Helpline
  phone: 08000 116 016
• Greece
  E.K.K.A. (National Center for Social Solidarity)
  phone: 197
  message on Facebook
  General Secretariat for Gender Equality
  phone: 15 900
  message on Facebook
• Hungary
  NaNE Helpline for Battered Women and Children
  phone: 06 80 505 101
• Iceland
  Kvennaathvarfið Shelter Helpline
  phone: 561 1205
• Ireland
  National Freephone Helpline
  phone: 1800-341-900
  message on Facebook
• Italy
  Antiviolenza Donne
  phone: 1522
  message on Facebook
• Kosovo
  Direct Line for Victims of Violence (Albanian) (Bosnian)
  phone: 0800 11112
  message on Facebook
  SOS Linja
  phone: 381 39 033 00 98
• Latvia
  Crisis Helpline
  phone: 67222922
• Liechtenstein
  Women’s Helpline Frauenhaus
  phone: 423 380 02 03
• Lithuania
  Women’s Line (Lygus)
  phone: 8800 66 366
  message on Facebook
• Luxembourg
  Fraentelefon
  phone: 12 344
• Macedonia
  National SOS Line – Phone of Trust
  phone: 15 315
  message on Facebook
  SOS National Mobile Line
  phone: 389 75 141 700
  phone: 389 77 141 700
• Malta
  Appogg Agency Supportline
  phone: 179
• Moldova
  Trust Line
  phone: 080 111 111
  phone: Veilig Thuis
  phone: 0800 2000
• Norway
  Crisis Situation Helpline
  phone: 800 40 008
• Poland
  National Emergency Service for Survivors of Family Violence
  phone: 801 12 00 02
  National Emergency Service for Survivors of Family Violence – Blue Line
  phone: 22 668 70 00
  message on Facebook
• Portugal
  Serviço de Informação às Vitimas de Violéncia Doméstica
  phone: 800 202 148
• Romania
  ADRA (Bucharest)
  phone: 021 25 25 117
  Baia Mare: Centru Artemis
  phone: 0262 25 07 70
  CMSC (Iasi)
  phone: 023 225 29 20
  Sensi Blue Foundation (Bucharest)
  phone: 021 311 46 36
  Sibiu: A.L.E.G.
  phone: 075 389 35 31
  Targu Mures: IEESR
  phone: 026 521 16 99
  Timisoara: APFR
  phone: 0256 29 3183
• Russia
  ANNA (National Center for the Prevention of Violence)
  phone: 8 800 7000 600
• Serbia
  Helpline for Victims of Domestic Violence
  phone: 0800 100 600
  Network of Women’s Hotline in Vojvodina
  phone: 0800 10 10 10
• Slovakia
  National Line for Women Surviving Violence
  phone: message on Facebook
• Slovenia
  SOS Helpline for Women and Children
  phone: message on Facebook
• Spain
  Helpline for Information on Gender Violence
  phone: message on Facebook
• Sweden
  Kvinnofridslinjen
  phone: 020 52 1010
• Switzerland
  Dargebotene Hand
  phone: 183
• Ukraine
  Domestic Violence Counteraction and Child Rights Protection Hotline
  phone: 0800 500 336
  message on Facebook

Additional Global Domestic Violence Hotlines & Resources

• Afghanistan
  Afghan Women’s Resource Center
  phone: +93 799 203 056
  phone: +93 700 280 179
  message on Facebook
• Angola
  phone: 260 665 9191
• Antigua and Barbuda
  phone: 268 463 5555
• Argentina
  phone: 11 3133 1000
  message on Facebook
• Armenia
  Women’s Support Center
  phone: 099 887 808
  message on Facebook
• Australia
  1800 RESPECT
  phone: 1 800 737 732
  message on Facebook
• Azerbaijan
  phone: 99 412 408 5696
• Bahamas
  phone: 1 800 737 732
  message on Facebook
• Bahrain
  Information Centre for Women and Children
  phone: 17262237
  message on Facebook
• Bangladesh
  phone: 109
• Belize
  Cornerstone Foundation
  phone: 222 4343
• Benin
  Courants de Femmes
  phone: 806 254 0376
• Bhutan
  Information Centre for Women and Children
  phone: (975) 2 332159/334751
• Bolivia
  Casa del Mujer
  phone: 591 4 663 8517
  message on Facebook
• Botswana
  Humana People to People
  phone: (267) 3900516/7659
  message on Facebook
• Botswana
  Humana People to People
  phone: (267) 3900516/7659
  message on Facebook
• Brazil
  SOS Ação Mulher e Família
  phone: 180
• Brunei
  phone: 673 340524
• Burkina Faso
  phone: 226 31 30 52
• Burundi
  phone: +257 22 23 53 78
  message on Facebook
• Cabo Verde
  phone: 941 780 2232
  message on Facebook
• Cambodia
  Cambodian Women’s Crisis Center
  phone: 1288
• Cameroon
  phone: 267 220 52 94
• Canada
  Alberta Council of Women
  phone: 1 800 363 9010
  message on Facebook
• Central African Republic
  phone: 610600
• Chad
  phone: 0235 66 77 50 35
  message on Facebook
• Chile
  Red Chilena Contra la Violencia Hacia las Mujeres
  phone: 800 104 008
  message on Facebook
• Colombia
  phone: 01 8000 52 2020
• Comoros
  phone: 0269 773 46 63
• Democratic Republic of the Congo
  phone: (267) 220 52 94
• Republic of the Congo
  phone: 05 548 59 95
• Costa Rica
  Cefemina
  phone: 506 2224 3986
  message on Facebook
• Djibouti
  Union Nationale des Femmes de Djibouti
  phone: 35 04 21/35 19 81
• Dominica
  phone: (767) 266-3023/3344/3083
• Dominican Republic
  phone: *212
  message on Facebook
• Ecuador
  phone: 098 63 62 526
  message on Facebook
• El Savador
  Organización de Mujeres Salvadoreñas por la Paz
  phone: 503 2556 0032
  message on Facebook
• Eritrea
  National Union of Eritrean Women
  phone: 291 1 185636
  message on Facebook
• Eswatini
  Swaziland Action Group Against Abuse
  phone: 95
  message on Facebook
• Ethiopia
  phone: (11) 124 2998/123 0777
  message on Facebook
• Fiji
  Fiji Women’s Crisis Center
  phone: 3313 300
  message on Facebook
• Georgia
  Anti-Violence Network of Georgia
  phone: 309 903
  message on Facebook
• Grenada
  phone: 473 440 3788
  message on Facebook
• Guatemala
  Fundación Sobrevivientes
  phone: 2285 0100/0139
  message on Facebook
• Guinea
  phone: 60 28-11-89
• Guyana
  Fundación Sobrevivientes
  phone: (592) 227-3454
• Haiti
  Anti-Violence Network of Georgia
  phone: (509) 2 45 5174/4221
  message on Facebook
• Honduras
  phone: 114
• India
  Zariya
  phone: 1091 / 1291
  message on Facebook
• Indonesia
  Komnas Perempuan
  phone: (0274) 553333
• Georgia
  Anti-Violence Network of Georgia
  phone: 309 903
  message on Facebook
• Georgia
  Anti-Violence Network of Georgia
  phone: 309 903
  message on Facebook
• Iran
  Organization for Defending Victims of Violence
  phone: 21 88 96 30 91
  message on Facebook
• Iraq
  phone: 110
  message on Facebook
• Israel
  phone: 1202
  message on Facebook
• Jamaica
  Woman Inc. Crisis Centre
  phone: 929 9038
  message on Facebook
• Japan
  Women’s Resource Center
  phone: 092 513 7333
• Jordan
  The Jordanian National Commission for Women
  phone: 6 568 7037
  message on Facebook
• Kenya
  Coalition on Violence Against Women
  phone: 733 594 794
  message on Facebook
• Kiribati
  phone: 26187
• Kyrgyzstan
  phone: 281 455
• Laos
  phone: 1362
• Lebanon
  Lebanese Council for Combating Violence Against Women
  phone: 6 624 060
  message on Facebook
• Liberia
  phone: 919 527 0517
  message on Facebook
• Marshall Islands
  Women United Together Marshall Islands
  phone: +692 625 5290
  message on Facebook
• Mauritius
  SOS Femmes
  phone: 139
• Mexico
  phone: 1 800 911 2511
  message on Facebook
• Morocco
  phone: (212) 2 82 64 00/01
  message on Facebook
• Myanmar
  Myanmar Women’s Affairs Federation
  message on Facebook
• Namibia
  phone: 081 127 1002/3
• Nepal
  The Women’s Foundation Nepal
  phone: +977 1 515 5080
  message on Facebook
• New Zealand
  Shine
  phone: 0508 744 633
  message on Facebook
• Nicaragua
  phone: 118
  message on Facebook
• New Zealand
  Shine
  phone: 0508 744 633
  message on Facebook
• Niger
  phone: 227 74 12 55
• Nigeria
  WACOL
  phone: (234) 09091333000
• Papua New Guinea
  phone: 71508000
• Paraguay
  phone: 137
• Saint Kitts and Nevis
  phone: 869 469 1887
  message on Facebook
• Saint Lucia
  St. Lucia Crisis Centre Corporation
  phone: 202
• Samoa
  Samoa Victims Support
  phone: 68522640
  message on Facebook
• San Marino
  phone: 800 738 738
• Saudi Arabia
  phone: 1919
• Senegal
  Comite de Lutte Contre Les Violences Faites Aux Femmes
  phone: 221 33 941 44 11
• Seychelles
  phone: 248 224 455
• Sierra Leone
  phone: 240 215
  message on Facebook
• Singapore
  Aware
  phone: 18007775555
• Solomon Islands
  phone: 677 26999
• Somalia
  Save Somali Women And Children – SSWC
  phone: +252 6184 72202
  message on Facebook
• South Africa
  Frida Hartley Shelter
  phone: 0800 150 150
  message on Facebook
• South Korea
  Korea Women’s Hotline
  phone: 1366
  message on Facebook
• Sri Lanka
  phone: 94 11 4 715585
• Sudan
  phone: 9696
  message on Facebook
• Suriname
  Stop Violence Against Women Foundation
  phone: +597 470 0380
• Taiwan
  phone: 113
• Tajikistan
  Project on Prevention of Domestic Violence
  phone: (91) 1892 221 527/198
• Tanzania
  Kiwohede
  phone: 0800 780 100
  message on Facebook
• Thailand
  phone: 02 276 2950
• Timor-Leste
  phone: 390 321 534
• Tonga
  Women & Children Crisis Center Tonga
  phone: +676 222 40
  message on Facebook
• Trinidad and Tobago
  phone: 800 7283
• Tunisia
  phone: (216) 7189 0011
• Uruguay
  Red Uruguaya Contra la Violencia Doméstica y Sexual
  phone: 0800 4141
  message on Facebook
• Vanuatu
  phone: +678 25764
  message on Facebook
• Venezuela
  Fondo de Población de las Naciones Unidas
  phone: 0800-MUJERES (6853737)
  message on Facebook
• Vietnam
  phone: (971) 34 36/31 43
• Yemen
  phone: 1 415 814
• Zambia
  phone: 1 25 52 04
  message on Facebook

How can I tell if someone is being abused?

It’s not always clear. In many cases, you can hear the fights, pangs of violence, cries, or see a victim with bruises – while in many other cases, you won’t be close enough for that.

There are critical indications you can be aware of, however, and know when you’re talking to a person in need of help.

For example: A person who said their abuser – a spouse, family member, or other type of partner – doesn’t let them communicate with their children, family, or friends, using Coronavirus as an excuse. Another indication is a person who has no financial control over their own life and can’t spend any money without approval from their partner – not even for an office gift or a lunch. One more possible indication is a person who just won’t speak about their relationship or partner at all, mostly out of fear of repercussions.

What can I do to help?

Remember that many cases of Domestic Abuse end in murder. They also more frequently include rape, severe injuries, and unimaginable emotional scars – including (and often especially) for the children in the household. Therefore, it is your duty to help the authorities get to the victims and end their nightmare. This is how you’ll do it without risking your own life.

1. Don’t push the victim.
   Sometimes it seems odd that an abused wife won’t file a complaint against her husband to end her suffering – and people will just pressure her to do so. Remember that you don’t know what the victim has gone through, and reporting the abuse might be horrifying for them. Sometimes they try to protect their abuser out of fear, or a feeling that they deserve such abuse. Therefore, they will need your help – and not a lecture about how they need to stop suffering and help themselves.
2. Don’t be afraid to make an anonymous report.
   Call the police if you hear an active, ongoing incident – you might very well be saving that victim’s life.
3. Call a support service.
   Every one of the services listed here are well-trained in cooperating with the police, social services, and other relevant bodies. They can give you advice regarding the specific case at hand, and contact the victim themselves without mentioning you at all.
4. Avoid the abuser.
   You’re trying to help a victim by getting the right professionals on the case, not by taking the law into your own hands or getting into trouble. Don’t talk to the abuser, even if you’re well acquainted, and don’t threaten them. Leave them for the cops and legal system.
5. Keep things confidential.
   While helping a person in need is grounds for praise in social media, it might also expose that case and cause new or additional hardships for the victim. Also, a person who’s fishing for praise on Facebook or Twitter might play into the hands of the abuser’s lawyers, saying your report was dishonest as you were in it only to gain likes and popularity.

sources:
https://www.unwomen.org/en/digital-library/publications/2020/04/policy-brief-the-impact-of-covid-19-on-women
https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/02/europe/domestic-violence-coronavirus-lockdown-intl/index.html
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2020/apr/28/three-women-killed-in-spain-as-coronavirus-lockdown-sees-rise-in-domestic-violence
https://www.wcpo.com/news/coronavirus/number-of-domestic-violence-hotline-calls-on-the-rise-since-self-isolation-period-started

 

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