The RECAP-ME association was founded in 2023 with the aim of creating a network of mothers in French-speaking Switzerland who have suffered psychological violence, and to highlight the collateral effects of violence on their children’s health.
Violence can be perpetrated by an individual or by an institution.
The aim of networking is to bring mothers out of their isolation and point them in the direction of solutions.
The association also aims to collect data on psychological violence and set up preventive actions in collaboration with other institutions.

The Nouveau Départ association is there to help victims of violence to take steps to escape the violence and avoid returning to it.
Our aim is to help people suffering domestic violence by offering a range of support services, including food, equipment and a listening ear. We have a 24/7 helpline staffed by volunteer responders.

Address:

Route du barrage 25

1728 Rossens

The forensic consultation service at Geneva University Hospitals (HUG) is open to all adult victims of violence, whether domestic, family or community-based (on the public highway or in the workplace, for example).

It is run by a specially trained team of nurses, who work in close collaboration with forensic doctors.

The consultation offers victims :

• A warm welcome and an attentive ear, enabling them to talk about the violent events they have experienced.
• A clinical examination focusing on the violence they have experienced, so that forensic documentation can be compiled (report of assault and battery, photographs of injuries). The report can help the victim to assert her rights.
• Referral to a network of partner institutions and associations.

The CMLV’s premises are a calm and safe place to hear a detailed account of the violence experienced.

The medical-legal consultation for adult victims of violence (CMLV) does not deal with sexual violence, for which victims are treated in the gynaeco-obstetric emergency department for women at the HUG Maternity Hospital, and in the adult emergency department for men.

The child and adolescent protection team of the Eastern Vaud and Lower Valais regions

Adresse:

Hôpital Riviera-Chablais

Vaud-Valais

Route du Vieux-Séquoia 20

1847 Rennaz

The Child Protection Group (GPE) provides care for children and adolescents under the age of 16 who are victims of abuse and neglect, as well as children at risk. Comprising doctors (paediatricians, child psychiatrists, gynaecologists, surgeons), social workers and carers, the GPE deals with situations where abuse is known or suspected.

The child protection group’s target groups are

• children, young people, families and their caregivers
• professionals, institutions and authorities that work with children, young people and their families
• teachers, school boards, school social workers
• private individuals who have questions and would like to seek advice in the event of suspected child abuse or sexual assault

Child and youth protection is one of the core missions of every children’s hospital. That is why there is also an interdisciplinary child protection group at the Children’s Hospital Central Switzerland. The basis for this is the Child and Adult Protection Act.
The child protection group’s task is to recognise and investigate suspected cases of child or youth abuse or neglect. Depending on the situation, this may also involve taking action – always with the aim of protecting the child and enabling positive development. It is important to work together with the child and adult protection authority (KESB) in the patient’s local community.

Address:

Luzerner Kantonsspital

Kinderspital

Haus 33

Spitalstrasse

6000 Luzern 16

The Child Protection Group at the Children’s Hospital Zurich deals with infants, children and adolescents who have been victims of abuse. In addition to medical examinations of child abuse, we also offer counselling for those affected, their families and professionals.