Under the auspices of the Director of the Department of Family Protection and Juveniles, Colonel Firas Al-Rasheed, the SOS Children’s Villages Jordan opened temporary guest houses for abused women in each of the SOS Children’s villages Amman and Irbid, which aims to provide a safe environment for abused women and their children and contribute to building their own capacities within various training programs to support their livelihood to As well as providing psychological, legal and social support services to them through a community center that provides these services in the villages.
The inauguration was attended by the Minister of Social Development Ayman Al-Mufleh, the Austrian Ambassador, the Mexican Ambassador, the Regional Director of SOS Children's Villages, and a number of directors of national institutions and partners.
The services provided include care and shelter for women beneficiaries of gender-based violence and their children in safe houses, access to case management services, psychological and legal support, and economic empowerment through training on one of the income-generating projects, starting a project of their own, until their cases are resolved in coordination with Official authorities, so that the period of stay in the safe houses for each beneficiary and her children is three months, which can be extended to a maximum of six months. This comes in response to the national trends and the action plan of the Ministry of Social Development.
This project comes in cooperation with the Department of Family Protection and Juveniles / Public Security Directorate, the Ministry of Social Development and a number of partner institutions, namely the National Council for Family Affairs, the Jordanian National Committee for Women's Affairs, the Jordanian Women's Union and legal support institutions
The National Director of SOS Children's Villages Jordan, Rana Al-Zoubi, explained the importance of opening this project, which will cover a gap in the services provided to mothers, as it provides a home for the mother and her children until the age of fourteen, away from the source of violence until their problem is resolved. At the same time, the project will enable this family to integrate into society after providing the support they need within an open care system.
Meanwhile, Director of the Department of Family Protection and Juveniles, Colonel Firas Al-Rasheed, pointed to the importance of the “Malath” project, which came in support of the Ministry of Social Development and Family Protection, for its uniqueness in sheltering battered women with their children in the Kingdom, especially in the governorates of Irbid, Aqaba and the capital Amman, under the directives of the Royal Highness, especially with the increase in violence cases. And the impact of the Corona pandemic, and that this joint project will relieve the Ministry's centers for abused women.
For his part, Minister of Social Development Ayman Al-Mufleh said that there are four elements to domestic violence, which are men, women, children and the family as a whole. The opening of this project complements these efforts.
It is worth noting that the SOS Children’s Villages Jordan is a non-profit national organization established in 1983, working in the field of social development and providing care for two hundred and sixty (260) orphans and young men and women who lack family bonds in family and community houses in Amman, Irbid and Aqaba, and in the youth houses. Also provides support to young men and women up to the age of 23 to help them reach the stage of independence. The alternative family care model in children's villages is characterized by providing integrated care for children and youth covering care, food security, housing, education, health and psychological care, empowerment, economic security, protection and community integration.