The team of the International Center “La Strada” dedicates the activities held as part of the campaign Denim Day Moldova 2022 to all the survivors of gender-based violence in Ukraine in solidarity with the women and girls who were subject to mass sexual assault in the neighboring country. The campaign is implemented with support from UN Women Moldova and with the financial assistance of Sweden. The women and girls in Ukraine who experienced sexual violence can anytime receive free specialized assistance from the Center’s team, IPN reports.

This year it has been five years since the International Center “La Strada” launched the camping Denim Day Moldova. “The war does not justify rape. Nothing can justify rape. This is the firm conviction of the team and, implicitly, the commitment to offer all the support and assistance needed by the victims of sexual assault,” says a press release of the organization.

The specialists of “La Strada” advise the women who pass through Moldova or who stopped temporarily here to avoid unusually attractive job offers made by unknown persons so as to be safe and not to transmit to anyone their IDs, mobile phone or another device by which they keep in touch with the family and the close ones. If they want to rent an apartment or a private house, they should go to the local public administration to register with this. This way, they will make sure that they are under the supervision and protection of the authorities of the Republic of Moldova.

Specialists of the Center urge the persons who experienced a rape on Moldova’s territory to call the 112 Service. If the person is not ready to discuss with the authorities, they can call the 24/24 Trustline for Women and Girls 0 8008 8008, which is anonymous, confidential and tall-free.

Denim Day this year is celebrated on April 27.