Mayabeque, Cuba: Professionals from the House of Orientation to Women and the Family, belonging to the Cuban Women Federation in San José de las Lajas, promote preventive work and encourage values as part of the programs of the Cuban Revolution.
The Orientation Houses were established in 1990 at the initiative of the Cuban heroine Vilma Espín and with the aim of strengthening the role of the family in society, as well as achieving the cultural improvement of those associated with the female organization.
In the locality, the institution is charged with promoting fraternity in the home through courses, workshops, educational talks and scientific programs dedicated to gender balance and the autonomy of women.
Among the most outstanding results of the management of the House of Orientation to Women and the Family in the territory are the decrease in urban and rural areas of pregnancy in adolescence or early.
In San José de las Lajas there is a multidisciplinary group made up of sociologists, psychologists, lawyers and other experts who offer individual and group information to face domestic and marital conflicts.
