Who We Are

GENFAMI It has formed a multidisciplinary team of experts in the various areas of human rights, public health, mental health, research, gender, diversity, and inclusion. This team ensures the execution of high-quality and innovative processes.

Mission

We work to ensure that people live lives free from violence and that those who have suffered it can recover from its impact. We consider this essential for people to develop their potential, build lives based on emotional well-being and mental health, meaningful relationships, life projects that contribute to society, and that promote human rights.

Vision

In 2027, GENFAMI will consolidate itself as a leading organization in building evidence-based responses and best practices to promote the prevention and comprehensive approach to violence against children and women. It will develop significant contributions that strengthen the capacity of individuals, families, communities, organizations, and public policies to promote lives free from violence at the national and international levels.

Who We Are

GENFAMI It has formed a multidisciplinary team of experts in the various areas of human rights, public health, mental health, research, gender, diversity, and inclusion. This team ensures the execution of high-quality and innovative processes.

GENFAMI promotes dignity, equity, integrity, and autonomy so that, especially girls, boys, adolescents, and women, can develop their maximum potential, fostering integral well-being and the protection of the full exercise of their rights.
We dream and work for a world where women, girls, boys, and adolescents live free from violence, with fullness, dignity, and guaranteed rights. A world in which their voices are heard, their bodies respected, and their life projects supported with care, social justice, and equity.

Development of Protocols for GBV

Developed technical documents, guides, protocols, and national guidelines for the care of GBV survivors with national and district government entities, United Nations System Agencies, and International Cooperation Organizations.

National Experience in Violence Prevention

She has extensive national experience in Colombia, where she has worked in 27 departments developing programs, strategies, and intervention projects for multiple forms of sex and gender-based violence in development, gender, security and peace, and migration contexts.

National Investigations in Critical Contexts

You have developed multiple research processes in the national context related to mental health, sexual and reproductive rights, analysis of care for violence against children and gender-based violence, in contexts of pandemic, armed conflict, and migration.

Our approach

We drive social transformation with a focus on human rights, equity, and dignity, putting people at the center of every intervention. We design responses that promote safe spaces, free from violence, and strengthen autonomy, psychosocial well-being, and emotional competencies with a gender and intersectional perspective. We work for the prevention, attention, and comprehensive recovery of those who face sex and gender-based violence.

Our
focus

Well-being and emotional recovery, mental health, human rights, intersectionality.

We work for social transformation that promotes relationships based on equity, integrity, and human dignity. Understanding that people are at the center of all purposes and interventions, based on their diversities and unique qualities, we design responses that transform social dynamics (familial, social, organizational, and state) by promoting safe spaces to develop lives free from violence.
We strengthen empowerment, autonomy, and emotional competencies as a transformative means for society. We work from a human rights approach, understanding them in their broadest concept, as well as their relationship with emotional competencies, psychosocial well-being, and mental health; integrating gender perspective and intersectionality.
We promote best practices for preventing, detecting, addressing, and supporting comprehensive recovery processes for those at risk of or who have experienced sex and gender-based violence.

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Who We Are

Genfami has formed a multidisciplinary team of experts in the different areas of human rights, public health, mental health, research, gender, diversity, and inclusion.

This team ensures high-quality and innovative processes are carried out.

Mission: We work to ensure that people live lives free from violence and that survivors can recover from its impacts. We consider this essential for people to develop their potential, build lives based on emotional well-being and mental health, foster meaningful relationships, create life projects that contribute to society, and promote human rights.  

Vision In 2027, GENFAMI will consolidate itself as a leading organization in building evidence-based responses and best practices to promote the prevention and comprehensive approach to violence against children and women. It will develop significant contributions that strengthen the capacity of individuals, families, communities, organizations, and public policies to promote lives free from violence at the national and international levels.

GENFAMI She has extensive national experience in Colombia, where she has worked in 27 departments developing programs, strategies, and intervention and prevention projects for multiple forms of sex and gender-based violence in contexts of development, gender, security and peace, and migration.

GENFAMI has developed technical documents, guides, protocols, and national guidelines for the care of GBV survivors with national and district government entities, United Nations System Agencies, and International Cooperation Organizations.

 

GENFAMI has developed multiple research processes in the national context related to mental health, sexual and reproductive rights, analysis of care for violence against children and GBV, in contexts of pandemic, armed conflict, and migration.

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Our approach:

Well-being and emotional and mental health recovery, human rights, intersectionality

We work for social transformation that promotes relationships based on equity, integrity, and human dignity. Understanding that people are at the center of all purposes and interventions, based on their diversities and unique qualities, we design responses that transform social dynamics (familial, social, organizational, and state) by promoting safe spaces to develop lives free from violence.

We strengthen empowerment, autonomy, and emotional competencies as a means of transforming society.
We work from a human rights approach, understanding them in their broadest concept, and also in their relationship with emotional competencies, psychosocial well-being, and mental health; integrating a gender perspective and intersectionality.


We promote best practices for preventing, detecting, addressing, and supporting comprehensive recovery processes for those at risk of or who have experienced sex and gender-based violence.