"Values under pressure: psychology between the ideal and the real" is the title of the 73rd Congress of Psychologists of Serbia, held from June 4 to 7, 2025, at Divčibare. Psychologists discussed issues of sustainability of professional standards and values in a time of growing social challenges and uncertainty. The representative of the Autonomous Women's Center presented the results of co-authored research on the concept of "parental alienation" in cases of domestic violence.
The prEUgovor coalition has presented its most comprehensive Alarm report to date, assessing Serbia’s progress in implementing policies under Cluster 1, with a particular focus on political criteria and Chapters 23 and 24. Covering the period from November 2024 to April 2025, the discussion featured Miša Bojović, Predrag Petrović, and Rade Đurić, moderated by Jelena Pejić Nikić.
On May 28, 2025, the Autonomous Women’s Center held a presentation of the handbook “Improved Model of Coordination in Line with the Law on the Prevention of Domestic Violence” at the Belgrade Art Hotel. The event brought together around 30 representatives from prosecution offices, social welfare centers, and other relevant institutions.
On the occasion of the National Day of Remembrance for Women Victims of Violence, the Autonomous Women's Center (AWC) organized a press conference and a street action on Sunday, May 18, 2025, at Republic Square in Belgrade, in cooperation with Women in Black.
Education is the foundation of every society. The leadership of the education system determines not only the quality of knowledge but also the safety, dignity, and trust of hundreds of thousands of young people who enter classrooms across the country every day. For that reason, the choice of the person who will lead the Ministry of Education is of critical importance for both our present and our future.
The Autonomous Women's Center stands in solidarity with the female students who have been subjected to sexist and misogynistic comments by the owner, editor, and host of TV Informer, as reported by students of the Faculty of Political Sciences on social media. Sexist discourse, attempts of objectification, and verbal abuse of female students are part of a broader pattern of political violence perpetrated by the regime and its supporters in their systematic efforts to discredit the voices of those fighting for justice and freedom. In recent months, this violence has manifested in various forms—most intensely targeting female students.
On March 8–9, the Autonomous Women's Center organized a seminar for women's organizations at the Moxy Hotel in Belgrade, focusing on the best interests of the child in the context of domestic violence. The seminar, Children as Witnesses and Victims of Domestic Violence: Best Interests of the Child, Understanding Trauma, and Institutional Responses, was attended by more than 30 representatives of women's organizations from Serbia.
In January and February 2025, the Autonomous Women's Center conducted seminars in Belgrade, Novi Sad, Kragujevac, and Niš for professionals working in the judiciary, police, and social welfare centers. The training sessions covered two key topics: the prevention of femicide and support for children of femicide victims, as well as the concept of "parental alienation" in the context of domestic violence.
The Autonomous Women's Center, along with numerous other organizations, strongly condemns today’s raid by armed police—carried out without an appropriate court order—on the premises of several civil society organizations.
The Autonomous Women's Center reacted to the text "Increasingly frequent false reports - Abuse of domestic violence in Jagodina", published on January 22, 2025 in Večernje novosti. It was stated that incomplete and biased information on this topic is very harmful, and even more so when it comes from professionals. In this way, the general public does not receive accurate information, and such writing intimidates victims of domestic violence from contacting key institutions - the Police, the Prosecutor's Office and the Social Welfare Center - which should provide them with protection and support.
