We conceive gender-based violence as an extremely complex and serious issue affecting women in every aspect of their lives, and as such it must be approached.
We carry out comprehensive interventions focusing on the strengthening and protection of women seeking help by providing support and orientation, group assistance, counsel and legal representation in relation to the abuse report as well as in relation to contact orders, financial support, parental responsibility and divorce.
We assist women who are victims of violence, women who survived abuse situations during childhood and adolescence, and mothers who suspect their children have been victims of sexual abuse.
In a context of warmth, empathy and confidentiality, we offer each woman the company and support needed to walk their way back to freedom, autonomy, self-esteem and the strength to protect their children.
Individual assistance
Women who come to our institution for the first time have an individual interview with a psychologist who is an expert in the field. As a consequence of the violence they endure, they arrive feeling doubtful, unstable, confused, unsafe and afraid, and are filled with guilt. Through these initial interviews, we can get to know their personal situation, establish a relationship based on trust, assess risks and agree on a course of action. These first steps are extremely hard but, nonetheless, key to recovery. We recognize how valuable and how important their efforts and their request for help are. We see their potential to find a way out of violence and that is why we make all our support, commitment and expertise available to them.
Helping women to be aware of their rights and how to enforce them is part of the process of strengthening and empowering them. We provide legal advice and representation for violence reports as well as for legal filings related to children’s defense and protection, such as financial support, contact orders, personal care and divorce. Victims of gender-based abuse usually require legal aid. Ironically, access to legal professionals with the appropriate training and experience in the field stands as an exception. Scarcity of adequate legal service is the rule.
For us, legal aid must be approached with a comprehensive view, as a key element of the recovery process. The attorneys take regular part in our mutual help groups in order to clear up doubts and deal with any concerns their members have about legal aspects of their situation.
legal AID
GROUP SUPPORT
Currently, in Shalom Bayit there are 11 mutual aid groups, each one with approximately 14 women, and coordinated by 2 professionals from the team. Of these, 8 are from women victims of domestic violence, 2 from protective mothers and 1 from survivors of sexual violence in childhood.
Meeting other women in the group makes it possible to achieve one of the first objectives in the process of coming out of violence: putting an end to the isolation in which victims of domestic violence usually find themselves. Meeting with other women going through similar situations, establishing support networks and sharing strategies, understanding the dynamics of violence, questioning one's beliefs, is part of the way out.
The groups of protective mothers are made up of women who have been (and are) being victims of violence by the same person who has sexually assaulted her daughters. The group space is a support network for them in their personal and judicial processes, full of obstacles, vicissitudes, and requirements. Protective mothers share their experiences, feelings, frustrations, achievements, seeking to strengthen themselves to continue protecting their children.
The group of survivors is made up of adult women who have been victims of sexual violence in childhood. It has specific characteristics, being a closed and short-term group, proposing a specialized treatment to work with the victims and the consequences of this form of violence. The survivors are accompanied by the professionals and by each other, undergoing a process of recovery and strengthening, individually and collectively.
Based on the issues that the women themselves bring to this space, we work on the objectives as a group:
» Identify and review the beliefs and ideas that each one has about women, men, children, marriage, the couple, love and family.
» Socialize the experiences of both abuse and survival.
» Understand the dynamics of violence and abuse, captivity and loss of freedom.
» Recognize the victimization to which their daughters and sons were also subjected.
» Identify the damage caused by abuse.
» Learn self-protection and security strategies, know their rights and that of their sons and daughters.
» Recover autonomy and economic independence.
» Increase self-esteem and personal strengthening for decision-making.
» Establish support networks with other women in similar situations.
» Share fears and frustrations.
» Share achievements and celebrate them.
We are deeply committed to developing best practices in the approach of gender-based abuse and violence against children and adolescents. We believe that an adequate response to victims’ needs entails specialized and up-to-date training, as a key element of our professional responsibility. We therefore develop multiple training courses, activities, seminars and conferences, and act as invited speakers in events organized by other private or public institutions. Our goal is to share our expertise and the framework from which we carry out our interventions, so that every professional, student or person working on this issue can obtain the necessary tools and perspective to effectively aid women and children who are victims of gender-based and/or sexual abuse.
If you are interested in hosting a training activity in you institution, contact us at info@shalombait.org.ar
TRAINING
We conceive gender-based violence as an extremely complex and serious issue affecting women in every aspect of their lives, and as such it must be approached.
We carry out comprehensive interventions focusing on the strengthening and protection of women seeking help by providing support and orientation, group assistance, counsel and legal representation in relation to the abuse report as well as in relation to contact orders, financial support, parental responsibility and divorce.
We assist women who are victims of violence, women who survived abuse situations during childhood and adolescence, and mothers who suspect their children have been victims of sexual abuse.
In a context of warmth, empathy and confidentiality, we offer each woman the company and support needed to walk their way back to freedom, autonomy, self-esteem and the strength to protect their children.
Individual assistance
Women who come to our institution for the first time have an individual interview with a psychologist who is an expert in the field. As a consequence of the violence they endure, they arrive feeling doubtful, unstable, confused, unsafe and afraid, and are filled with guilt. Through these initial interviews, we can get to know their personal situation, establish a relationship based on trust, assess risks and agree on a course of action. These first steps are extremely hard but, nonetheless, key to recovery. We recognize how valuable and how important their efforts and their request for help are. We see their potential to find a way out of violence and that is why we make all our support, commitment and expertise available to them.
legal AID
Helping women to be aware of their rights and how to enforce them is part of the process of strengthening and empowering them. We provide legal advice and representation for violence reports as well as for legal filings related to children’s defense and protection, such as financial support, contact orders, personal care and divorce. Victims of gender-based abuse usually require legal aid. Ironically, access to legal professionals with the appropriate training and experience in the field stands as an exception. Scarcity of adequate legal service is the rule.
For us, legal aid must be approached with a comprehensive view, as a key element of the recovery process. The attorneys take regular part in our mutual help groups in order to clear up doubts and deal with any concerns their members have about legal aspects of their situation.
GROUP SUPPORT
Currently, in Shalom Bayit there are 11 mutual aid groups, each one with approximately 14 women, and coordinated by 2 professionals from the team. Of these, 8 are from women victims of domestic violence, 2 from protective mothers and 1 from survivors of sexual violence in childhood.
Meeting other women in the group makes it possible to achieve one of the first objectives in the process of coming out of violence: putting an end to the isolation in which victims of domestic violence usually find themselves. Meeting with other women going through similar situations, establishing support networks and sharing strategies, understanding the dynamics of violence, questioning one's beliefs, is part of the way out.
The groups of protective mothers are made up of women who have been (and are) being victims of violence by the same person who has sexually assaulted her daughters. The group space is a support network for them in their personal and judicial processes, full of obstacles, vicissitudes, and requirements. Protective mothers share their experiences, feelings, frustrations, achievements, seeking to strengthen themselves to continue protecting their children.
The group of survivors is made up of adult women who have been victims of sexual violence in childhood. It has specific characteristics, being a closed and short-term group, proposing a specialized treatment to work with the victims and the consequences of this form of violence. The survivors are accompanied by the professionals and by each other, undergoing a process of recovery and strengthening, individually and collectively.
Based on the issues that the women themselves bring to this space, we work on the objectives as a group:
» Identify and review the beliefs and ideas that each one has about women, men, children, marriage, the couple, love and family.
» Socialize the experiences of both abuse and survival.
» Understand the dynamics of violence and abuse, captivity and loss of freedom.
» Recognize the victimization to which their daughters and sons were also subjected.
» Identify the damage caused by abuse.
» Learn self-protection and security strategies, know their rights and that of their sons and daughters.
» Recover autonomy and economic independence.
» Increase self-esteem and personal strengthening for decision-making.
» Establish support networks with other women in similar situations.
» Share fears and frustrations.
» Share achievements and celebrate them.
TRAINING
We are deeply committed to developing best practices in the approach of gender-based abuse and violence against children and adolescents. We believe that an adequate response to victims’ needs entails specialized and up-to-date training, as a key element of our professional responsibility. We therefore develop multiple training courses, activities, seminars and conferences, and act as invited speakers in events organized by other private or public institutions. Our goal is to share our expertise and the framework from which we carry out our interventions, so that every professional, student or person working on this issue can obtain the necessary tools and perspective to effectively aid women and children who are victims of gender-based and/or sexual abuse.
If you are interested in hosting a training activity in you institution, contact us at info@shalombait.org.ar
PHONE NUMBER
(011) 4701 5890
+54 9 11 4940-7973
Monday from 13.00 to 19.00
from Tuesday to Thursday from 9.00 to 19.00 hs.
EMAIL
info@shalombait.org.ar
ADRESS
Bonpland 723, CABA, Argentina.
FACEBOOK
144 - THE WHOLE COUNTRY
Advice, guidance, information and support for women victims of violence.
137 - CITY OF BUENOS AIRES
Attention and orientation to victims of violence. It carries out home interventions with a mobile team in emergency situations and accompaniment in making complaints.
102 - CABA
Information and referrals in situations of mistreatment and sexual abuse of Girls, Boys and Adolescents.
OVD
Receive complaints of domestic violence 24 hours a day.
Address: Lavalle 1250.
PHONE NUMBER
(011) 4701 5890
+54 9 11 4940-7973
Monday from 13.00 to 19.00
from Tuesday to Thursday from 9.00 to 19.00 hs.
EMAIL
info@shalombait.org.ar
ADRESS
Bonpland 723, CABA, Argentina.
FACEBOOK
144 - THE WHOLE COUNTRY
Advice, guidance, information and support for women victims of violence.
137 - CITY OF BUENOS AIRES
Attention and orientation to victims of violence. It carries out home interventions with a mobile team in emergency situations and accompaniment in making complaints.
102 - CABA
Information and referrals in situations of mistreatment and sexual abuse of Girls, Boys and Adolescents.
OVD
Receive complaints of domestic violence 24 hours a day.
Address: Lavalle 1250.