Help Centers for Abused Foreign Women

Help resources for foreign victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, and other abuses in English plus other languages. Some of the centers also provide free legal counselling and support services.

Migrant Women's Hotline: The Migrant Women’s Emergency Hotline 1366 Center opened on November 2006 to support human rights, safety, and protection, through hotline services 365 days a year. Migrant women living in Korea, who have suffered from family violence, sexual assault, prostitution and similar hardships, can receive counseling and interpretation support using their own languages. Counseling in eight languages is available - Cambodian, Chinese, Mongolian, English, Philipino (Tagalog), Russian, Thai, Vietnamese. Contact us 365 days a year: anytime, anywhere
Telephone: 02-1577-1366
Email: wm1366@hanmail.net
Address: #306 Dongbo Building, 1235 Soongin-dong, Jongno-gu, Seoul"(near Shinseol Subway station #1 line - Stop 124)
Regional Offices: Busan, Gwangju, Daejeon and Suwon. Hotline number for regional offices is the same: 1577-1366. Just put the local area code in front of it.

Women Migrants Human Rights Center operates a hotline for migrant women, with a special focus on foreign spouses of Korean men. However, they will also provide counselling, medical and legal help, shelter, etc. for other foreign women who have experienced domestic or sexual violence.
Telephone: Office: 02-3672-8988 | Fax: 02) 3672-8990
Hotline: 02-3672-7559     
E-mail: wmigrant@yahoo.co.kr  or  wmwhrc@chol.com
Address: 23-597, Changshin 2-dong, Jongro-gu, Seoul
Homepage: www.wmigrant.org 

The following resource was established to meet the needs of Korean women. However they have announced services in English - this may not actually be the case, however, since providing such services depends on the availability of English-(or other languages) -speaking volunteers.

Korea Women's Hotline offers a hoteline and various services for Korean and foreign women. Should you contact them, you may need someone to interpret for you, but not necessarily.  Seoul Women's Hot Line: Tel: 02-3156-5400. Address: 1F, 1-15, Nokbeon-dong ,Eunpyeong-gu, Seoul, Korea, 122-824

Around for 26 years, Korea Women's Hot Line is much more than just a counseling service.  Although they currently have 25 branches across Korea staffed by trained volunteers, provide medical and legal aid as well as a shelter for victims of domestic violence, the breadth of their work is extensive.  KWHL campaigns for the eradication of domestic and sexual violence, the sex trade, and trafficking in women at all levels.  They monitory government policies, organize community development education and prevention campaigns, provide counseling and activist training, organize a women's rights film festival, and conduct and publish research.  All of the work and support initiated by KWHL is based on the premise that violence against women is a human rights issue that affects individuals, families, communities, and the nation.  KWHL is a non-governmental organization that relies on nominal government funding, membership fees, donations, and a charity business. 

Domestic Violence Counseling Center
The Domestic Violence Counseling Office provides counseling to the victims of domestic violence, and provides them with medical and legal support. To keep homes violence free, it trains future counselors on domestic violence and holds various kinds of campaigns and forums.
* Counseling: 02-2263-6565    

Seoul Sexual Assault Counseling Center
The Seoul Sexual Assault Counseling Center provides counseling, medical and legal support to the victims of rape and sexual harassment. In order to create equal and healthy values on sex and culture, the center trains sex education instructors and organizes sex education projects.
* Counseling:  02-2263-6465

Temporary Protection Facility, "Shimteo"
The SWHL operates a "Shimteo", temporary protection facility, to provide the victims of domestic violence and sexual assault with a place to stay, and offers not only psychological treatment through individual, group counseling and various group activities but also legal and medical support.
* Inquiry: 02-2272-2161   

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