Draft on the Public Law and Order, in Article 16 Prostitution, completely unfair predicts punishment only for people who are bought into prostitution (mostly women and children), ignoring the fact that people who are using/buying prostitution (mostly man), are also persons that "indulge in prostitution".
Autonomous Women’s Center addressed an appeal to the MPs, members of the Women's Parliamentary Network, to support the amendments for the implementation of emergency barring orders as an independent police authorization.
Autonomous Women Center has delivered to the Ministry of labour, employment, veteran and social affairs, and working group for development of the draft of the Law on financial support to families with children, general and specific comments on the Draft of the Law.
Autonomous Women Center has been revising the proposal of National strategy for gender equality for the period 2016 – 2020 in three areas of interest – violence against women, safety and cooperation with associations, and based on analysis of Strategy and accompanying Activity plan for strategy implementation, including abridged report on evaluation of previous strategic document, AWC developed comments.
Autonomous Women Center and the network Women against Violence organized on December 28th 2015 public discussion on establishing the national SOS help-line for women victims of domestic violence.
Member of the Parliament, professor Dušan Milisavljević, MD has submitted for voting amendments on the Law on Police, related to police authorization to issue “emergency protection measures” from domestic violence, for the third time.
Once more today, member of the Parliament, professor Dušan Milisavljević, MD has submitted amendments on the Law on Police, related to police authorization to issue “emergency protection measures” from domestic violence.
Members of the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia have silently refused to adopt the amendment on the Law on Police regarding introduction of police authorization for removal of perpetrator from the house/home for 14 days within emergency procedure (now and here). Out of total of 170 present MPs, 150 of them did not vote at all. Amendment was submitted and explained by professor Dušan Milisavljević, MD.
Activists of Women in Black and the Network Women against Violence held a public event in the city center of Belgrade, on the occasion of remembrance of the women killed in the Montreal massacre (1989).
Members of the “prEUgovor” coalition have participated in development of the action plans for the chapters 23 and 24, primarily through providing comments related to their field of work. In the future period, the coalition will follow the dynamics and quality of fulfillment of certain measures and activities in connection with those recommendations.