GLOBAL DATABASE ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMENCOUNTRY-PROFILEGUATEMALAMEASURESCALL CENTERS TO PROTECT WOMEN
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Call Centers to Protect Women
Type of Measure
Services > Social services > Hotline Helpline
Form of Violence
Violence against women and girls
Year
2018
Brief Description
In 2018, the MP implemented 1572 call centers in coordination with the National Civil Police and the mobile application for smartphones called Panic Button (Botón de Pánico), both aim to serve and immediately protect women victims of physical violence.
Source of Information

Guatemala's submission for National Review for Implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action, Beijing+25, 2019.

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