{"id":1855,"date":"2007-11-16T00:51:19","date_gmt":"2007-11-15T20:51:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dominicana-online.org\/?p=1855"},"modified":"2018-04-04T14:08:10","modified_gmt":"2018-04-04T14:08:10","slug":"recursos-ayuda-violencia","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/recursos-ayuda-violencia\/","title":{"rendered":"Resources for Assistance Against Gender-Based Violence in the Dominican Republic"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Ministry of Women in the Dominican Republic offers assistance and legal support to victims of physical, psychological and marital violence through its lawyers throughout the country. Also, the Ministry has a telephone assistance system for the reporting of cases of violence.<\/p>\n

The Ministry of Women\u2019s 24 hour help line<\/u>: 809-689-7212 and from the interior 809- 200-7212 (without charges)<\/p>\n

Additionally, through its 52 provincial and municipal offices (OMM and OPM, for their acronyms in Spanish), the Ministry of Women is responsible for managing, through the relevant institutions, specialized care in domestic violence cases.<\/p>\n

In turn, the Prosecutor of the National District has several specialized programs to combat gender-based violence:<\/p>\n