The Officers of SPAVO, Mrs. Iro Michael and Mrs. Martha Kalana, conducted workshops on healthy relationships and strong friendships among students of Second Primary School of Polemidia, in Limassol.

Participation of SPAVO’s president, Mrs. Kiki Pogiatzi, on the meridian show of RIK, about ​​violence in the family.

Participation of the President of SPAVO, Mrs. Kiki Poyiatzi, as a speaker at an event of the “Cyprus Gender Equality Observatory ” entitled “Culture in decline: Gender-based iolence and social practices” slipped on Saturday, 25 November at the Hilton Hotel.

Photographs from the event at the Presidential Palace on the 24 of November 2017, with the aim of raising public awareness on issues of Gender-Based violence Against Women, under the auspices of the First Lady, Andri Anastasiades.

Theodora Nicolaou,  “ΑΛΗΘΕΙΑ” Newspaper, 17/11/2017   Shocking stories under the public light: from 16 year – old girls using drugs, to 8 year – old boys reporting they have been stabbed by their parents – Since 2012 until the end of 2016, the number of minor’s victims of violence indicences rises...

The project Victims of Crime Implementation Assessment of Rights in Europe is coordinated by the Victim Support Europe and is co-funded by the European Commission JUST/2015/ACTION GRANTS, while the Association for the Prevention and Handling of Violence in the Family – SPAVO (Cyprus) acts as a partner. Other partners of the project are the following:...

Louiza Theophanous, Counseling Psychologist Domestic violence is an aspect of violence in society. Thus, domestic violence is not a personal or family mater but a social problem consernig all of us (Association for the Prevention and Handling of Violence in the Family) Violence and abuse in the family is an...

The two-year program Circle of Change (#CircleOfChange) is a European funded program (Apr. 2017 – Mar. 2019) with the Cyprus Police as the coordinating body and partners the Association for the Prevention and Treatment of Violence in the Family (SPAVO), the Mediterranean Institute of Gender Studies (MIGS – Cyprus), and...

WAKE – Working Along Key Experts program is a 2-year European Program (Nov. 2015- Apr. 2017) operated under the coordination of  the Association for the Prevention and Handling of Violence in the Family (SPAVO) with Cyprus Red Cross, the Portuguese Association for Victim Support (APAV – Portugal), the Association for...