Duration of the project: 36 months
The Project is funded by: Austrian Development Agency
Partner organizations in this project are the Albanian Women’s Empowerment Network and Gender Alliance for Development Centre (Albania), Kosovo Women’s Network (Kosovo), United Women Banja Luka (Bosnia and Herzegovina), National Network against Violence against Women (North Macedonia), Women’s Rights Centre (Montenegro).
The main goal of this project is to contribute to the improvement of the secondary legislation/programs and institutionalization of quality support services (rehabilitation and integration) for survivors of GBV.
Expected results:
- Women supported in leaving violent environments and becoming more autonomous.
- Quality evidence-based proposals for secondary legislation and programs for assisting survivors put forth.
- Improved skills of service providers towards increased safety/security of survivors.
- Strengthened and formalised regional network for addressing violence against women in line with EU standards.
To achieve these objectives and results following main groups of activities are planned:
- Providing support services (psychosocial and legal support).
- Submitting proposals for the improvement of secondary legislation and programs for assisting survivors to responsible parties.
- Providing education for service providers (institutions and NGOs).
- Strengthening regional network for addressing violence against women.
Target group – women and their children survivors of GBV, professionals from relevant institutions and CSOs in the Western Balkan.
Activities and results of the Project will contribute to the full implementation of the Istanbul Convention (Chapter 4 – Protection and Support) in each country. The partners will use the outputs of the previous regional project Coordinated efforts – Toward new European standards in protection of women from gender-based violence to further monitor the implementation of the Istanbul Convention. Established indicators for monitoring of the provision of the Istanbul Convention will be updated and used to measure progress towards full implementation of the Convention in the region.Donor: European Union - Rights, Equality and Citizenship Programme
Project duration: August 2019 – July 2021
Objective: Contribute to ending cyber sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) in youth (aged 15-19) intimate partner relationships, by especially empowering girls and supporting them to stand up to violence.
Main information about the project and envisaged activities:
This project is implemented in four countries (Croatia, Hungary, Serbia and Spain) and is coordinated by the Autonomous Women’s Center from Belgrade, while the implementing partners are „Fundacion Privada INDERA“ from Spain, „CESI – Centar za edukaciju, savjetovanje i istraživanje” from Croatia and „Nők A Nőkért Együtt Az Erőszak Ellen Egyesület (NANE)” from Hungary.
Project activities include: 1) Collection of evidence on awareness of secondary school youth and teachers, on their attitudes/strategies to address cyber SGBV in youth partner relationships; 2) Building project partners’ capacities to better address cyber SGBV; 3) Education and encouragement of youth to stand up to SGBV; 4) Raising awareness of secondary school teachers on cyber SGBV and providing them with tools to address attitudes that encourage violence; 5) Facilitating mobilization of youth on the topic of cyber SGBV, focusing on empowerment of girls to stand up to cyber SGBV.
Donor: Kvinna till Kvinna
Project duration: January 2019 – December 2020
Project goal: Contribute to the establishment of comprehensive legal and policy solutions for the protection of women against violence, as conditions for the realisation of democracy, fundamental rights and women’s human rights, through the process of harmonisation with the EU values and acquis. Specific goal: Increased prioritization of women’s human rights by governments in the EU accession process through participation of women’s organisations.
General information about the project: Activities include 1) Monitoring reforms under Chapter 23 (fundamental rights: principle of non-discrimination, gender equality, social position of vulnerable groups and procedural safeguards) by AWC in partnership with the prEUgovor coalition. 2) Regular policy proposals and law amendments based on monitoring the implementation of the CoE Convention and UN Concluding observations by AWC, through policy dialogue between decision-makers, with active participation of media and citizens. 3) Strengthening capacities of AWC and women’s organisations for the increased participation in advocating for the rights of women in the national policy and laws, and for participation in the EU accession process.
Donor: AVON
Project duration: January – June 2019
Project goals: The long-term goal is to increase the experience of safety of young women from gender-based violence. Specific goals are 1) increasing the knowledge of secondary school pupils and encourage local activism of young women and men that contributes to the visibility of this problem and changes in attitudes and prejudice and 2) improving the response of education institutions to gender-based violence.
General information about the project: Based on our previous results and experiences in the field of prevention, activities include the implementation of a three-day girl empowerment and networking camp for 60 participants from different cities of Serbia. This activity aims to increase girls’ awareness and knowledge about different aspects of the lives of women, but seeks also to contribute to building local resources for future actions addressing discrimination, gender equality and violence against women. In addition to this, activities encompass the implementation of trainings for youth on gender-based violence in partner relationships in four secondary schools, as well as trainings for representatives of four schools on the role of education institutions in protection from gender-based and domestic violence.