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Independent Observatory for Monitoring Violence against Women
The mission of the Observatory is to be a critical voice of civil society organizations dealing with the issue of violence against women, policies and practices protecting women in Serbia, providing recommendations and guidance and indicating lines of action in this area.
The objective of the Observatory is to monitor, report and take actions that affect the improvement of state policies, as well as the pace and direction of the process of combating and eliminating violence against women in Serbia through a comprehensive conceptual and thematic analysis of the situation in combating violence against women.
Contribution of a grouping of Feminist and Human Rights Organizations to the work of The Hague Conference on Private International Law regarding legal issues concerning international surrogacy conventions
(“parentage/surrogacy project”)
Comments on Preliminary Document No 3 B of March 2014 and Preliminary Document No 3A of February 2015
Violence Against Women Leads to Homelessness and Continues During HomelessnessViolence Against Women Leads to Homelessness and Continues During Homelessness
European Federation of National Organisations Working with the Homeless
Press Release – 25th November 2014
Public statement: Allocation of financial resources for SOS helplines in Leskovac
With clear and unambiguous focus on the status of women and improving women’s status in a society, we are raising our voice to condemn the latest case where our fellow colleagues from Women for Peace association from Leskovac have had their rightful status and place in their own city be usurped. As women’s organizations we are not disputing that other associations may also work against domestic violence, and that they have a right to apply to calls for financing projects, but there is a problem when finances for SOS helplines are allocated to an association whose legal representative is a man who has been convicted for domestic violence in 2016.
Press Release: The Avon Foundation for Women is donating 1 million dollars to Women's support organizations around the world
The International Avon Foundation for Women announced a donation of one million dollars for organizations that fight violence against women worldwide, responding to the information that’s indicating an increasing number of cases of domestic violence, as a masked consequence of isolation during the COVID-19 pandemic. The donation will provide support for organizations from 37 countries, including Serbia. One million dinars will be allocated to the coalition consisting of 26 organizations - Women Against Violence Network, for the benefit of the system providing assistance in the fight against violence.
Press Release
The Women Against Violence Network wants to warn citizens that in conditions of severe isolation and limitations on public circulation, such as during a state of emergency, an increase in violence against women and children is possible. This is already indicated by the latest case of partner violence, when, according to the media reports from March 19th, A 39-year-old man from a village near Lapovo, shot a 24-year-old girl.
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International news
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Russian victims of domestic abuse forced to pay perpetrator’s fine
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Russian women who are victims of domestic abuse are being forced to pay fines handed down to their abusers, campaigners have said. -
Decriminalising the sex trade will not protect its workers from abuse
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Removing penalties for pimps and buyers only aids the exploiters. The Nordic model is the best way towards a society where women are not saleable objects. Additionally, support is available to those wishing to exit prostitution. -
Conflict-Displaced Ukrainians Surviving on Just USD 2.50 Per Day: IOM
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Two-thirds of internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Ukraine have barely enough funds to buy food, according to the UN Migration Agency (IOM)’s latest report: National Monitoring System on Situation of IDPs in Ukraine. -
EWL Press Release
Brussels, 8 June 2017. Disrupting the continuum of violence against women and girls in Europe: Women’s organisations call for “revolution, not reform”. 20 years loud and united. Today in Brussels, the European Women’s Lobby (EWL) organises an international conference and demonstration gathering more than 350 experts, professionals, decision-makers, women’s rights defenders, and activists from all over Europe.
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