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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 …
In December 2017, National Network to End Violence against Women and Domestic Violence published “Scoping study on different forms of sexual violence in the Republic of Macedonia.” The Study is first of its kind in the Republic of Macedonia and thus provides a strong advocacy tool for advocacy for the establishment of specialized services for …
February 19, 2018 – The CSSP Mapping Report depicts the situation of non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in the CSSP partner countries: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Turkey, highlighting the positive as well as negative aspects of cooperation between women’s NGOs. Moreover, it emphasizes the similarities encountered in terms of the situation of …
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 …
Yelda Şahin Akıllı, Project Coordinator at the Foundation for Women’s Solidarity. Photo: Courtesy of FWS The Foundation for Women’s Solidarity (FWS) is an independent women’s organization dedicated to fighting violence against women, especially domestic violence and trafficking of women. The FWS opened Turkey’s first independent Women’s Counselling Centre in 1991 and its first independent shelter …
Read more Take Five: “Most services for refugees in Turkey are gender-blind”
February 12, 2018 – Women’s groups in Bosnia and Herzegovina initiated capacity building activities to engage women’s CSOs working with or gathering marginalized groups of women on alternative reporting to GREVIO on implementation of the Istanbul Convention.
January 31, 2018 – Regional partners from Albania, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Turkey and Serbia as well as three representatives from the WAVE office attended the Civil Society Strengthening Platform Kick-off meeting. The meeting took place from January 25th-26th at the Human Right’s House in Belgrade, Serbia.
Read more CSSP Regional Partners meet in Belgrade for Project Kick-Off