Animus Association

• Centre For Rehabilitation Of Women, Adolescents, and Children Victims Of Violence
  

• Lobby, Prevention, Networking

• Training Unit

Mission

Healthy communication between people and gender equality in Bulgarian society.
• Availability of accessible psychotherapeutic services and programmes, offering professional and competent help to people who need it
• Social attitudes of tolerance towards differences, respect for suffering and non-acceptance of violence
• Understanding and acceptance of the values of psycho-dynamic psychotherapy

Goals

• To work for the intellectual, professional and spiritual development of women
• To initiate a change in the Bulgarian family and society
• To develop and implement projects and programmes connected with support to women and children
• To encourage gender-equality understanding in society
• To improve the status of women; to be a mediator between different state institutions and non-governmental organizations
• To co-ordinate their efforts on the problems of violence against women.

Animus Association achieves its mission and goals by:

• establishing specialised centres for professional help for survivors of violence;
• encouraging the development of and conducting educational and training programmes;
• exchanging experience with similar organisations in Europe, Asia, and North America;
• publishing materials connected with its work;
• cooperating with institutions and organizations in the country connected with the activities of Animus Association;
• organizing conferences and workshops on the problems of women, family and mental health, organizing cultural events which contribute to the goals of the organization.

More information is available at http://www.animusassociation.org