The first open-housing center for women-victims of domestic violence opened in the Western Balkans/ За прв пат во Западен Балкан се отвори куќа за отворено домување за жени жртви на семејно насилство

The National Network to End Violence against Women and Domestic Violence today opened the doors of the open-housing center for women victims of violence. At the beginning of this month, the Network, funded by the City of Skopje, started piloting a service which is the first of its type in the Western Balkans. The main …

Read more The first open-housing center for women-victims of domestic violence opened in the Western Balkans/ За прв пат во Западен Балкан се отвори куќа за отворено домување за жени жртви на семејно насилство

“It’s not your fault!” – Women’s Rights March on the International Women’s Day/ „Ти не си виновна!“ – марш за женски права по повод 8 Март

On March 8, together with the Platform for Gender Equality and women’s rights activists, paying respect to the previous victories of women for gender equality, but aware of the social phenomena and systemic shortcomings that threaten our existence as free, equal, dignified and safe citizens of our society, this year we marched under the slogan …

Read more “It’s not your fault!” – Women’s Rights March on the International Women’s Day/ „Ти не си виновна!“ – марш за женски права по повод 8 Март

B&H: Weak Progress in Judicial Protection of Women from Violence/BiH: Ograničen napredak u sudskoj zaštiti žena od nasilja

29 January, 2020 – During 2019, the Foundation “United Women” Banja Luka conducted new cycle of monitoring judicial proceedings for criminal and minor offence cases of sexual and gender based violence against women and children of both sexes in the Republika Srpska. As a part of this process, qualitative analysis of five (5) verdicts for …

Read more B&H: Weak Progress in Judicial Protection of Women from Violence/BiH: Ograničen napredak u sudskoj zaštiti žena od nasilja

The first report of the GREVIO Group for Serbia / Prvi izveštaj GREVIO grupe za Srbiju

Serbia, 23th of January 2020: Non-governmental organizations working with women are facing growing isolation, because none of the recently adopted legislation provides for cooperation between state institutions and specialized women’s organizations, according to one of the recommendations of the Council of Europe’s GREVIO Expert Group about the implementation of the Istanbul Convention in Serbia, presented …

Read more The first report of the GREVIO Group for Serbia / Prvi izveštaj GREVIO grupe za Srbiju

Serbia: Roma situation still alarming

Serbia’s legal framework for protecting national minorities is solid, Serbian authorities are making commendable efforts to improve the situation of Roma-communities and to regulate the status of stateless persons, to develop cultural initiatives and minority media. However, the contrast between the levels of protection of minority rights in the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina and in …

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Serbia: GREVIO publishes its first baseline report on Serbia

22. January, 2020 – The Council of Europe Expert Group on Action against Violence against Women and Domestic Violence (GREVIO) published its first baseline evaluation report on Serbia. The report contains a comprehensive analysis of the implementation of the provisions of the Istanbul Convention. It welcomes several legislative acts, the Law on the Prevention of …

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Is there place for feminist and critical activism in Serbia? / Да ли има простора за феминистички и критички активизам у Србији?

20th of January 2020: At the meeting of the Women’s Network of Southwestern Serbia, held in Vrnjacka Banja for the weekend, the Phenomena Association presented the publication “Narrowing the Space for Feminist and Critical Activism in Serbia.”

Read more Is there place for feminist and critical activism in Serbia? / Да ли има простора за феминистички и критички активизам у Србији?

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