Republican preventive campaign «Home Without Violence!» will be held in Belarus

From April 8 to April 17, 2024, in order to attract the attention of the population to the problem of offenses in the sphere of family and household relations, the republican preventive action «Home Without Violence!» will be held in Belarus.

Today in Belarus there are 146 territorial centers of social services for the population, 2 city centers of social services for families and children (in Gomel and Minsk), 134 crisis rooms. On the websites of the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of the Republic of Belarus and the Committees on Labour, Employment and Social Protection there is a section «Prevention of Domestic Violence». In order to educate people with intellectual disabilities about the problem of violence against women and children, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has developed the manual «Domestic Violence Risk Assessment in «Clear Language».

The campaign «Home Without Violence!» contributes to the implementation of the National Plan for Gender Equality of the Republic of Belarus for 2021-2025 and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.