CHILE | AMERICAS
National Programme for the Prevention of Family Violence
Type of Measure
Policies > National action plan specific to violence against women
Form of Violence
Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence
Year
1992
Brief Description
In 1992, the National Office for Women's Affairs (SERNAM) created the National Programme for the Prevention of Family Violence in which for the first time the government addressed the issue of preventing violence and caring for its victims.
During this period the first six Centres for Prevention and Care for Victims of Family Violence were created, and the first training modules were developed, beginning with the Carabineros de Chile (national police force). In the intervening 10 years the government, through SERNAM, has succeeded in placing family violence squarely on the public agenda, identifying the many dimensions of family violence and addressing the problem as a social and cultural question, as well as incorporating the gender dimension into both prevention and care activities. It has also begun to promote interagency community networks throughout the country for making full use of existing resources and for securing the commitment of politicians, professionals and civil society to addressing the problem and ways of resolving it, primarily through prevention work.
During this period the first six Centres for Prevention and Care for Victims of Family Violence were created, and the first training modules were developed, beginning with the Carabineros de Chile (national police force). In the intervening 10 years the government, through SERNAM, has succeeded in placing family violence squarely on the public agenda, identifying the many dimensions of family violence and addressing the problem as a social and cultural question, as well as incorporating the gender dimension into both prevention and care activities. It has also begun to promote interagency community networks throughout the country for making full use of existing resources and for securing the commitment of politicians, professionals and civil society to addressing the problem and ways of resolving it, primarily through prevention work.
Source of Information
Response of the Government of Chile to the questionnaire on violence against women; CEDAW/C/CHI/4 p.61
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