Counselling in Spain

RESOURCES ON GENDER VIOLENCE
Information and advice	- Social Services - Helpline and information from the Secretaría de Estado de igualdad (Department of State for Equality): 016 900 116 016. Specific for deaf women: - Communication via text - Only in Spanish - Valid for: Text phone ( DTS ) - Free downloadable TOBMOVIL atwww.telesor.es - Assistance and information centres: Instituto de la Mujer: 900 152 152 (assistance for deaf women) Regional Women’s Institutes The Web resources on support and prevention of gender violence (W.R.A.P) - National, Regional and Local Police Forces
Complaints	- In court - At State Police offices - At Regional Police offices - At Local Police offices
Legal advice services	At specialized centres or municipal legal advice centres
Reception and accommodation services	-Shelters - Emergency centres - Shelter homes - Protected flats - Non-residential centres In many cases these centres may be specific for immigrant women.

IF YOU ARE A VICTIM OF GENDER VIOLENCE
WHAT CAN YOU DO?	Seek support and guidance. Contact the Police or the Social Services at your municipality - Immigrants and women's associations may be able to guide you - Go to a health centre and get an injury report - Ask for support and legal and social advice - Report it and request a Protective Order for you and, if necessary, for your children
WHAT ARE YOUR RIGHTS?	- Comprehensive assistance: health, legal, social, housing - To request legal advice and interpreters for free, if you have no income - To apply for regularization for humanitarian reasons, once the aggressor has been reported and a Protective Order has been requested - To request a separate temporary residence permit (if you were regrouped by your spouse) after reporting it and obtaining a Protective Order, a report from the Ministerio Fiscal or a conviction. - To request to change from a EU family residence card to a residence for foreigners. It is only granted if the aggressor is convicted. - Social and economic support: social assistance, economic benefits, employment rights and Social Security benefits.

- A Protective Order allows foreign women to seek and obtain an independent residence permit if they had one for family reunification linked to the aggressor.

- In the case of foreign women illegally in Spain, the Protective Order allows them to request a temporary residence permit on humanitarian grounds.

- It is advisable to request the Protective Order at the same time that the complaint is filed, but it can also be requested later.

- You have the right to request the service of a sign language interpreter. You may get information about this at your nearest association

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