Greece - Research and Support Centre for Victims of Maltreatment and Social Exclusion (CVME)

Address:
2, G.Papandreou Avenue,
Palio Hatzikosta,
454 44 Ioannina,
Greece

Telephone:
003 26510 78810

Fax: 003 26510 72378

Email: cvme@ioa.forthnet.gr

Website: http://www.cvme.gr

Information:
CVME offers social support, psychological support, legal advising, medical assistance, helpline SOS to those people, or groups of people that have been subjected to violence, torture, maltreatment or social exclusion. Such people, for example could be:
- immigrants and refugees (legal or illegal)
- torture victims (ex political convicts)
- women and children victims of domestic violence
- victims of trafficking and sexual exploitation
- Roma people
CVME, also informs the general population with the aim to increase awareness of human rights, to increase knowledge of the existence of violence and social exclusion. In the framework of awareness, CVME has done TV broadcasts for domestic violence, has written articles in local newspapers, has organised seminars, has put posters all over the city, publishes a magazine, organizes a coffee house for active citizens (where issues of the moment are discussed), etc.
Another target of CVME is the carrying out of scientific researches on violence and torture, maltreatment.


Publications:
Our magazine "On the Road…"(In Greek),

The records of the International Meeting of Experts "Confrontation of the trafficking in women from Balkan States, Russia and Ukraine in countries of the E.U'', which was published on the 29th, 30th of June and the 1st of July 2001 in Ioannina (Book and CD-ROM), (In English).

These publications are free of charge. The cost for post and packing is 1,80 Euro per each


Links:
- Center for Maltreated Women (Municipality of Athens), tel. 003 210 5244657 , fax 003 210 5242733
- Center of reception for maltreated women tel 003 210 5235318
- Research Center for Equality Issues (Athens) tel. 003 210 3311686 -7 http://www.kethi.gr
- Research Center for Equality Issues (Thessaloniki) 003 231 517259 fax 003 231 524071
- Research Center for Equality Issues (Patras) 003 261 620059, 003 261 620803
- Research Center for Equality Issues (Herakleion, Crete) 003 281 341387