Kazakhstan

Members

The Crisis Center «Zabota»

The Crisis Center «Zabota» was founded in 1999 to stem the issues of household and sexual violence against women and girls. Since 2003, the organisation— through trainings, artistic work, and theatrical methods—has been actively working with adolescents and youth, to raise awareness on health and prevention of sexual violence and exploitation, as well as the issues of online sexual exploitation.

Sana Sezim

Sana Sezim, the Legal Center for Women’s Initiatives, is an NGO founded in 2001. They work on four main areas: access to justice for women, trafficking of women and children, labour migration and running a volunteer club. Sana Sezim conducts awareness-raising events and provides legal assistance and psychological support to victims of trafficking. Sana Sezim has lawyers based across 11 cities in Kazakhstan, one in each region of the country. The organisation also operates a hotline for victims of trafficking, which was established in March 2007.

Union of Crisis Centers

Union of Crisis Centers, a professional network of crisis centers in Kazakhstan, mission statement: To assist in the development of the movement for the protection of women’s and children’s rights from all forms of gender-based violence and the formation of a culture in society based on the values of nonviolent relations. The Union unites 19 organizations from 12 regions of Kazakhstan. Over the 24 years of its activity, the Union has implemented over 1,200 projects. The Union cooperates with government agencies, law enforcement agencies, business structures, international organizations, the media and NGOs. In order to establish emergency communication for information and support for children, there is a single national helpline. No. 150, calls are accepted free of charge, around the clock, anonymously and confidentially.