Not one project intended for support to women victims of violence оr victims of criminal acts in general received the support of the Ministry of Justice at their last open call for granting funds collected on the basis of deferred prosecution in February this year.
The Coalition prEUgovor is presenting its latest Alarm – an independent semi-annual report on Serbia’s progress regarding the political criteria and the implementation of policies in the areas covered by Chapters 23 (Justice and Fundamental Rights) and 24 (Justice, Freedom and Security) of the accession negotiations with the European Union.
The Autonomous Women's Center has developed a database of free services for women with experience of violence and other citizens during a state of emergency that includes various forms of support and information.
After the initial drop in calls and messages once the state of emergency was declared, women have started contacting the Autonomous Women’s Center again, primarily because the relevant institutions were not accessible to them or provided them with contradictory or insufficient information. Data shows that in this one month the Autonomous Women’s Centre had been contacted by 3 times more women than usual, even in the situation in which SOS hotline is available only from 10 am to 3 pm due to adjusted organization of work.
Ministry: Information regarding parents who are seeing a child in time specified by a court judgment
The Ministry of Labor, Employment, Veterans' and Social Affairs has issued a press release regarding the issuance of movement permits during curfews, which include, but is not limited to, seeing a child with a parent with whom they do not live. We are transmitting the announcement in its entirety.
Due to the significant number of calls from mothers who are facing problems with regard to the respect of court decisions that regulate children’s contacts with fathers they do not live with, during proclaimed state of emergency, Autonomous Women's Center addressed the Ministry of Labor, Employment, Veterans' and Social Affairs and the Ministry of Justice with the request to issue clear instructions for parents.
The Autonomous Women's Center knows that government calls for self-isolation and stay-at-home can have consequences for women and children who are experiencing violence. Home is not a safe place for victims of violence. We are concerned that avoiding social contacts and self-isolation will allow abusers to intensify control and abuse of victims and prevent them from contacting support and protection providers/institutions. The rise in violence against women and children during the Coronavirus pandemic has been reported by countries from China to the United States.
Autonomous Women's Center, Women in Black and the Humanitarian Law Center appeal to the MPs members of the Women's Parliamentary Network to vote against the Draft Law on the Rights of Soldiers, Disabled Veterans, Civilian Disabled Veterans and Family Members because the draft Law still doesn’t recognize survivors of sexual violence in armed conflict as civilian victims of war.
On the day the debate on the Draft Law on the Establishment of the Facts on the Status of Newborn Children Suspected to have Disappeared from a Maternity Ward in the Republic of Serbia, the so-called "Missing Baby Act", the Autonomous Women's Center and ASTRA - Action Against Trafficking in Persons urge MPs to show their independence and solidarity with the mothers of the missing babies and vote against the passage of this law.
In the agreement with the authors of the song "The Big Wedding" Radio Television of Serbia has decided to keep the song in the Beovision 2020 competition, with changes to the text to which the Autonomous Women's Center reacted by claiming the song promotes violence and murder of women.