Women's Protection Facilities

Country	Japan
Year	2008
Type of Measure	Social services > Longer term support (Education, Employment, Housing and Financial)
Form of Violence	Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence

Brief Description

Victims who need institutional care for the medium to long term after leaving a temporary protection shelter at a Women's Consulting Office may enter the Women's Protection Facilities or Maternal and Child Loving Support Facilities. There are 50 Women's Protection Facilities nationwide of which 24 have staff who can provide psychological counseling, with more than one such staff member in five of the offices.

Source of Information

Response of the Government of Japan to the questionnaire on violence against women