Goals & focus

The causes for violence against women need to be seen not only in the family context but also against the backdrop of society as a whole.

The goal of the work in the women's refuge is to do justice to the more diverse problems those coming to us for help now face, the changing social framework and our own expectations as to quality; we thus seek constantly to maintain the quality of our services and to develop them further.

Our substantive concept is thus defined by the following aims:

These give rise to the following principles for action: