ABOUT US
Today, we are a group of 88 organizations in Italy, which manage 117 anti-violence centers and more than 66 shelters, listening to around 23 thousand women every year.
D.i.Re – Women on the Net Against Violence was formally established on 29 September 2008, after 30 years of informal activity on the national territory among non-institutional anti-violence centers managed by women.
Already in 2006, 57 local organizations drafted the Charter of the National Network of Anti-violence Centers and Women's Homes, political document that preceded the drafting of the statute and which is the basis of the formal constitution of the Network.
The National Association bases its work on the experience of local realities and has the aim of building a national political action that knows how to promote the fundamental cultural change for the contrast and overcoming of male violence against women.
D.'s actionsi.Re are aimed at making the phenomenon of male violence against women visible, changing the perception of its extent and gravity in society to place it among crimes against humanity, through:
- actions for the visibility of the methodology and activity of the anti-violence centers present on the national territory,
- initiatives to spread awareness of the phenomenon of violence,
- research projects, with a view to reflecting on experiences and continuous and widespread training for the Centers and for the territory.
The national association D.i.Re she is an interlocutor of national and international institutions, also for the elaboration or modification of legislation relating to women's rights, thanks to its wealth of knowledge, processing and experience acquired over many years by anti-violence centers.
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