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| Some info on the house |
Today was my last day at my pasantÃa, so it's time for a little look-back.
The past few weeks have been more interesting because I've gotten a chance to see more of the administrative and political side of the organization. Casa Matilde runs both the Safe House where the women and children can stay and has an office in the north, where they do administrative, financial, investigative and political stuff.
The office works really closely with (and gets funding from) ACNUR, the United Nations Commission for Refugees. A few weeks ago I went to a conference hosted by them and ONU Mujeres (UN Women) on houses like Casa Matilde in Ecuador. There are only five and they form a national network that shares experiences, resources and ideas.
It was super boring in the way that conferences are
always boring. BUT, it was also pretty cool to listen to this woman from the Ministry of Economic and Social Inclusion go off for thirty minutes on domestic violence and where it comes from and how Ecuador needs to do more to stop it. (Although
this and
this are pretty cool.)
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| Giving out the vaccinations |
This past sunday was the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women and Casa Matilde set up a stand in a park near the house. There were lots of other organizations with stands and a kind of comical teen garage band messing around on stage. We gave out fliers and information and "vaccinations" against violence (sugar water as I had to assure a few worried parents). It was great to watch kids and teens reading the pledge to find alternative, non-violent solutions to their problems and to speak up when they experience violence in their lives.
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| Fellow intern, Alexia |
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| "Do you know what domestic violence is?" |
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| Hehehe |
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