Sawa Center

Sawa- All the Women Together, Today and Tomorrow, is a not-for-profit organization established in Jerusalem in 1998 by a group of active female volunteers. Sawa aims at combating violence in all its forms, types and levels, and to work on changing the prevailing culture of violence, disseminate a culture of peace and security to serve personal and community development in order to reach a civilized society.

Mission:
We are a group of Palestinian women who believe in social equity and justice. We work on eliminating the spread of sexual and physical violence against women and children in the Palestinian society through providing services and community awareness.

Goals:

To provide assistance, psychological support, counseling, and guidance to women survivors of physical and sexual violence.

To disseminate awareness in order to avoid physical, sexual and psychological violence among target groups.

To provide psychological support and counseling to protect children from violence and defend their rights.

To recruit and train new volunteers continuously to work on the Center's programs.

Programs:

Crisis Hotline Program: Provides primary counseling and support to women survivors of physical and sexual abuse .
Outreach and Education Program: Conducts workshops and awareness lectures within all sectors and all ages of society. The program also publishes awareness booklets on sexual and physical violence, sex education, in addition to training related professionals.
Children's Friend" Hotline: it is a national toll-free line aims at providing assistance, counseling and primary support to the children of Palestine.
Volunteers Program: aims at recruit, train and qualify volunteers to work on the Crisis Hotline, Education Program and the Children's Hotline.