On November 25, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, together with professionals, the Amity Foundation provided psychological counseling and legal assistance to victims of domestic abuse in the form of a public welfare project.
According to the Foundation, its future project on guarding against violence, which was initiated together with the Beijing Yuanzhong Family and Community Development Service Center, has been online for free on BiliBili, a trending Chinese video sharing website.
Till now, the project has raised over 100,000 yuan. The anti-violence hotline received 166 calls for help, which the lawyers on duty answered one by one. Inquiries have reached the domestic violence assistance WeChat mini-program (WeChat’s sub-application that can provide advanced features to users) and got follow-up responses. Through the above two channels, the project has provided in-depth legal consulting services for 17 people and formed a client-agent relationship for four legal aid cases. Besides, there are psychological support and psychological counseling services available for this project.
In early November, there was a call for help contacting, “Hello, could you please help me and my child? It was too pitiful for him to watch him beating and insulting me since he was a child. I’d like to take up legal weapons to protect myself and my child.”
The help-seeker Ali has been married for ten years and has been subjected to domestic abuse for nine years. Ali's son, Xiaofei, is eight and a half years old. However, he is particularly afraid of his father, who constantly beats his mother.
In fact, Ali has not always been submissive to the abuses. When the child was three years old, she tried to file for divorce, but it didn't go well. Relevant agencies and departments advised her not to divorce "for the sake of the children." After suffering violence, Ali also called the police, which turned out to be mediated as a "household matter" due to insufficient evidence at the time.
Currently, they have provided legal aid to Ali and have scheduled two lawyers to discuss the case details. At the same time, they contacted the local social work agency to provide psychological support and companionship for Ali and her son, hoping to protect her personal safety. In the next step, the lawyer will work with Ali to apply for and organize evidence and file a divorce case as soon as possible, with the hope of helping Ali get a divorce soon and allowing Xiaofei to leave this violent and uneasy environment.
In this project, those who are in a similar situation to Ali would finally choose to seek help bravely. There are cases including a mother who divorced for domestic violence but fought for the custody of her child with her ex-husband aiming to better raise the child; a workplace newbie was violently harassed, and she eventually got the courage to "speak out,” having the abuser get the punishment; and even a kid who desperately got rid of the abuser’s surveillance and called for assistance for the abused mother.
- Translated by Poppy Chan
11月25日是“国际消除家庭暴力日”，爱德基金会携手专业力量，通过公益项目的形式，为受家暴者提供心理咨询和法律援助。
据爱德基金会，7月3日，爱德基金会携手北京源众家庭与社区发展服务中心发起的守护无暴力的未来项目在哔哩哔哩公益上线。
截止到目前，项目已筹集善款逾十万元。反暴力热线接到了166个求助，值班律师对其一一进行了解答；家暴求助小程序收到了求助咨询，并进行了回访。通过以上两个渠道，该项目共形成深度法律咨询服务达17人次，形成委托代理关系法律援助案件4起，其它还提供心理支持、心理咨询服务。
今年11月初，该项目工作人员接到一个求救：“您好，麻烦您帮帮我和孩子！孩子太可怜了，孩子从小看着他动手打我侮辱我。我想拿起法律武器保护自己和孩子……”
求助者阿莉结婚十年，被家暴持续了九年。阿莉的儿子小飞八岁半了，特别害怕爸爸，因为爸爸动不动就打妈妈。
其实阿莉并非一直逆来顺受。孩子三岁的时候，她就想起诉离婚了，但并不顺利。相关机构和部门都劝她“为了孩子”不要离婚；遭受暴力后，阿莉也曾报警，但当时证据不足，只能被当成“家务事”调解……
目前，他们给阿莉提供了法律援助，已对接两位律师进行案件会谈。同时联系上了当地社工机构，为阿莉母子提供心理支持、陪伴，希望能保护她的人身安全。下一步，律师将与阿莉一起申请调取、整理证据，尽快立案起诉离婚，希望能够尽快帮助阿莉离婚，让小飞离开这个充满暴力与不安的环境。
在该项目里，陆续有跟阿莉境遇相似、最终都选择勇敢求助的人：因家暴离婚，但为孩子更好地成长而跟前夫争夺孩子抚养权的母亲；初入职场即遭暴力骚扰，最终鼓起勇气“说出来”，让施暴者得到应有惩罚的年轻姑娘；甚至还有拼命摆脱施暴者监控，打电话为受暴母亲求助的孩子……
爱德基金会为受家暴者提供法律援助
On November 25, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, together with professionals, the Amity Foundation provided psychological counseling and legal assistance to victims of domestic abuse in the form of a public welfare project.
According to the Foundation, its future project on guarding against violence, which was initiated together with the Beijing Yuanzhong Family and Community Development Service Center, has been online for free on BiliBili, a trending Chinese video sharing website.
Till now, the project has raised over 100,000 yuan. The anti-violence hotline received 166 calls for help, which the lawyers on duty answered one by one. Inquiries have reached the domestic violence assistance WeChat mini-program (WeChat’s sub-application that can provide advanced features to users) and got follow-up responses. Through the above two channels, the project has provided in-depth legal consulting services for 17 people and formed a client-agent relationship for four legal aid cases. Besides, there are psychological support and psychological counseling services available for this project.
In early November, there was a call for help contacting, “Hello, could you please help me and my child? It was too pitiful for him to watch him beating and insulting me since he was a child. I’d like to take up legal weapons to protect myself and my child.”
The help-seeker Ali has been married for ten years and has been subjected to domestic abuse for nine years. Ali's son, Xiaofei, is eight and a half years old. However, he is particularly afraid of his father, who constantly beats his mother.
In fact, Ali has not always been submissive to the abuses. When the child was three years old, she tried to file for divorce, but it didn't go well. Relevant agencies and departments advised her not to divorce "for the sake of the children." After suffering violence, Ali also called the police, which turned out to be mediated as a "household matter" due to insufficient evidence at the time.
Currently, they have provided legal aid to Ali and have scheduled two lawyers to discuss the case details. At the same time, they contacted the local social work agency to provide psychological support and companionship for Ali and her son, hoping to protect her personal safety. In the next step, the lawyer will work with Ali to apply for and organize evidence and file a divorce case as soon as possible, with the hope of helping Ali get a divorce soon and allowing Xiaofei to leave this violent and uneasy environment.
In this project, those who are in a similar situation to Ali would finally choose to seek help bravely. There are cases including a mother who divorced for domestic violence but fought for the custody of her child with her ex-husband aiming to better raise the child; a workplace newbie was violently harassed, and she eventually got the courage to "speak out,” having the abuser get the punishment; and even a kid who desperately got rid of the abuser’s surveillance and called for assistance for the abused mother.
- Translated by Poppy Chan
Amity Foundation Offers Legal Help for Domestic Violence Victims
