The media play an important role in the prevention and protection of gender-based and domestic violence, and their role is clearly appointed in the Istanbul Convention, the National Action Plan for the Implementation of the Istanbul Convention (2018-2023), and the Law on Elimination and Protection against Violence against women and domestic violence. When creating and …
Hundreds of activists gathered today in front of the Ministry of Interior (MOI) on the occasion of the International Women’s Day, marking the beginning of the fifth March for Women’s Rights, organized by the Platform for Gender Equality and women’s rights activists. Chanting “A state that does not act is a state that rapes”, the …
During 2021, continuing the work from the past 2 years, the National Network to end Violence against Women and Domestic Violence, together with 6 women civil society organizations from the region, continues to work intensively on the establishment of services for reintegration of women victims of violence and domestic violence in local level. Within the …
The Gender Equality Platform expresses its great disappointment with the ignorant attitude of the competent institutions regarding the “Public Room” case. We are calling on the Public Prosecutor’s Office to immediately and thoroughly clarify the case “Public Room”, which represents a crime in which many women are victims of gender-based violence. One year after the …
The National Network to end Violence Against Women and Domestic Violence sent a report to the UN Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences, Ms. Dubravka Šimonović, which will be part of a thematic report to be presented to the Human Rights Council. At the UN in June 2021, will address the …
The purpose of this report is to assess the country’s progress in implementing the activities and meeting the indicators set out in the National Action Plan for Implementation of the Istanbul Convention for the period 2018-2020. The research for the preparation of this report showed that the institutions in charge of the implementation of the …
The analysis provides an overview of whether and to what extent the Government Work Program for 2020-2024 includes the gender aspect in the planned activities for the next 4 years. To better understand the context of gender equality and the political will to promote gender equality, the analysis takes into the election programs of SDSM …