To the frequent question “what can a woman who suffers gender-based violence do immediately?”, the Diotima Centre’s legal services manager, Angeliki Serafeim, answers:

• Immediately move away from the reach of the perpetrator, taking her children, if any, and documents (ID/passports) with her, and call 100
• To call a person she trusts if she feels the need for support/accompaniment in a hospital
• Go immediately to a hospital for care of any injuries (or care for cases of risk of communicable diseases), where she will get a medical report recording the signs/injuries and their cause
• To attend a police station, if they wish, to make a complaint under the self-reporting procedure
• Call 15900 if she is in need of shelter in a safe place, psychological support, and legal advice

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