Family Violence International Resources

These domestic violence hotlines from around the world can save someone you love

Family violence is up worldwide with Corona 19 lockdowns and quarantines. Life everywhere has been disrupted. Millions of people have lost their jobs and access to activities and services. Everyone is on edge, frightened, and millions are acting out against spouses and partners. Alcohol and substance use makes family dysfunction worse and more dangerous for women and children. In the U.S a 30% increase of spousal/partner abuse against women occurred in the first two months of the outbreak alone. The U.K. experienced a similar increase of incidence.

Quarantines help abusers control their victims

When escape during lockdowns is not possible and family members are not available to help, victims of domestic violence have no way to report their abuse and get help. Women in many countries are not aware that hotlines are available to them. This international list of resources is a valuable tool for everyone.

1 in 4 women worldwide will be abused by their partner 30% increase U.S. 25% increase U.K. since the virus

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International list of family violence hotlines

United States

Violent risk factors are up. Gun sales reached a 7-year peak, with 1.9 million firearms sold in March 2020 alone; and liquor sales also rocketed by 31.7% in the same period, in comparison to 2019. If you or a loved one or friend needs advice or services these contacts can mean the difference between life and death.

National Family Violence Hotlines

• Break the Silence Survivor Helpline
• DoD Safe Helpline (for military members & their families)
• National Dating Abuse Helpline
• The National Domestic Violence Hotline
• VictimConnect United Kingdom

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 family violence and 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.

Family Violence Hotlines Across the U.K.

• Freephone National Domestic Abuse Helpline
• Galop (for the LGBTQ community)
• Calan  (Wales)
• Men’s Advice Line message on Facebook
• message on Facebook
• Scotland’s Domestic Abuse and Force Marriage Helpline (Scotland)
• (Scotland)
• Women’s Aid Federation (Northern Ireland)
• National Helpline UK

Family Violence European Union

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

• Andorra Servei d’Atenció a les Víctimes de Violència Domèstica i Familiar
• Austria Women’s Helpline Against Violence (Wiener Interventionsstelle gegen Gewalt in der Familie)
• Belarus National Hotline for Survivors of Domestic Violence
• Belgium Crisis Situation Helpline Ecoutes Violences Conjugales (French) Violence Hotline (Flemish)
• Bosnia and Herzegovina SOS Line for Women and Children (Republika Srpska) (Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina) message on Facebook
• Bulgaria Women’s Helpline
• Croatia Autonomous Women’s House in Zagreb
• Cyprus Center for Emergency Assistance Helpline
• Czech Republic DONA Line
• Denmark LOKK Hotline
• Estonia Tugitelefon
• Finland Women’s Line (Naisten Linja) message on Facebook
• France Violences Femmes Info Viols Femmes Information
• Germany National Women’s Helpline
• Greece E.K.K.A. (National Center for Social Solidarity) phone:  message on Facebook General Secretariat for Gender Equality message on Facebook
• Hungary NaNE Helpline for Battered Women and Children
• Iceland Kvennaathvarfið Shelter Helpline
• Ireland National Freephone Helplinemessage on Facebook
• Italy Antiviolenza Donne message on Facebook
• Kosovo Direct Line for Victims of Violence (Albanian) (Bosnian) message on Facebook SOS Linja
• Latvia Crisis Helpline
• Liechtenstein Women’s Helpline Frauenhaus
• Lithuania Women’s Line (Lygus) message on Facebook
• Luxembourg Fraentelefon
• Macedonia National SOS Line – Phone of Trust message on Facebook SOS National Mobile Line
• Malta Appogg Agency Supportline
• Moldova Trust Line phone: 080 111 111 phone: Veilig Thuis
• Norway Crisis Situation Helpline
• Poland National Emergency Service for Survivors of Family Violence National Emergency Service for Survivors of Family Violence – Blue Line message on Facebook
• Portugal Serviço de Informação às Vitimas de Violéncia Doméstica
• Romania ADRA (Bucharest) Baia Mare: Centru Artemis CMSC (Iasi) Sensi Blue Foundation (Bucharest) Sibiu: A.L.E.G. Targu Mures: IEESR Timisoara: APFR
• Russia ANNA (National Center for the Prevention of Violence)
• Serbia Helpline for Victims of Domestic Violence Network of Women’s Hotline in Vojvodina
• 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
• 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
• Botswanaphone: (267) 3900516/7659 message on Facebook
• Botswana Humana People to People phone: (267) 3900516/7659 message on Facebook
• Brazil 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
• 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 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 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

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Statistics and Contact Information compiled by Michelle Cardillo 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