About us

The Fundación Ana Bella’s mission is to build an equal society free of violence against women

We are a Global Network of 28,000 Women Survivors operating in 88 countries, who have transformed our suffering into Empathy and Experience to help other women. We act as Sisters of abused women, helping 44,000 women in Spain Break the Silence, gain empowerment through dignified employment, and find happiness again.

We provide effective solutions by involving women survivors, the media, public administrations, social entities and companies to act as agents of social change against gender-based violence.

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Since Ana Bella was named Emprendedora Social de Ashoka (Ashoka Social Entrepreneur) in 2010, we have become a global reference in co-creation processes which generate systemic change. We have received awards such as from the Ministerio de Sanidad e Igualdad (Spanish Ministry of Health and Equality) (Madrid 2011), Premio del Observatorio Contra la Violencia de Género del Consejo General del Poder Judicial(Award from the Observatory Against Gender-based Violence of the Spanish General Council of the Judiciary) (Madrid 2012), Mejor Proyecto Europeo de Co-Creación con Impacto Social y Económico dentro de la Empresa (Best European Co-Creation Project with Social and Economic Impact within companies) (Switzerland 2014), European Social Innovation Vision Award (Berlin 2014), Best Global Project for Women’s Empowerment (Paris 2015), Gold Medal from the Spanish Red Cross (Seville 2017), Premio a la Innovación Social por la Fundación la Caixa (Social Innovation Award by the Caixa Foundation) (Barcelona 2018), Arborus Award for Promoting Equality in Business, New York, UN (Sept 2019), Medalla de Andalucía a los Valores Humanos (Andalusian Medal for Human Values) (Sevilla 2020), Amazing Woman Award, Fundación Orange (París 2020), Premio Meridiana del Instituto Andaluz de la Mujer (Meridiana Award from the Andalusian Institute for Women) (Córdoba, 2021).

Mission: To co-create a violence-free society.
Vision: Empowering women survivors to become agents of social change.
Values: Empathy, Sisterhood, Co-creation, Love, Empowerment and Positive Testimonies.

“I was abused for 11 years by the father of my four children and no one helped me. No one noticed, not even myself. In Spain, only 1 in 5 abused women receive help. After leaving the shelter in 2002, I shared my story of overcoming abuse on television to show the 75% of the invisible victims that there is an alternative to being killed: finding happiness. Over a thousand women called me. The first one we helped stayed at my house, then, she went on to help others, and that is how we created the Fundación Ana Bella in 2006".

Ana Bella Estévez Jiménez de los Galanes

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