Casa Matilde: Shelter for battered women

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Casa Matilde is the first shelter for battered women and their children created in Ecuador 30 years ago. This house not only allows women to escape from gender violence situations and restart their life projects, but is an organizational space to fight for women´s rights. Rosario Gómez Santos in the picture, storytelling about Casa Matilde and her lifelong commitment to women´s cause during Human Library Event held in Quito as part of Acclab´s launch event. https://fundacionmatilde.org/ Listen to the story at: https://acclabecu.org/en/violence-that-still-hurts/