Meetings of members of network in the framework of the project "Unifying the voices for Ending Violence against Women"

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Thursday, 04 April 2019 14:36

Meetings of the members of network within the project "Unifying the voices for Ending Violence against Women" were held on March 22 and April 3 2019. in Podgorica. Meetings were attended by representatives of non-governmental organizations - Montenegrin Women's Lobby from Podgorica, Mladiinfo Montenegro from Podgorica, Klub kulture from Bijelo Polje, Centar za romske inicijative from Nikšić and Ženske RE mreže „Prva“ from Podgorica.

The meetings covered the field work of these organizations, which collected data on Roma women (violence against Roma women, arranged mariages and their health care) through interviews and focus groups The data collected by the organizations will be part of the national report on the application of the Istanbul and CEDAW conventions in Montenegro.

The meeting was also attended by the expert for the preparation of the national report for Montenegro.

The project „Unifying the voices for Ending Violence against Women“ is part of the regional programme „Implementing Norms, Changing Minds: Ending Violence against Women in the Western Balkans and Turkey“, implemented by UN Women and supported by European Union, and NGO Young Roma is national partner organization for Montenegro.