Sirga, launched by the Surt Foundation, guarantees a space of safety, protection and assistance for the recovery and empowerment of a total of 10 family units at one time.
The Ramon Molinas Foundation is collaborating with the Surt Foundation with the aim of launching Sirga, a refuge shelter for the recovery and empowerment of women, and their children, who suffer from or have been victims of gender-based violence and forced to leave their domestic home. Sirga offers temporary refuge and guarantees a safe space, as well as protection and assistance in order to facilitate the recuperation of the women and their children.
The refuge shelter, located in Vallès Occidental, has the capacity to take in a total of 10 family units at one time. In order to ensure the recovery of the women and their families in the home, the Surt Foundation works with an intervention model based on empowerment for a life free of violence. The process encourages awareness and an increase in autonomy and authority over the recourses and decisions which affect the lives of these women, on both an individual level and a social and community level. Empowerment becomes a dynamic process, carried out by the women themselves.
At Sirga, the women who participate in the scheme become aware of their rights and learn to identify the situations and causes of discrimination and violence. The objective is to strengthen their abilities and put the processes of change into action that will allow them to develop the personal autonomy they need to manage their lives independently.
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