Abuse – Family, Child, Sexual

Below are methods on how to report abuse by the Korean Police:

Sexual violence (abuse)

● Go to ONE-STOP center, emergency room in any hospital or go to the police immediately without washing your body. Report that you are a victim or sexual violence and to investigate for evidence, sexual disease and possibility of pregnancy you need to be examined in 72hours.

●If you have a bruise or injury take pictures of them to use them as an evidence.

1. Keep your underwear which you wore at that time and other things that could be evidence in the unlaminated paper bag to not to be moist.
2. Keep attacker’s belongings intactly as you can, to take evidence about fingerprint, hair, semen, sweat.

Family Violence (abuse)

1. For continuous violence, keep important belongings with you at hand, e.g: cash, identification card, and bank accounts, etc. in case of emergency and to prevent mis-use.
2. Keep evidences such as pictures, medical certificates
3. Get as counseling from professional counseling organization.
4. We should list halfway houses that people can go to in an emergency.
5. We should list emergency numbers.

Emergency Numbers:

Korea Legal Aid Center for Family Relations -  http://lawhome.or.kr/law1/eng/sub01/body01.asp

• Tel : 1644-7077

Korea Sexual Violence Relief Center  -http://www.sisters.or.kr/index.php/subpage/english/1

• Tel : 02. 338. 5801~2

Gwangju phone for women sexual violence counseling center 광주 여성의전화 성폭력 상담소

• Tel : 062-363-0442
• Location : Hwajeong- dong, seo-gu, gwangju
• Time : 9am ~ 6pm

Emergency Support Center for Migrant Women 이주여성긴급지원센터

• Tel : 062- 368- 1577 / 062- 367-1577 / 062- 366-1366
• E-mail :  wp1366@hanmail.net