The SURGIR Foundation fights with determination

The SURGIR
Foundation fights with determination all forms of physical,
psychological, sexual or social violence against girls and
women. We should not forget that each year thousands of them
are victims of customary injustices that break them. The
SURGIR Foundation fight against laws and murderess traditions,
against States accomplice of many “private” crimes, or
obstinate injustices of people in power that support these
criminal
practices.

If
one of the roles of SURGIR is to
sensitize a large public in the western countries on the
issues crimes linked to traditions, we also believe that the
best way to deeply work on the violence against girls and
women is to work in partnership with local non governmental
organizations (NGO) involved in their countries in defending
women rights and lobbying with their governments.

That is why
SURGIR offers to several NGOs in
Middle
East a technical
and financial support in the realization of the following
programs:

–      
training of
educated, grassroots women, activists and
leaders,

–       creation of
hotlines offering listening and
counseling,

–      
legal,
psychological and material help to victims of
violence,

–      
awareness
campaigns to a large audience of women and men on traditional
forms of violence against women. Promotion of women rights and
lobbying for the abolition of laws too indulgent towards the
authors of traditional crimes,

–      
organization
of national and regional seminars with government
representatives, doctors, legal consultants, religious
authorities, social workers and police officers, with the
objective to stimulate a debate and encourage the search for
practical solutions,

–      
organization
of international conferences in
Europe.

In
the most extreme cases, a program of urgent help is at the
disposal of the persons who contact the Foundation for
help.