The institution has 24 beds and is equipped with everything necessary for the accommodation of women with and without children.
Today, June 22, a shelter was opened in Morshyn, where women who have suffered from domestic violence can apply. Comprehensive socio-psychological, medical, primary legal assistance, as well as information services to victims will be provided here.
The total area of the building is 460,214 m². The institution has 24 beds and is equipped with everything necessary for the accommodation of women with and without children. Accommodation in the facility will be free of charge and may last up to 90 days.
“Everyone who is faced with the problem of domestic violence should know that there are people and organizations ready to help them. Fear for your future should not be a reason to stay with the abuser. We are working on expanding the network of specialized services in the region, thereby calling on the victims not to remain silent about violence, but to seek professional help,” emphasized the acting deputy. Director of the Department of Social Protection Roman Andres.
The Morshyn community includes 14 settlements. The population of Morshyn is almost 6,000 people, and the territorial community is a little over 14,000.
In general, during 2022, the authorized bodies of the region received 17,316 complaints about violence, of which more than 14,000 were women.
We would like to remind you that a number of centers, shelters and other assistance centers for women victims of domestic violence operate in the Lviv region:
Chervonograd – the UNFPA Center for Assistance to Victims of Domestic and Gender-based Violence (7 Myru St., tel. 067 600 28 33).
the city of Stryi – the women and girls-friendly space “Vilna” (24 S. Bandery St., phone: 098 303 0980).
Horodok – Office of the UNFPA Advisory Service (Center for the provision of social services of the Horodok City Council, 2 Pidhirya St., tel. 0971915955).
Mobile teams of social and psychological assistance: tel. 067 600 28 26 (Stry), 067 600 28 22 (Drohobych), 0962324901, 0958785021 (Lviv), 067 600 28 33 (Chervonograd).
Lviv – Career hub “Vona” (7 Sichovyh Striltsiv St., tel. 0960357865).
Lviv – a women- and girl-friendly space “Vilna” (7 Sichovyh Striltsiv St., tel. 0680291477).
Lviv – Lviv Local Center for Providing Free Legal Aid (71 General Chuprinka St., tel. (032) 237-08-09.
Lviv – UNFPA Rescue Center (Lviv Palace of Arts, 17 M. Kopernyka str., tel. 0676003269, 0507772219).
Lviv – Child-friendly crisis room (Lviv Regional Clinical Children’s Hospital “OHMATDYT”, 31 M. Lysenka St.).
Lviv – medical mobile clinic from UNFPA that travels to communities (Lviv Regional Clinical Perinatal Center, 6 J. Washington St., +380 (93) 947 64 13).
In addition, for the temporary provision of shelter to victims of domestic violence in the Lviv region, the following are provided (contact local social service centers):
department for providing shelter to victims of domestic violence of the Center for Social and Psychological Assistance in Lviv region (22 beds),
Drohobytskyi day center of social and psychological assistance with a crisis room (6 beds),
Novorozdilsky day center of social and psychological assistance with a crisis room (12 beds),
Stryi day center with a crisis room (4 beds),
Chervonograd day center with a crisis room (4 beds),
Social hotel of the Lviv City Council (20 beds),
shelters of the public organization “Center “Women’s Perspectives”,
women’s department of the “Nazaret” charitable foundation.
Contacts of the National hotline for the prevention of domestic violence, human trafficking and gender discrimination – 0800500335 (from mobile or landline). The government’s domestic violence hotline is 1547.