The Greek SOS 15900 national helpline for women victims of violence received more than 5,000 calls and 37 e-mails asking for help during its first year of operation, according to figures released by the General Secretariat for Gender Equality that set up the support service on Thursday.
Of the 5,089 calls received – as Athens News Agency reports – 76% concerned cases of violence between members of the opposite sex (3,955 calls).
Of these 3,955 calls, approximately three quarters were made by the abused women themselves and another 997 by third parties, such as friends, parents, siblings, neighbours and others. The majority of calls made by abused women (83%) were reports of domestic violence at the hands of a spouse, 87 calls were for sexual harassment, 46 calls were reports of rape, four concerned cases of prostitution, and one a case of trafficking.
There were also 272 calls (9%) that concerned other forms of violence not listed above. Of the 2,958 women that called the helpline, 1,897 or 64% were mothers.
(source: ANSA)
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