Promotion of Women Inter-Ethnic Dialogue, Human Rights and Democracy in the Western Kosovo

March 2, 2018 – Promotion of Women Inter-Ethnic Dialogue, Human Rights and Democracy in the Western Kosovo Women Wellness Center is implementing  project to support and  promote women inter-ethnic dialogue, human rights and democracy in communities affected by the conflict in Western Kosovo more specifically in the Municipality of Peje/Pec, Istog/Istok and Kline/Klina that have …

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Take Five: “Most services for refugees in Turkey are gender-blind”

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 …

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Bosnia and Herzegovina: Women’s groups active together to improve alternative reporting – Bosna i Hercegovina: Ženske organizacije aktivne zajedno u pravcu unaprijeđenja alternativnog izvještavanja

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.

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Women’s groups discuss how to integrate intersectional approaches for ending violence against women in the Western Balkans and Turkey

Photo: UN Women Twenty-five women representing different marginalized groups from the Western Balkans and Turkey met in Istanbul to discuss how to better integrate an intersectional approach into their work on ending violence against women.

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Rosa Logar is one of the founding members of the Women Against Violence Europe (WAVE) network. Photo: Courtesy of WAVE

Take Five: Supporting women’s organizations is vital for ending violence against women

Photo: Courtesy of WAVE Rosa Logar is one of the founding members of the Women Against Violence Europe (WAVE) network. The Women Against Violence Europe (WAVE) Network, is comprised of women’s organizations from 46 European countries working to combat violence against women and children across the region.

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