Living healthily and without violence

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Our objective:

To empower individuals and communities to demand and enforce their rights to health and a life free from violence for women and girls, by promoting dialogue, citizen participation and collective advocacy.

Our actions:

• Strengthening the quality of health services through continuing education for health personnel and the development of integrated care protocols for non-communicable diseases and gender-based violence.
• Adopting positive, family-centred, community-based and intercultural approaches to health, incorporating the promotion of positive masculinity and relationship models based on positive treatment.
• Promoting mutual aid and support among victims and patients through patient-centred services tailored to the needs of communities.
• Integrating health education into school curricula and raising awareness among the general public through health promoters.
• Training young leaders and community actors to promote health among their peers.
• Connecting people at risk in terms of mental health with the appropriate health services and actors.
• Advocating with authorities and on local and national platforms to improve access to and use of health services.

Our impact

This project contributes to improving the quality and accessibility of care, preventing chronic diseases, reducing gender-based violence and promoting an inclusive, participatory and human rights-based health culture.