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Care, Recovery and Reception Service (SARA Jove)

Control, mistrust, fits of jealousy, selfishness, forcing you to do things you don’t want to do, laughing at you, etc. Gender violence is sometimes much closer to home than you might realise. If you think you or someone close to you could be experiencing it with their partner, friends, classmates or acquaintances, now is the time to stop it.

 

Service hours:

General in-person assistance: make an appointment by calling 667443205, Monday to Friday, 9 am to 3 pm.

Phone support for advice and queries: Monday to Friday, from 9 am to 1 pm.

You can also contact the service by emailing sara.jove@bcn.cat

Barcelona City Council’s Youth Assistance, Recovery and Shelter Service (SARA Jove) is available to young people who are victims of gender violence. The service provides support, advice and alternatives on how to address and confront gender violence.

Say no to gender violence.
Defend your freedom.

Who do we help?

Young people from Barcelona, aged 12 to 17, who are experiencing or have experienced any kind of gender violence, such as:

  • Controlling behaviour in a romantic relationship, (formal couple, digital relationship, sporadic relationship, etc.).
  • Abuse for dressing, speaking, thinking or otherwise acting differently from the way girls or boys are supposedly meant to behave.
  • Being forced to have sex without your consent.
  • If you are harassed for your sexuality or gender in social settings.


How can we help you?

If you or anyone close to you is experiencing gender-violence, you can turn to SARA Jove. We are here to give you information and advice on the possible causes and consequences of gender violence. We can also help you to tackle it, as well as giving you support, alternatives and, if necessary, protection.

What are the signs of gender violence?

Here are some examples of gender violence, to help you decide whether you are experiencing it.

  • If your partner doesn’t get on with your friends and always wants the two of you to be alone.
  • If your partner is always the one to decide what to do, where and when, and you never have a say.
  • If they control the way you dress, do your make-up, speak or behave.
  • If they monitor your social media profiles and your mobile, to find out who you’re in contact with.
  • If they can’t stand not knowing what you’re doing or where you are at any given time.
  • If they say they’re going to repeat themselves so that you understand.
  • If they tell you they would be “capable of anything” if you were to end the relationship.
  • If they become agitated when you disagree with them, and sometimes lose their temper and say they feel like hitting you.
  • If they make fun of you and humiliate you in public.
  • If you are insulted, threatened or attacked for behaving differently from how some people think a man or woman ought to behave.
  • If they have been making fun of you ever since you came out of the closet.
  • If they constantly criticise your opinions or way of thinking or being.

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More information

Recommendations for preventing gender violence in digital environments [Ca] (pdf 755.00 KB)