Document Type
Case Study
Publication Date
2006
Abstract
This issue of Quality/Calidad/Qualité describes the evolution of Profamilia through its work on gender-based violence in the Domincan Republic.Their project was conceived along two simultaneous paths: providing support services directly to women and girls who had experienced violence and initiating advocacy in the wider policy arena. Profamilia joined the commission that ultimately designed and promoted a law to increase protection against violence, especially domestic violence against women and children. Although the clinics now run a dynamic service program, the agency has also sustained its advocacy activities. Most of Profamilia’s advocacy work is undertaken in partnership with other NGOs or with government agencies and has converted the organization from a family planning organization to a sexual and reproductive health organization that truly serves women.
DOI
10.31899/pgy2.1095
Language
English
Recommended Citation
Garcia-Moreno, Claudia and Rachel E. Goldberg. 2006. "Living up to their name: Profamilia takes on gender-based violence," Quality/Calidad/Qualité no. 18. New York: Population Council.
Project
Adolescent Girls' Programming: Community of Practice
Included in
Community-Based Research Commons, Demography, Population, and Ecology Commons, Domestic and Intimate Partner Violence Commons, Family, Life Course, and Society Commons, Health Policy Commons, International Public Health Commons, Women's Health Commons
Comments
Issue no. 18 of Quality/Calidad/Qualité, a series of case studies of high-quality, innovative programs in sexual and reproductive health.