Catégorie : Women health

Santé des femmes

Ernestine’s Women’s Shelter

… Ernestine’s Women’s Shelter was opened in 1983 by a group of community members who saw a need for a safe place for women and children fleeing violence. Since that time, Ernestine’s has assisted over 5,000 families with critical immediate care services … //
… Future: Ernestine’s Strategic Priorities 2010-2013:

  • To build fundraising capacity and raise more money by leveraging internal resources and increasing community engagement.
  • To enhance service delivery, advocacy and partnerships to meet the growing needs of all women and children accessing EWS.
  • To ensure our policies and procedures provide the foundation for excellence in service delivery.

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Genesis Women’s Shelter GWS

Address is not revealed, if there is an urgent need, ask the autorities or a church.
After years of operating Austin Street Centre, a homeless shelter in Dallas, TX, Shelter Ministries of Dallas became aware of the unique needs and vulnerabilities of abused women and children seeking their services. In January 1985, Shelter Ministries of Dallas began operating Genesis Women’s Shelter as a safe haven for these victims of domestic violence. After a yearlong struggle to choose a location, the City of Dallas generously provided a seven-bedroom site for the Shelter at a cost of only $1 per year – the Shelter remains at this undisclosed location to date … (about /History 1/2).

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FORWARD – safeguarding rights and dignity

  • The Foundation for Women’s Health, Research and Development – FORWARD – is an African Diaspora women’s campaign and support charity (registered in the UK).
  • We exist to advance sexual and reproductive health and rights as central to the wellbeing of African women and girls. We work with individuals, communities and organisations to transform harmful practices and improve the quality of life of vulnerable girls and women … (about 1/2).

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International Migration Organization IMO

in french: Organisation Internationale pour les Migrations OIM, in spanish: Organizacion International para las Migraciones OIM. – Linked on our blogs with Desert Flower Foundation, with C’est l’ignorance qui tue – Waris Dirie revient sur son combat contre les mutilations génitales féminines MGF (same in english), with Supporting the Abandonment of Female Genital Mutilation in the Context of Migration IOM, with Promouvoir l’Abandon des Mutilations Génitales Féminines dans le Contexte Migratoire, with Give someone you never met, a gift they will never forget, and with Clinic to fight taboo of female mutilation.