The City Council of Vigo, through the municipal services of attention to women, identifies the problems, needs and daily demands of women in order to assert their rights in the professional, social and family environments.

Once detected and identified those needs, the Department of Gender Equality provides the necessary tools and resources to promote women's self-confidence to ask for an equal coexistence. On this basis, several programs are being developed to educate the new generations on values that ensure equal opportunities.

The Office for Gender Equality, located in the Town Hall of Vigo, manages the Council schedules, supervises the equality policies and promotes the participation of women in all areas by promoting cooperativism.

• The Women's Phone: 986 293 963, is a municipal service attended by a team of qualified staff 24 hours a day, ensuring inmediate and accurate information and counselling for women, particularly those victims of domestic violence.
• Legal consultation on-line: there is a virtual office for legal advice on family law (civil or criminal), abuse, sexual discrimination or harassment at work. E-mail address: osnososdereitos.muller@vigo.org
• Municipal Information Center on Women's Rights, gives information and advice to women. It sets out specific support and care programs for abused women and other related services.
• Women's house (Casa das Mulleres) is a place used by the Department of Women, Women's associations and groups, in which they organize courses, meetings, exhibitions and conferences.
• Women's Refuge (Casa de Acogida de Mujeres Maltratadas): Open to any woman in need, is an alternative space of coexistence, offers shelter in shared accommodation to women victims of domestic violence and their children, legal assistance, psychological support, and a further Monetary Support Program once they leave the house.
• Information Points where to get general information about services, training and resources for women, as well as specific advice to ill-treated women.
• Women Support Group, is a group of women which provides care, support and guidance to ill-treated women, helping them to overcome the awareness process and to avoid abuse.