The project to set up a Service Network for Women, Child and Adolescent Victims and Survivors of Domestic and Sexual Violence involves the National Police, the Red de Mujeres contra la violencia (Women Against Violence Network) and the Nicaraguan Institute for Women. In practice, the police have become the main gateway to the network, as shown by the fact that in 2002 they dealt with 21,284 individuals (9,032 more than in 2001) in connection with complaints or for other reasons, and referred 9,072 individuals to the various State centres and institutions offering medical, legal, psychological and social services to deal with the problem.

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