Women’s personal defence and anti-violence centers

Women’s personal defence and anti-violence centres are an important issue and fortunately it is not indifferent to the attention of organisations that deal with helping people who experience threats or gender-based violence.

The anti-violence centre is a facility where women are welcomed, who are subjected to or threatened by any form of violence|.

Contents

- 0.0.1 It offers several services to victims of domestic violence, sexual violence, economic violence, stalking:
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0.2 Characteristics and activities of anti-violence centres
0.3 Relations with public bodies in Italy of anti-violence centres

1 Emergency Numbers (Valid nationwide)
- 1.1 Organization and related phone number:
- 1.2 List of QUESTUREs (QUESTURA – ADDRESS , CAP – TELEFONO)
2 List of anti-violence centers:
- 2.1 City / Name Organization / Address and Phone

It offers several services to victims of domestic violence, sexual violence, economic violence, stalking:

telephone reception, personal interviews, hospitality in the so-called shelters, thus assisting the victims and possibly the minor children involved in the path out of violence.

These are the useful numbers of the anti-violence centers and on this page I want to mark the telephone contacts and addresses of the Anti-Violence Centers divided by city.

Ps. To add centers or report errors on phone numbers and addresses, write to expert.fighting@gmail.com.

Characteristics and activities of anti-violence centres

Anti-violence centres, shelters and semi-autonomous houses are generally managed by associations, social cooperatives and NDOs, but sometimes also by public entities, with the aim of providing support and assistance to women victims of violence and abuse as well as effectively combating gender-based violence and assisted violence.

The centres carry out various activities starting from the first telephone listening, anonymous and free, often available 24 hours a day.

After the first contact, women may decide to start a path out of violence, avail themselves of legal advice, information and help in finding work and home research. Specific self-help groups have been formed in some centres.

In the event of an emergency, the centres offer “shelters” or “semi-autonomous houses”, safe places where women with their children can rebuild their independent lives, ensuring a safe place.

Very often the associations that run the centres also deal with training, promotion, awareness raising and prevention, data collection and processing, orientation and accompaniment to work, bibliographical material collection and documentary on the themes of violence.

The anti-violence centers have organized themselves by setting up a national network that organizes 80 associations (in 2017) in a single large organization called DiRe, women on the net against violence.

Networks have also been set up at territorial level to encourage the coordination of all bodies involved in the reception of women suffering violence, anti-violence centres, law enforcement, emergency services, social services and other relevant bodies on the subject.

Relations with public bodies in Italy of anti-violence centres

Only from the last ten years have public institutions (regions, provinces, municipalities, health companies, etc.) been activated by preparing regional laws in support of anti-violence centers, offering facilities to associations, carrying out agreements in order to manage the Centers and, in some realities, sharing common objectives and working strategies. Public authorities often collaborate with territorial networks as partners, often activate projects and are sometimes active in promoting initiatives against violence (e.g. by contributing to training courses for operators/operators of public services, aimed at building a local network against violence against women).

In many cities, interinstitutional tables have been created, promoted by the Anti-Violence Centres involving public bodies (such as municipalities), aimed at developing operational protocols and coordinated network projects to help women out of violence. In some cities (e.g. Venice, Forlì) the municipalities themselves manage the anti-violence centres, while the prevailing model is that of management of the Centre by women’s associations, politically engaged in the fight against gender-based violence.

On 16 May 2013, an ANCI-D.i.Re. Memorandum of Understanding was signed with the aim of “collaborating to promote and develop actions, projects or initiatives aimed at the prevention and combating of male violence against women, implementing awareness-raising and information actions on gender-based violence”.

As a result of this protocol, guidelines have been produced for social services

Emergency Numbers (Valid nationwide)

Organization and related phone number:

Public Emergency Relief 1 1 3
Carabinieri 1 1 2
Firefighters 1 1 5
Health Emergency 1 1 8
Finance Guard 1 1 7
Roadside Assistance 1 1 6
Sea Rescue 1 5 3 0
Phone Blue Association for the protection of minors 1 9 6 9 6
Rainbow Phone Anti-Pedophilia Center 800.025.777
ANTI-PROSTITUTION Center To get out of the prostitution racket 800.290.290
Phone ANTIPLAGIO Committee in defence of the victims of charlatans and saints and against abuse in telecommunications and against minors 338 / 83.85,999
DROGA Tel For information on drugs-alcohol-psychopharmaceuticals 800.01.66.00
Phone ANTI-USURA Solidarity Fund against Extortion and Wear 800,999,000
Phone AMICO
Milan Centre 02.55.23.02.00
Arianna Antiviolenza Women 1522

In this list you can find the telephone numbers and addresses of all the questures on the Italian territory, divided by city.

In addition, if you search for the phone number and the name of the city, you can easily find the site of that questura.

To report errors or inaccuracies, send an email to: expert.fighting@gmail.com

List of QUESTUREs (QUESTURA – ADDRESS , CAP – TELEFONO)

Agrigento P.zza Vittorio Emanuele, 2 – 92100 0922483111
Alexandria Street Ghilini, 33 – 15100 0131310111
Ancona Via G. Gervasoni, 19 – 60129 07122881
Aosta St. Michael’s Street, 1 – 11100 0165279111
Arezzo Via Frà Guittone, 10 – 52100 05753181
Ascoli Piceno Via della Repubblica, 8 – 63100 0736355111
Auctions Course XXV April, 19 -14100 0141418111
Avellino Via Giovanni Palatucci, 16 – 83100 08252061
Bari Via G. Murat, 4 – 70100 0805291111
Beautiful Way Freedom Volunteers, 13 – 32100 0437945511
Benevento Via Raffaele De Caro, 1 – 82100 0824373111
Bergamo Via Noli, 26 – 24100 035276111
Biella Via Tripoli, 2 – 13900 0153590411
Bologna Piazza G. Galilei, 7 – 40123 0516401111
Bolzano Via Marconi, 33 – 39100 0471947611
Brescia Via Botticelli, 4 – 25124 03037441
Toast Via Perrino, 1 – 72100 08315431111
Cagliari Street Amat, 3 – 09100 07060271
Caltanissetta Via Catania, 1 – 93100 093479111
Campobasso Via V. Tiberius, 95 – 86100 08744061
Caserta Piazza Vanvitelli, 5 – 81100 0823429111
Catania Piazza S. Nicolella, 8 – 95124 0957367111
Catanzaro Via Down Cavour, 5 – 88100 0961889111
Chieti Piazza Umberto I, 1 – 66100 08713421
Roosevelt Avenue, 7 – 22100 0313171
Cosenza Via Domenico Frugiuele, 10 – 87100 09848911
Cremona Street Tribunals, 6 – 26100 03724881
Crotone Largo Pastificio, 20 – 88900 0962951111
Wedge Piazza Torino, 5 – 12100 0171443411
Enna Street St. Joseph, 4 – 94100 0935522111
Ferrara Course Hercules I, 26 – 44100 0532294311
Florence Via Zara, 2 -50129 05549771
Foggia Via Gramsci, 1 – 71100 08816681
Forl. Garibaldi Course, 173 – 47100 0543719111
Frosinone Liberty Square, 14 – 03100 07752181
Genoa Street A. Diaz, 2 – 16121 01053661
Gorizia Victory Square, 64 – 34170 0481595111
Grosseto Piazza Rossellini, 1 -58100 056443311
Imperia Cathedral Square, 14 – 18100 01837951
Isernia Kennedy Street, 77 – 86170 08654451
L’Aquila Via Strinella, 2 – 67100 08624301
La Spezia Avenue Italy, 497 – 19123 01875671
Latin C.so of the Republic, 110 – 04100 07736591
Lecce Avenue Otranto, 1 – 73100 08326911
Lecco Course Promises Newlyweds, 40 – 23900 0341279111
Livorno Via Rijeka, 40 – 57123 0586235111
Lodi Square Castle, 30 – 26900 03714441
Lucca Via Cavour, 38 – 55100 05834551
Macerata Liberty Square, 15 – 62100 073325411
Mantua Piazza Sordello, 46 – 46100 03762051
Massa Via Patriota, 1 – 54100 05854941
Matera Via Gattini, 12 -75100 08353781
Messina Via Placida, 2 – 98100 0903661
Milan Via Fatebenefratelli, 11 – 20121 0262261
Modena Street Remembrances, 14 – 41100 059410411
Naples Via Medina, 5 – 80133 0817941111
Novara People’s Square, 2 – 28100 03213881
Nuoro Avenue Europe, 2 – 08100 0784214111
Oristano Street Beatrice D’Arborea, 4 – 09170 078321421
Padua Riviera Ruzzanti, 9 – 35123 049833111
Palermo Piazza Vittoria, 15 – 90134 091210111
Parma Street Borgo di Post, 14 – 43100 05212194
Pavia Via Rismondo, 68 – 27100 032825121
Perugia Via Cortonese, 152 – 06100 07550621
Pesaro and Urbino Via Giordano Bruno, 40 – 61100 0721986111
Pescara Via Pesaro, 7 – 65100 08520571
Piacenza Avenue Malta, 10 – 29100 0523397111
Pisa Via Lalli, 3 – 56100 050583511
Pistoia Via Macallè, 23 – 51100 05739706
Pordenone Piazzale Duca D’Aosta, 8 – 33170 0434238111
Power Avenue G. Marconi, 47 – 85100 0971334111
Meadow Best Way of Cino, 10/12 – 59100 05745555
Ragusa Via M. Rapisardi, 124 – 97100 0932673111
Ravenna Avenue Berlinguer, 20 – 48100 0544299111
Reggio Calabria St. Catherine’s Street, 4 – 89100 09654111
Reggio Emilia Via Dante Alighieri, 10 – 42100 0522458711
Rieti Piazza Graziosi, 3 – 02100 074662841
Rimini Corso d’Augustus, 192 – 47900 0541353777
Rome St. Vitale Street, 15 – 00184 0646861
Rovigo Via Samuele Donatoni, 9 – 45100 0425202511
Salerno Piazza Amendola, 1 – 84123 089613111
Sassari Via Coppino Michele, 1 – 07100 0792835500
Savona Street of Partisans, 2 – 17100 01985501
Siena Beaver Lane, 6 – 50100 0577201111
Syracuse Via Scala Greca, 250 – 96100 0931495111
Sondrio Via XXV April, 20 – 23100 0342532111
Taranto Via Amphitheater, 8 – 74100 0994545111
Teramo Avenue Bovio, 22 – 64100 08612591
Terni Via Roberto Antiochia, 12 – 05100 07744801
Turin Corso Vinzaglio, 10 – 10124 01155881
Trapani Piazza Vittorio Veneto, 1 – 91100 0923598111
Trento Piazza Show, 3 – 38100 0461899511
Treviso Via Carlo Alberto, 37 – 31100 0422577111
Trieste Via Tor Bandena, 6 – 34121 0403790111
Udine Street Prefecture, 16 – 33100 0432594111
Varese Liberty Square, 1 – 21100 0332801111
Venice Via Nicolodi, 21 – 30175 0412715511
Verbania Via Luxembourg, 4 – 28922 03235115
Vercelli Corso de Gregori, 3 – 13100 01612254111
Verona Longadige Galtarossa, 11 – 37100 0458090411
Vibo Valentia Via S. Aloe snc – 88018 0963965111
Vicenza Via Mazzini, 213 – 36100 0444337511
Viterbo Via Mariano Romiti, 2 – 01100 07613341

In this second part of the post I have listed the phone numbers and addresses of the Anti-Violence Centers divided by city.

To report errors or inaccuracies, send an email to: expert.fighting@gmail.com

List of anti-violence centers:

City / Name Organization / Address and Phone

ABANO TERME Women’s Phone Fallen Square, 1 Tel 049.8245234
ANCONA Women and Justice V. Cialdini, 23 Tel 071.204680
AREZZO Ready Woman V. Salvi Castellucci, 37 Tel 0575.354144
WARNING Wire Arianna V. Moretti and Silvati, 1 Tel 0825.32227
BARI L.I.Vi.S V. Sarriga Visconti, 199 Tel 080.5219441
BERGAMO Commission Against Sexual Violence Martyrs of Kefalonia, 6 Tel 035.232600
BOLOGNA The House of Women For Not Suffering Violence Of Gold, 3 Tel 051.333173 www.women.it/casadonne casadonn@women.it
BOLZANO Home Protected Housing Verein Haus PostBox 103 Tel 0471.970350
BRESCIA House of Women V. San Faustino, 38 Tel 030.2400636
BRINDISI I Donna V. Santa Chiara, 6/8 Tel 0831.522034
ADVOCATAE V. Barcelona, 80 Tel 070.652675
CASERTA Space Woman V. Rome, 169 Tel 0823.354126
CATANIA U.D.I. THAMAIA Cantarella, 6 Tel 095.505372 Via G. Macherione, 14 095.7223990 centroav@thamaia.org
CESENA Phone Women’s Square, 9 Tel 0547.300800
CHIETI The Wire by Arianna V. C. de Lollis, 23 Tel 0871.347999
COMO Phone Women of Como Via Zezio, 60 Tel 031.304585 www.telefonodonnacomo.it segreteria@telefonodonnacomo.it
Cosenza Assoc. “Roberta Lanzino” V. Caloprese, 56 Tel 0984.36311
CREMA Women Against Violence V. XX September, 115 Tel 0373.80999
CUNEO Phone Woman V. C. Emanuele, 34 Tel 0171.631515
FAENZA S.O.S Donna V. Laderchi, 3 Tel 0546.22611
FERRARA U.D.I. V. Terranuova, 12/b Tel 0532.247440
FIRENZE Women Against Violence V. del Mezzetta, 1 Tel 055.602311
FOGGIA Phone Woman Street of the Republic, 54 Tel 0881.772499
FORLI’ Wire Donna V. E. Curiel, 51 Tel/fax 0543552855
GENOVA Centre Women’s Maltreat V. Cairoli, 14/7 Tel 010.2461716
DEGREES OF ISONZO (GO) U.D.I. Unit Square, 14 Tel 0481.960260
GROSSETO Equal Opportunity Centre. V. Oberdan, 14 Tel 0564.20027
IMOLA House Friend V. Venturini Department 8 Tel 0542.604608
LAMEZIA TERME Lilith Climbing Mazzei Centre 21, Tel 0968.201713
LATINA Phone Woman V. D’Azeglio, 19 Tel 0773.664165
SPACE Women’s Phone V. Corridoni, 5 Tel 0187.703338
AQUILA Women Melusine c/o AIED V. Annunziata 7 Tel 0862.65985
LECCO Phone Woman V. Parini, 6 Tel 0341.363484
LIVORNO Women’s Center V. Largo Strozzi Tel 0586.890053
MANTOVA Phone Rosa V. Tassoni, 12 Tel 0376.225656
MERANO For Women Against Violence Freedom Course, 184 Tel 0473.222335
MESSINA CEDAV – Women’s Anti-Violence Center Via Cesareo, 24 Tel 090.6783035 cedav@virgilio.it
MILAN House of Mistreated Women Piacenza, 14 Tel 02.55015519
MODENA Centre Against Violence against Women of the Prawn, 77 Tel 059.361050
MONZA CADOM Mentana, 43 Tel 039.2840006 Cadom_monza@tin.it
NAPOLI Wave Rosa V. Carducci, 29 Tel 081.426368
PADOVA Anti-violence Center V. Nazareth, 25 Tel 049.756909
PALERMO U.D.I. V. XX September, 57 Tel 091.327973
PARMA Anti-Violence Centre V. dei Farnese, 23 Tel 0521.238885
PAVIA Women Against Violence Porta Pertusi, 6/a Tel 0382.32136
PERUGY Phone Woman V. Podiani, 11 Tel 800.861126
PESCARA Phone Woman V. Modesto of the Door, 24 Tel 085.64535
Piacenza City. Women’ Phone – Phone Rosa Piacenza Via G. Landi, 8 Tel 0523.334833 telefonorosapiacenza@libero.it
PISA Women’s House V. Galli Tassi, 8 Tel 050.561628
POWER Phone Women V. Blood Volunteers, 1 Tel 0971.441114
PRATO La Nara V. Improved, 16/a Tel 0574.34472
RAVENNA Line Rosa V. Garatoni, 12 Tel 0544.216316
RECANATI Women’s number c/o Town Hall p.zza LeopardiTel 071.7587277
EMILIA RECORD NONDASOLA V. Gold Medals of Resistance, 6/b Tel 0522.332117
RIVA OF GARDA Phone Donna V. Grez, 44 Tel 0464.556000
ROME Phone Rosa Avenue Mazzini, 73 Tel 06.37518262-82
SALERNO Line Rosa Piazza Veneto, 2 Tel 089.254242
B. OF TRONTO Women’s Anti-Violence Center V. of the Thousand-Pisc. Common. Tel 0735.583285
SAVONA Phone Woman V. Sormano, 12 Tel 019.870065
TORINO Phone Rosa V. Assietta 13/a Tel 011.530666-5628314 Fishing, 15 – Moncalieri Synergia Trauma Center Tel. 011.642708-335.6765376 www.synergiacentrotrauma.it
Trento Families in Difficulty. Trento Anti-Violence Centre S. Francis of Assisi, 1Tel 0461.235008 Customs, 1 Tel 0461.220048 centroantiviolenzatn@tin.it
TREVISO Phone Woman V. Canova, 44 Tel 0422.53022
TRIESTE U.D.I. Piazza Duca dei Abruzzi, 3 Tel 040.367879
UDINE DONNEINSIEME V. Sillo, 5 Tel 0432.25409
VENICE Anti-Violence Centre V. Garibaldi, 155/a Tel 041.5349215
VERONA Phone Rosa Via M. Della Torre, 2/A Verona Tel 045.521679
VICENZA Phone Rosa Tel 0444.321664