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Published on 25 August 2023

Supported projects for the prevention of violence against women and domestic violence

Every year, the Confederation supports projects and non-profit organisations with the objective of preventing violence against women and domestic violence. The financial aid used for this purpose helps to implement innovative and effective projects.

In the project collection held by the Federal Office for Gender Equality (FOGE), you can find short reports on the projects supported to date. You can search the collection by topic, region or the progress of the project.

Project collection of financial aid to prevent violence

A number of these projects are presented here:

Leap of the heart

National project for the prevention of violence in the relationships of young couples.

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Social media campaign on domestic violence

Intercantonal information campaign on domestic violence.

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Chat counselling for victim support

Introduction of a chat counselling service in six victim support centres.

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Specialized office against forced marriage

As a national centre of competence, the specialized office is committed to combating forced behaviour with regard to marriage and the choice of partner.

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Intercantonal coordination and networking

Intercantonal exchange on combating domestic violence and violence against women is ensured.

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Do you have an idea for a project?

The Confederation supports measures to prevent violence against women and domestic violence with around 3 million francs of annual funding. If you would like to realise your idea for a project and need financial support to do so, you can go here to find out about financial aid to prevent and combat violence against women and domestic violence