Indeed, it is the ministry responsible for the family and the female condition that is in charge of establishing a database on cases of violence against women that are supported in institutional monitoring centers. The BALSAM centers are spread from East to West (Tebessa, Annaba, Constantine, Tizi-Ouzou, Alger and Oran) of the territory, excepting the South. Since June 2009, five monitoring centers have joined the network: FARD in Oran, BNET el Kahnia in Tebessa, the cultural association M’barek Alt Menguellet, the human rights league in the province of Annaba, and the Women’s Commission of UGT from the province of Constantine. All centers are located in the capital of their province, except for the association M’barek Alt Menguellet located in the village of Iboudraren in the province of Tizi-Ouzou, which just joined the network. This will enable us to better identify non-urban violence. Three of these centers provide listening by telephone (SOS Women in Distress, El Kahina, SOS Nour). The others provide personal contact, they receive women who come to them, but some can also come closer to the victims’ place of residence. Most centers only accept women or women and children, but SOS Nour receives all the calls from people in distress. The center of the women’s commission of UGTA from the province of Constantine is dedicated to working women. The CIDDEF is rather specialized in legal advice but, like most centers, it also provides psychological support. Two associations located in Alger have both a monitoring center and a reception center providing accommodation and social and professional integration of women who were forced to leave their marital or family home. National network of monitoring centers Location of monitoring centers Alger Tizi-Ouzou Constantine Oran Tebessa Annaba Number of monitoring reports 247 100 89 51 33 26 Rate 45 18 16 9 6 5 The concentration of centers in some provinces creates a selection bias; this way, 45% of the cases of violence reported come from the monitoring centers of the country capital. Nevertheless, the outreach of the centers surpasses the border of the province where they are set up: the women who speak to them are originally from thirty different provinces. 4) Analysis of collected cases in the database