{"id":33908,"date":"2025-09-05T05:54:58","date_gmt":"2025-09-05T05:54:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.simplysoup.ch\/social-impact-2\/"},"modified":"2025-09-05T08:05:38","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T08:05:38","slug":"social-impact-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/simplysoup.ch\/en\/social-impact-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Social Impact"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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WHO WE ARE



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Action for Women is an Athens-based women’s rights organization with an all-female team and management that supports the recovery, resilience, and reintegration of refugees and asylum seekers.



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Action for Women is an Athens-based women’s rights organization with an all-female team and management that supports the recovery, resilience, and reintegration of refugees and asylum seekers.



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One in five refugee women experiences sexual violence.



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According to UNHCR, more than half of the 79.5 million people forcibly displaced are women and girls. One in five refugee women experiences gender-based violence. Lockdowns due to COVID-19 exacerbated the risk, triggering a so-called “shadow pandemic.” Domestic violence spiked as many women were trapped with their abusers, and economic insecurity exacerbated their risk of trafficking and sexual exploitation.



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In Athens, there are few services for victims of gender-based violence, which are scattered throughout the city and often lack interpreters. Using these services without support often leads to re-traumatization. Dignified and safe housing remains scarce, and existing shelters lack comprehensive support to provide women with the skills, knowledge, and networks they need to earn an income and become independent. This can create a cycle of dependency in which residents are given a sense of temporary security without being empowered to take control of their own lives.



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The Pomegranate Project is the first holistic protection and empowerment model of its kind in Greece for vulnerable refugee and asylum seekers, as well as survivors of gender-based violence, to meaningfully support their recovery, resilience, and reintegration.



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Social Impact WHO WE ARE Action for Women is an Athens-based women’s rights organization with an all-female team and management that supports the recovery, resilience, and reintegration of refugees and asylum seekers. OUR VISION Action for Women is an Athens-based women’s rights organization with an all-female team and management that supports the recovery, resilience, and reintegration of refugees and asylum seekers. One in five refugee women experiences sexual violence. According to UNHCR, more than half of the 79.5 million people forcibly displaced are women and girls. One in five refugee women experiences gender-based violence. Lockdowns due to COVID-19 exacerbated the risk, triggering a so-called “shadow pandemic.” Domestic violence spiked as many women were trapped with their abusers, and economic insecurity exacerbated their risk of trafficking and sexual exploitation. In Athens, there are few services for victims of gender-based violence, which are scattered throughout the city and often lack interpreters. Using these services without support often leads to re-traumatization. Dignified and safe housing remains scarce, and existing shelters lack comprehensive support to provide women with the skills, knowledge, and networks they need to earn an income and become independent. This can create a cycle of dependency in which residents are given a sense of temporary security without being empowered to take control of their own lives. Given the lockdown-induced increase in gender-based violence cases and the lack of a holistic model for vulnerable women and victims of gender-based violence, our current campaign, the Pomegranate Project, is both necessary and life-saving. The Pomegranate Project is the first holistic protection and empowerment model of its kind in Greece for vulnerable refugee and asylum seekers, as well as survivors of gender-based violence, to meaningfully support their recovery, resilience, and reintegration. Be part of the change. Make a difference today. With your support, together we can reach more refugees and asylum seekers and provide them with safe access to a range of services for their recovery, resilience and reintegration. Lean more Donate today<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-33908","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/simplysoup.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/33908","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/simplysoup.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/simplysoup.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/simplysoup.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/simplysoup.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33908"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/simplysoup.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/33908\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34140,"href":"https:\/\/simplysoup.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/33908\/revisions\/34140"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/simplysoup.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33908"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}