17th Annual Conference of Croatian Psychologists (Split, November 11-14, 2009)

Members of Women’s Room actively participated at the 17th Annual Conference of Croatian Psychologists in Split. In the scope of the Symposium of the Section for Psychology of Sexuality titled The Field of Sexuality: Personal and Social Responsibility, we held 4 presentations:

• PROBLEM OF INFERTILITY AND BOUNDARIES OF RESPONSIBILITY OF THE PSYCHOLOGY PROFESSION (Ida Šamanović, Jasna Belamarić, Voljana Kapelina, Kristina Rogale Plazonić)
• POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER IN RAPE VICTIMS (Goran Arbanas, Maja Mamula)
• EXPERIENCE IN WORK WITH VICTIMS OF SEXUAL VIOLENCE (Ida Šamanović)
• CENTER FOR VICTIMS OF SEXUAL VIOLENCE: SPECIFIC ISSUES FROM WORK EXPERIENCE (Ivana Dijanić Plašć, Maja Mamula, Maja Vukmanić, Iva Prskalo)
• EXPERIENCES OF VIOLENCE OF LGBT CLIENTS (Iva Žegura, Dalibor Stanić)
• SEXUAL EDUCATION OF YOUTH: RESPONSIBILITY OF PARENTS, SCHOOLS, CHURCH OR SOCIETY? (Asja Zenko, Iva Prskalo)

We are happy to say that presentations were excellent and over 90 psychologists in the audience expressed interest for our presentations. We would like to thank psychiatrist Goran Arbanas from the General hospital in Karlovac for cooperation.

Apart from participating in the Symposium, we organized a round table TWO FOUNDATION STONES IN THE WORK WITH WOMEN VICTIMS OF VIOLENCE: INSTITUTIONAL AND NON-INSTITUTIONAL ASSISTANCE AND SUPPORT (Maja Mamula, Ivana Dijanić Plašć, Gordana Sobol). Round table was attended by 12 psychologists who encounter women victims of different forms of violence in their everyday work. We had excellent discussion, exchange of experience and plans for development of cooperation.

This nottification hes been produced with the assistance of the European Union. The contents of this nottification are the sole responsibility of the Women’s Room and can no way be taken to reflect the views of the European Union.