The Deputy Mayor of Chisinau on the social field, Angela Cutasevici, together with representatives of the member organizations of the "National Coalition "Life Without Violence in the Family", met on Tuesday in a working meeting, online, where they discussed the situation regarding the increase the number of the domestic violence cases.

This initiative is being implemented in response to increasing the number of violence during the pandemic. In this regard, profile organizations have faced several challenges in providing the necessary assistance. Also, in the absence of alternative solutions for placement and prevention of infection outbreak, beneficiaries could not be placed in specialized centers. Thus, women had limited opportunities to contact the services of specialized organizations in order to provide specialized assistance.

Those present at the meeting decided to launch a sustainable partnership between organizations providing services in the field of preventing and combating violence against women in the Chisinau municipality and the representatives of the City Hall in order to identify solutions for facing up to domestic violence.

In this context, Deputy Mayor Angela Cutasevici  mentioned the need for cooperation between institutions: Local Public Administration through the National Coalition "Life without Violence in The Family" to achieve better results. "We need to join our efforts and act together, each on its profile," the Deputy Mayor said.