Rights and assistance

The aim of the grant is to provide victims of gender-based violence with some instruments and resources that can contribute to compensate for the difficulties in the academic evolution of their official university studies at the UAB. 

The study grants associated to this programme can come in two ways: 

Modalitat A: Enrolment aid:

a. Credits you have enrolled in during the current school year b. Exemptions on surcharges associated to late enrolment payments.

Modalitat B: Financial aid aiming to avoid dropping out from university studies:

a. Paid internships. b. Mobility stays at a higher education establishment in Spain within the framework of a mobility programme without study aid. This aid will consist in €250 on a monthly basis with a limit of €2500. 

Requirements and application process

Women who have been victims of misogynistic violence, as well as any dependant children, may continue their official degree studies at a different university than the one where they began. The aim is to allow the affected person to continue their studies in the shortest amount of time by transferring their records to any university of the Catalan system of their choice. 

Proceedings and accreditation

he exceptional procedure to change official university degree studies will begin when the victim of misogynistic violence—or the dependent children thereof—applies for a transfer of their records at the university where they began their degree studies. The procedure to change universities is free. In order to accredit their status as a victim of misogynistic violence, the affected person can provide as qualified proof: 

• The judgment of any area of law, even if it has not yet become final, that declares that said person is a victim of gender-based violence. 
• A valid protection order. 
• The Labour and Social Security Inspectorate (LSSI) Report. 

If you lack these documents, the existence of the following evidence will also be considered a case of misogynistic violence: 

• Any valid judicial precautionary protective measures, pretrial detention measures or detention orders. 
• The criminal police report by the security forces or law enforcement authority that has witnessed directly the manifestation of gender-based violence. 
• The public prosecution service report. 
• A medical or psychological report by a qualified professional stating that the victim has been treated at a health institution due to gender-based violence. 
• A report by one of the following public services qualified to accredit gender-based violence cases: primary care social services, reception and recovery services for victims of gender violence, specialized intervention services and units in security forces and law enforcement authorities. 
• The Catalan Women’s Institute (ICD) report. 
• Any other medium established by legal requirement.