The Advocates for Human Rights, SOS Hotline for Women and Children Victims of Violence –Niksic, and Women’s Rights Center carried out fact-finding to monitor and document the Montenegrin government’s implementation of domestic violence legislation. We carried out a monitoring mission in July 2015, during which we visited 6 cities and conducted 60 interviews with government …
Every other woman in Montenegro has been a victim of violence at some point in her lifetime, and 1 in 5 women suffered violence during the last year, according to the survey conducted by UNDP office in Montenegro for 2016. We must not blind our eyes because violence has far-reaching consequences for the individual, the family, and …
Montenegro is among the first five states to report on the implementation of the Istanbul Convention that entered into force on August 1, 2014. As a result of the cooperation of 4 leading non-governmental organizations providing specialized support services to survivors of domestic violence: Women’s Rights Center, Women’s Safe House, SOS Hotline for Women and …