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Family Counselling Offices
Type of Measure
Institutional mechanisms
Form of Violence
Violence against women and girls
Year
1995
Brief Description

The family counselling offices (consejerías de familia) was created under the Ministry of Health by Order 0079-93 and implemented in 1995 as a mechanism for the control and guarantee of human rights, to prevent and provide assistance, protection and support to victims of family violence, whether physical, mental or sexual. There are currently 15 family counselling offices nationwide.

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