How Shamsaha is helping domestic violence victims across the Middle East

The LiveHealthy Podcast

Aug 17 2022 | 00:24:15

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Show Notes

Mary–Justine Todd is the founder and executive director of Shamsaha, the first and only 24 hours a day, seven days a week domestic violence crisis prevention program operating in the Middle East. Shamsaha, which means “her sun” and launched in 2016, has 120 trained and certified women’s crisis advocates working in English and Arabic, with a new app that offers a wealth of information and research as well as text, phone and video crisis counseling....

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