Support, Recovery and Shelter Service (SARA):
Offers support to victims of gender-violence situations (women, children and teenagers, and LGBTI people, and individuals who are directly affected by such violence in their immediate environment).
Meeting by prior appointment: 8 am to 3 pm, Mondays to Fridays. Evenings according to availability (C/ Marie Curie, 16).
Emergency meeting: 9 am to 1 pm, Mondays to Fridays (C/ Marie Curie, 16).
Telephone helpline: 8 am to 8 pm, Mondays to Fridays. Tel.: 932 915 910/920.
Outside SARA’s helpline times, you can go to the Barcelona Social Emergencies Centre (CUESB, C/ Llacuna, 25), which offers support 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Tel.: 900 703 030
Women’s support and information points (PIAD):
They offer support to women in cases of discrimination or gender violence, as well as information on different departments, psychological care, legal advice and workshops.
Other specialised services
Care, Recovery and Shelter Service (SARA) (from 9 am to 3 pm, Monday to Friday)
Barcelona Medical and Social Emergencies Centre (CUESB) (24 hours, free)
Gender violence: “Violence that is used against women as a manifestation of discrimination and inequality situations under a power relations system of men over women which, expressed physically, financially or psychologically, including threats, intimidation and duress, results in physical, sexual or psychological harm or suffering, in public or private”.
Law 5/2008, of 24 April, on the Right of Women to Eradicate Gender Violence
