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- Initiative for assessing the constitutionality of the Law on Financial Support for Families with Children
- SOS for Respecting the Laws
- 8th of March - Women's Strike: Death to Fascism, Freedom to Women!
- Press Release
- Conference seminar for the WAV Network Case Study
- Press Release: Apply the law!
- Stop Turkish aggression on Afrin!
- Raise a strong voice to prevent the occupation of Afrin
- SOS phone Vranje handed a charter to the Women against Violence Network
- ANNOUNCEMENT: Act before the crime, not afterwards!
Dženeta Agović – Person of the year
- 12 December 2017
The “Person of the Year” award is granted to individuals whose work is in line with the goals and values of the OSCE organization. Among five winners are Dženeta Agović, coordinator of the NGO Impuls from Tutin. With this award, Dženeta's work and commitment to the prevention of domestic violence in Southwestern Serbia, the integration of refugee women into local communities and raising awareness of youth safety through civic dialogue have been highlighted.
“Not one woman less” protest
- 06 December 2017
Belgrade, December 6th - Marking the anniversary of the Montreal massacre, activists of the Women against Violence Network and Women in Black organized a street action on the Republic square in Belgrade. This date is celebrated around the world with the demand that murders motivated by hate towards women be stopped.
Proposal for the establishment of a monitoring body for monitoring femicide
- 06 December 2017
Women against Violence Network sent a proposal for the establishment of a monitoring body for femicide monitoring to the Coordination body for gender equality of the Government of the Republic of Serbia.
Proposal for the establishment of a monitoring body for monitoring femicide
Round table discussion "Prevention of violence against women and children"
- 05 December 2017
The Roma Center for Women and Children Daje organized a round table on December 5th titled “Prevention of violence against women and children, in the premises of the City Municipality of Voždovac. The subject of the situation of women and children who are survivors of violence also came up, with special emphasis on the position of the Roma population.
Call to action: Not one woman less!
- 05 December 2017
By setting over 100 pairs of women's shoes on the Republic Square, on December 6th, 2017., at 3PM, the Women against Violence Network and Women in Black draw attention to the most brutal form of male violence against women: femicide (murder of women just because they are women). Tomorrow, the anniversary of the Montreal massacre will be celebrated around the world with the demand that the murders motivated by hatred towards women be stopped.
A meeting of organizations which provide support to women who are survivors of violence
- 03 December 2017
In Vrnjačka Banja, during the weekend of the 2nd and 3rd December, organized by the Women's Association Peščanik from Kruševac, a meeting of organizations that provide support to women in situations of violence was held. The meeting was organized as part of the project "Women of the Rasina district for life without violence - for more effective cooperation in local communities in combating violence against women".
ANNOUNCEMENT: Licensing of SOS telephone - mission impossible, and the license is a requirement for the Ministry’s open call
- 23 November 2017
On 10.11.2017, The Ministry of Labor, Employment, Veterans’ and Social Affairs announced a public invitation for associations to provide SOS telephone services for women who have experienced violence (worth 30 million dinars). One of the requirements of this call is having a license to provide this service, although the licensing of this service is an impossible mission, and that at the date of publishing the call no organization in Serbia had a license, which the Ministry, as the licensing authority, would have to have known.
The link between the prevalence of firearms and the problem of violence against women
- 22 November 2017
On Wednesday, November 22nd, in Belgrade, the Public Policy Research Center organized a conference “Citizens on watch: Public participation and localization of the reformation of the security sector. The conference brought out the results of the research to which the Public Policy Research Center came by considering the possibilities of localization of campaigns for the legalization and handover of firearms in Serbia.
Workshops about providing support to women with disabilities
- 09 November 2017
On Thursday, November 9th, two workshops were held in Belgrade on providing support to women with disabilities in situations of (sexual) violence, with the financial support of Kvinna till Kvinna foundation. Participants of the workshops were activists of the Women against Violence Network who received practical guidelines for working with women with disabilities and had the opportunity to hear the experiences of women with disabilities from practice.
ANNOUNCEMENT: We are demanding that institutions act responsibly!
- 08 November 2017
Last week, the senior commander I.R. (Age 39) prevented a man from killing his wife, R.T. (49). This took place at the Pančevo Fair, right in front of numerous passers-by who, according to the media, observed the event passively.