The Women’s Room’s members Antonija Hojt and Paula Zore represented Women’s Room at the regional conference „Networking and Advocacy“ from April 6 – 10 in Tirana. The conference was organized by Kvinna till Kvinna, and participants consisted of numerous activists from Macedonia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Kosovo, Croatia, and Albania. Participants exchanged their experience related to networking and advocacy.

 

Theater group “Minimalisti” and the play “Why Me?” was chosen for top selection by the expert committee and passed for further competition! Expert committee was comprised of Dubravka Crnojević Carić, actor and director, Andrija Tunjić, actor and theater critic and Borivoj Radaković, playwright. After they watched forty-one play, we were selected! Next performance is on April 16 in the Cultural Center Peščenica (Ivanićgradska 41a) at 15th Festival of Zagreb Theater Amateurs!

 

Come and support us!

It is our pleasure to invite you to one-day training “Using Gender Equality to Combat Sexual Violence”, carried out by the expert team of the Women’s Room – Center for Sexual Rights, and financially supported by Cooperating Netherlands Foundations.

This project was designed as a continuation of systematic, long-term education of youth as well as expert associates and teachers, with the emphasis on prevention of sexual violence among youth and education on gender equality.

Training for expert associates and teachers lasts one-day (7 hours) and starts at 10 am on April 16, 2011 in Hotel Palace, Zagreb. Since training is free of charge, we expect all participants to implement at least one workshop on this topic with youth. Training has been reported to the Croatian Psychological Chamber for points. Invitation letter, short program of the training as well as application can be accessed on the website of the Croatian Psychological Chamber.

Deadline for applications of teachers and expert associates is April 10, 2011. Applications should be submitted by regular or electronic mail to Women’s Room (Maksimirska 51 a, Zagreb). Due to limited number or participants (25 people), advantage will be given to the earliest applications.

Costs of trainings (work premises, coffee break, lunch) is covered by the Women’s Room, thanks to support of Cooperating Netherlands Foundations. For additional information, please feel free to contact us (01/ 61 19 174 or Ova email adresa je zaštićena od spam robota, nije vidljiva ako ste isključili Javascript )

We are looking forward to working with you!

Maja Mamula participated in a regional workshop for women human rights defenders from former Yugoslavia, organized by Kvinna till Kvinna in Jahorina, Bosnia and Herzegovina from March 25 through 27. Three-day workshop “Integrated security of women human rights defenders” was attended by 30 representatives of civil society organizations from the region.

 

On Wednesday, April 6, Maja Mamula delivered lecture at the Police Academy in Zagreb. More than thirty shift chiefs from police stations across Croatia were familiarized with the situation in Croatia related to violence against women, the role of civil society organizations in combating this form of violence as well as support and assistance services provided to victims by civil society organizations.

On Monday, March 21, another monthly lecture was delivered at the Police Academy in Zagreb. Attendees of this week’s lecture were thirty chiefs of shifts in police stations across Croatia. Maja Mamula introduced the audience to the situation in Croatia related to violence against women, the role of civil society organizations in combating this form of violence as well as support and assistance services provided to victims by civil society organizations.

Theater play “Why Me?”, created within the scope of the project “L and K in action”, which was financially supported by the Office for Human Rights of the Government of Croatia, is being performed at 35th SKAZ! Festival of theater plays starts on March 28 in the Cultural Center Peščenica (Ivanićgradska 41a), ticket price is 10 HRK (15 HRK after March 25) and is valid for the entire day. Women’s Room and the theater group “Minimalisti” are performing on March 29 at 6.30 pm!Come and support us!

Maja Mamula delivered a lecture on March 16 within the scope of the project “Using Gender Equality to Combat Sexual Violence”, implemented in cooperation with SOS Telephone Virovitica and with the financial support of the Ministry of Science, Education and Sport. The lecture was entitled: Sexual Violence among Adolescents and the audience included forty-one teachers and expert associates of the Vocational School Virovitica.

In the scope of the program “Educations on Thursday at 18h” of the Family Center of the City of Zagreb, Maja Mamula held a lecture entitled “Status of Woman in the Croatian Society”. The lecture was held in regards to the International Women’s Day on March 10, 2011.

Women’s Room – Center for Sexual Rights implemented nine workshops between March 7 and 10, 2001 in the 3rd High School of Economics within the scope of the project “Using Gender Equality to Combat Sexual Violence”, financed by the Ministry of Science, Education and Sport.

Aim of these workshops was to raise awareness among high school students about the prevalence of problems related to sexual harassment, as the most prevalent form of sexual violence among youth, as well as teach them about prevention methods. Workshops focused on differences between gender and sex, and through examples of gender roles we emphasized gender and sexual stereotypes and prejudice, which can potentially lead to gender-based violence.

We would like to thank 3rd High School of Economics in Zagreb for their interest and enabling implementation of workshops.