ANGOLA | AFRICA
Awareness-raising Campaigns
Type of Measure
Prevention > Awareness-raising Campaigns
Form of Violence
Violence against women and girls
Brief Description

The Ministry for the Family and the Promotion of Women, together with the Government and other stakeholders, have been conducting information and awareness-raising campaigns throughout the country. The actions undertaken include:

  • Holding of a total of 382 seminars and awareness-raising campaigns on the prevention of violence, attended by a total of 143,854 individuals (mainly community leaders) around the country;
  • Distribution of pamphlets and leaflets with messages on issues relating to children's rights and combating violence in schools, universities, National Police units, hospitals, municipal offices, communities, public and private businesses, civil society organizations, etc;
  • Setting-up of help lines for reporting violence and supporting its victims;
  • Establishment and training of family and legal counselors in every province of the country.
Source of Information
A/HRC/WG.6/20/AGO/1 para. 62
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