„The idea came up last year, after a couple of incidence of violence against women which happened to end fatally“, says Svetlana Ćopić, the founder of the idea that the SOS Helpline number of the Autonomous Women’s Centre should be printed inside the pad package.
Yesterday, on September 18, 2018, the second public discussion about the bad effects of the implementation of the Law on Financial Support to the Family with Children was held in the Small Hall of the City Municipality of Stari grad. The discussion was attended by pregnant women to whom the recent Law came into force, representatives of non-governmental organizations, political organizations and one interested future father.
The Women against Violence Network reminds the public that according to the Law on Social Protection, Article 64, social protection services are to be procured from the licensed provider of social protection services through the public procurement procedure, and that the provision of the National SOS Helpline service for women victims of violence must be done in accordance to our Law.
We would like to inform you that the Autonomous Women's Centre has a new free of charge SOS helpline
0800 100 007
As it was before, it will be available every working day from 10am to 8pm
Women in prostitution are punished over five times more often than men who purchase prostitution services, shows the analysis conducted by the Autonomous Women's Centre (AWC) on all convictions of Misdemeanor Courts in Serbia for the offence of prostitution that occurred during 2016, first year of new legislation implementation.
In accordance with its efforts to establish an adequate institutional system for the protection of women and children victims of domestic, sexual and partner violence, the Autonomous Women's Center submitted comments and proposals for amendments to the Law on Free Legal Aid published in July 2018.
Proposed amendments to the Law on Changes and Amendments to the Law on Social Protection seriously jeopardize the interests of users and beneficiaries of social protection services, limiting basic human rights and introducing forced labor, as the social protection system is centralized contrary to the recommendations of the European Commission on the decentralization of the social welfare system protection.
At the second session of the Council for the Suppression of Domestic Violence, the results of the one-year implementation of the Law on Prevention of Domestic Violence were discussed. Minister of Justice, Nela Kuburović, presented numerical indicators on the application of the Law, stating that the increase in the number of reports of violence confirms that the victims are encouraged to seek institutional protection and support, but that there is a need for further improvement of treatment, especially in relation to cases of murder of women and others family members.
The European Association for Psychotherapy (EAP) issued a statement on the concepts of "Parent Alienation Syndrome" (PAS) and "Parental Alienation" (PA).
The International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict, June 19, was marked by activists of the Autonomous Women's Center, at the invitation of Women in Black, in Foča to remember one of the most systematic sexual violence acts in the Yugoslavian war happening in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
