Association of Women Against Violence
Associaçāo de Mulheres Contra a Violência (AMCV)
The Association of Women Against Violence (AMCV), founded in 1992, is a Portuguese Women Non Governmental Organization that works in the area of violence against women and children.
AMCV’s goal is to break the cycle of violence against women and children.
AMCV’s mission is to question and to challenge the attitudes, beliefs and cultural patterns which perpetuate and legitimize violence against women and children.
AMCV has nearly 400 members, most of them professionals working in the areas of law, psychology, social services and medicine.
AMCV Secretariat:
Cristina Severiano
Associação de Mulheres Contra a Violēncia
Alameda D. Afonso Henriques, 78 - 1° E
1000-125 Lisbon, Portugal
Tel: 351.213.802.162
Fax: 351.213.802.168
Email:
euroconf2007@mail.telepac.pt
Website:
www.amcv.org.pt