Service Provider
Court for survivors of domestic violence; (4) Community awareness campaigns; (5) Increasing the capacities of social, health and police service professionals. In addition to the individual work with beneficiaries for their psychosocial and legal empowerment, WFE staff conducts periodic group meetings and empowering sessions that aim at empowering survivors breaking the chain of violence. The average time of involvement in the service of a beneficiary is one year.
Woman Forum Elbasan (WFE)
Professional service providers
Contact Information
Services are provided by a multidisciplinary team consisting of 2 social workers, 1 psychologist and 1 lawyer.
Service Name
SERVICES FOR VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE
Address: Lagjia “Luigj Gurakuqi”, Rruga “11 Nëntori”,
Pallati 70, Elbasan
Service development history
Telefon: +355(0) 69 651 1674
WFE was established in 1991 as a branch of the Independent Forum of Albanian Women, with the aim of protecting women’s rights and promoting gender equality through educational, awareness-raising and advocacy programs, as well as providing psycho-social-legal services related to violence and other alternative services. 1999 saw the emergence of a counselling centre for the victims of domestic violence and gender-based violence in Elbasan Region, in response to the domestic violence highly recurrent in the region, as everywhere in Albania.
E-mail: forumigruaselbasan1991@gmail.com Webpage: www.forumigruaselbasan.org
Service description Woman Forum Elbasan provides free community, residential and specialized services for victims of domestic and gender-based violence at regional and national level. Services include: (1) a Counselling Centre through telephone line and face to face for assistance and psychological treatment; social and medical service; information, referral to and mediation with public and nonpublic structures; (2) a Day Care Centre or Emergency Shelter, which provides accommodation, from a few hours to 2-3 days, pending Emergency Protection Orders (EPOs); (3) a Legal Aid office, which provides information and free legal assistance, drafts legal acts addressing courts in view of invoking court proceedings or public institutions in view of providing information indispensable for the judicial process; and ensures representation in the
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Innovation WFE is the first and sole public and non-public provider in the Elbasan Region that provides integrated services for victims of domestic and gender-based violence, which also include the emergency shelter. Advantages - The provision of three types of services: (1) psychological counselling; (2) legal counselling; and (3) emergency shelter (the only one in the District of Elbasan), combined with awareness-raising campaigns;
