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Women’s shelters
Women’s shelters are places of refuge for adult women and their children who are affected by physical, psychological and/or sexualised violence, and who are in need of both protection and counselling. The crisis intervention services offered by women’s shelters are available to all women affected by violence and their children – regardless of their nationality, residency status or income.
Are you experiencing physical, psychological and/or sexualised violence and do you need outpatient counselling or a place of refuge? Then do not hesitate to contact a victim counselling centre or women’s shelter in your region.
If you need counselling, contact a victim counselling centre in your region. Click here for a list of specialist support centres.
If you need a place of refuge at a secret location, contact a women’s shelter in your region. The following is a list of all women’s shelters with their contact details. The women’s shelter staff will advise you and give you the support you require for your situation.
Frequently asked questions
Women's shelters offer protection, accommodation, counselling and accompaniment to women of full age and their children in cases of physical, psychological and/or sexualised violence.
Women's shelters also support underage girls and young women who are affected by domestic violence to find suitable accommodation without their parents.
Children who enter a women's shelter with their mothers are also taken seriously. They are advised and supported like their mothers.
The staff of the women's shelters are bound by professional secrecy. They provide confidential counselling and, if necessary, use interpreters for communication.
Yes. The Swiss Civil Code stipulates that in the event of domestic violence you have the right and obligation to move your children to a safe place and to separate them temporarily from the other parent.
Yes, you can go to a women’s shelter even if you do not have any money or financial resources. Cantonal victim support services generally cover the costs of your first stay at a women’s shelter. No criminal charges have to be filed. The women’s shelter staff will also provide you with the support you need if your stay at the women’s shelter is longer.
Yes, you can go to the women’s shelter and receive counselling even if you do not speak English / German / Italian / French. The women’s shelters work together with interpreters.
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Tools and internet options → Delete all |
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History → Clear recent history → Select time range → Tick box next to form and search history → Clear now |
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Google Chrome |
History → Clear browsing data → Select time range → Tick box next to cookies and other site data → Clear data |
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Safari |
History→ Delete history |
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Apple iPhones |
Settings → Safari → Clear history and website data |
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Three-point menu: History → Clear browsing data → All time → Clear data |
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Tools → InPrivate Browsing |
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Menu → Private Window |
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Change and configure Google Chrome → New Incognito Window |
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File → New Private Window |
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More → New InPrivate Window |
If possible, take along the most necessary clothing and medications for yourself and your children. Other important items include personal documents, such as passports/residence permits, bank and health insurance cards, your children’s vaccination records and favourite toys, and marriage and birth certificates.
Help women affected by violence and their children
DAO
The umbrella organisation of women’s shelters in Switzerland and Liechtenstein (DAO) pools the forces of all women’s shelters in Switzerland and Liechtenstein and other refuges for women and children. It represents their concerns at the national level. It also coordinates and promotes cooperation between the shelters and campaigns for women affected by violence and their children. As a professional organisation with many years of experience on the subject of domestic violence, it serves as a point of contact for politicians, the media and other special interest groups.
Memberships
DAO is an active member of Women Against Violence Europe (WAVE) and part of the civic Istanbul Convention network and NGO Coordination post-Beijing Switzerland.
