Addressing Violence and Gender Inequality in GreeceThe Counseling Support Center for Women Victims of Violence (Karditsa Women's Center)

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The operation of the Counseling Support Center for Women Victims of Violence of the Women's Center of Karditsa (Greece) aims to deal with female abuse, to enable women who have suffered violence to regain their self-esteem and to support them for a better quality of life in the future, intra-family or not. This qualitative study highlights the value of the operation of the Women's Centers of the Network of Structures for Gender Equality in Greece, the remarkable work of the executives of the Karditsa Women's Center, and its contribution to the wider region, throughsemi-structured interviews. However, it was found that reducing and preventing violence against women is equally important to dealing with it. The effective and systematic prevention and confrontation of violence against women is fragmentaryin various Centers in Greece. And, this is because power relations between the sexes, prejudices, and deep-rooted stereotypical perceptions lead to violent and aggressive behaviors. The research concludes that dealing with violence against women demands the appropriate education of boys and girls regarding gender equality and a strategic cooperative approach of all stakeholders (police, prosecutor's office, medical services and medical care, social welfare service) involved in the protection and support of the victims.

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