An integrated service center, unique in Côte d'Ivoire.
Our teams take care of women and children who are victims of violence, free of charge, in a secure, confidential and caring environment.
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The pillars
We have a secure space dedicated to defending women’s rights, with a hostel for the most vulnerable women and their children (single, family and dormitory rooms). children (single rooms, family rooms and dormitories).
We offer medical care with consultations provided by healthcare professionals (doctors and gynecologists), with an emphasis a focus on sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR).
Our psychologists organize individual and/or group follow-up, depending on the needs expressed by the survivors. We set up themed discussion groups and art therapy sessions, with specially trained psychologists and volunteers.
Our legal experts inform survivors of their rights. With the support of lawyers, we accompany them through the process if they express the need.
self-confidence
Together with our psychologists and social workers, we organize workshops and socio-educational activities to help women learn more about their bodies, their environment and their rights.
Thanks to our professional integration officers and our network, we give survivors access to career guidance workshops, internships, training and jobs, enabling them to take charge of their lives and assert their fundamental rights.
RESEARCH
Our team of researchers has set up a system for producing evidence-based data on gender-based violence (GBV).
Prevention
and awareness
Our teams go out into communities to create a favorable environment for the affirmation and defense of women’s rights.
Our Values
Believe
Don’t judge
Maintaining confidentiality
Guaranteeing beneficiaries’ autonomy in their career paths
Akwaba Mousso : our values
Serving SurvivorsKeeping our door open
Welcoming with kindliness
Listening without judging
Helping Survivors to let go of guilt
Maintain a confidential setting
Allow survivors to choose their own path within Akwaba Mousso
Our center was created to provide a simple response to an alarming observation
Domestic violence
70% of women living in Abidjan are affected
Rape
More than two women get raped every day in Côte d'Ivoire, a figure that is underestimated by many
Early marriages
1/3 of young girls in Côte d'Ivoire are married before the age of 18
Maternal mortality
Unsafe abortions account for 15% of maternal mortality, placing Côte d'Ivoire behind Mali and Niger.
Genital mutilation
1/3 of Ivorian women are affected
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