Programmes for women

Fundación Salud y Comunidad/ Health and Community Foundation wants to contribute to equality between women and men in all their diversity (LGBTIQ+, ethnicity, migration, refuge, use of drugs, mental health, capacity, poverty…). We run several programmes aimed at women surviving gender-based violence (GBV): sexual violence, intimate partner violence, women in prostitution/sex work and/or in a situation of trafficking for sexual exploitation, from the gender, feminist and intersectional perspectives.

To achieve this objective, FSC manages several services:

• women-children shelter homes for survivors of GBV.
• outpatient services that provide information and care for women surviving GBV.
• outpatient services that provide information and care for LGBTIQ population.
• emergency programmes for women surviving GBV.
• service for survivors of prostitution and/or trafficking for sexual exploitation.
• legal support service for survivors of sexual violence.

FSC is also a pioneer in the intersection between gender and drugs, developing specific programmes in this regard:

• The “MALVA” Project: training programme aimed at professionals in the field of drug addiction on how to incorporate the gender perspective.
• The “Noct@mbulas Observatory”: research, training and community protocols of action on sexual violence, drug use and nightlife environments.
• “Espai Ariadna”: residential centre for women (also trans women) who use drugs and their children and survive gender-based violence.

FSC has participated in several EU Gender Programmes such as:

• EU REC (2020-2022): “Sexism Free Night”, on sexual violence in nightlife environments. (www.sexismfreenight.eu)
• EU JUSTICE PROGRAMME (2021-2022) “INTERLEAVE”, on women who use drugs surviving gender-based violence. (www.interleave.org)

FSC has also participated in a wide range of international cooperation projects on the prevention of gender-based violence and the promotion of sexual and reproductive health and rights in Kabylie (Algeria) (2002-2012) and Dakar (Senegal) (2020-2021).