Help for victims
BIF – Advice centre for women
Combatting violence in a marriage or partnership
Winterthur women’s crisis hotline
Victim assistance for women and girls
Frauenberatung sexuelle Gewalt
Counselling for women: combatting sexual and domestic violence
Zurich victim counselling
For women, men, young people and children
Kokon advice centre
Victim help and crisis counselling for children, young people and young adults in crisis
“Okey”: counselling and child protection centre
Victim counselling and child protection
Zurich Children's Hospital: Children’s support group and victim advice centre
Castagna
Counselling and information centre for sexually exploited children, young people and women and men exploited in childhood
BIF – Women’s advice centre
Zurich victim counselling
Our online and chat counselling is for all victims of violence: adults, young people, children and relatives.
It is free, confidential and anonymous.
Communication takes place via a protected platform.
If you prefer to come to an advice centre and talk to us in person about your situation, the team in the advice centres will be happy to meet you. Just call in advance and make an appointment. All conversations in our advice centres are confidential and free of charge. You decide what you want to say. Nobody will force you to make a decision.
You and your children will be protected from domestic violence in the women’s refuges and shelters. All women’s refuges, the “Schlupfhuus” emergency shelter and the “Mädchenhaus” refuge for girls also have 24-hour helplines that you can call for advice.
Zurich Violetta – women’s refuge
Winterthur women’s refuge
Zurich Oberland women’s refuge and advice centre
Schlupfhuus Zurich – emergency shelter
Counselling, support and accommodation for young people in crisis
Zurich Mädchenhaus – girls’ refuge
Accommodation, protection and counselling for girls and young women affected by violence
Winterthur crisis housing
A temporary home for children and young people in crisis
A police report can help you protect yourself from violence. The police domestic violence units can give you advice and take actions to prevent violence against you. The police units work closely with the regional police and the public prosecution bodies in the canton of Zurich.
Zurich cantonal police
Domestic violence unit
fachstelle.hg@kapo.zh.ch
Zurich city police
Domestic violence unit
fachstelle.hg@zuerich.ch
Winterthur city police
Domestic violence unit
fachstelle.hg@win.ch
Public prosecutors in Zurich
Information about the prosecution process, what rights you have as a victim, and the rights of the person being charged and other people involved in the process
www.staatsanwaltschaften.zh.ch
In an emergency, always call 117
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