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- Press Release: The Avon Foundation for Women is donating 1 million dollars to Women's support organizations around the world
- Press Release
- Working hours and contacts of Women Against Violence Network organizations during modified working conditions due to Corona virus
- PRESS RELASE: The participants of the “Women friendship festival” in Tutin have been discriminated
- Invitation to join the support and solidarity rally for Marija Lukić March the 6th in Kruševac
- Invitation to join the support and solidarity rally for Marija Lukić February the 21st in Kruševac
- Invitation to join the support and solidarity rally for Marija Lukić January the 29th in Kruševac
- PRESS RELEASE: Human Rights Committee Vranje and the SOS Corner for Girls program won the 2019 World award
- Announcement regarding November 25th, The International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women
- Meeting in support of Marija Lukic
Network Women against violence is demanding justice for Marija Lukic and all of the women who have experienced sexual violence
Wednesday, November 6th, 2019.
Belgrade, in front of Ministry of Justice building, Nemanjina 22, 10.00-11.00h
Niš, preko puta zgrade Osnovnog suda, 11.00 – 12.00h
Kruševac, ispred zgrade Osnovnog suda, od 10.45h
Right now, we explore you – humanitarians, responsible and active citizens, companies and organizations – we are inviting you that all of us together try and restore the faith of human trafficking victims and their families, their faith in people, communities, our capacity to do good… And we are sending them a message THEY ARE NOT ALONE.
7-10. October, Tallinn, Estonia - This conference is an important place for mutual feminist exchange where women from all over Europe report about events in their communities. All participants, on conference, have the opportunity to meet each other and exchange theirs knowledge and experience. After the conference they return to their parent organizations with new energy as well as new concerns.
Training on gender based violence and harmful stereotypes for activists of women CSOs in Vranje was held in Vranje on 26, 27, 28 and 29 September 2019.
The Autonomous Women's Center has prepared the first independent report of the activities of the state-funded national SOS Hotline running by the Center for Protection of Infants, Children and Youth in Belgrade. The report covers the period January-June 2019 and shows that there was no need to form a new national SOS hotline for women victims of violence.
The full report you could find on this LINK.
Hate speech directed at women, who in their profession are committed to respecting human rights, laws and non-discrimination, is a gross violation of the Constitution of the Republic of Serbia, the Law on Prevention of Discrimination, the Rules of Procedure of the National Assembly and other laws of the Republic of Serbia, as well as international convention. The hate speech heard in the National Assembly is not appropriate, it is deeply hurtful for all women.
The A 11 - Initiative for Economic and Social Rights submitted an initiative for the initiation of the assessment of the constitutionality of article 25, paragraphs 1-6 of the Law on Financial Support for Families with Children to the Constitutional Court of Serbia. The contested articles prescribe the abolition of the right to parental allowance if even one child in the household has not received all necessary vaccinations or does not attend elementary school or preschool regularly.
Women Against Violence (WAV) Network is reminding the public that, according to the Law of Social Welfare, Article 64, services of social welfare should be provided by service providers who are licensed through the process of public procurement, and that, accordingly, providing the service of National SOS Helpline for Women Victims of Violence, must be carried out in accordance to the law.
On the occasion of marking March 8th, International Women's Day, women's networks, organizations and individuals from Belgrade organized a protest march against the patriarchy and capitalism that hold women in a subordinate position. The protest march, which left the Republic Square, stopped in front of one of the banks in the city center and the Government of the Republic of Serbia in order to state their demands, was attended by around 600 participants.
We’re witnessing the ninth in a series of murders of women since the beginning of the year. On Friday, February 23rd, J.A. (68 years old) was murdered by her sons M.A. (38 years) and D.A. (30 years).