The aim of the project is to create a regional partnership of civil society organizations that will contribute to the implementation of laws on gender equality, policies, and action plans in Serbia, Montenegro, and Bosnia and Herzegovina. [2012]
“When others are discriminated against, we remain silent.
When it comes to us –
we are surprised by the silence of others.”
As part of the project, a training will be held with the aim of empowering young women to monitor government policies in the field of gender equality, which consists of four workshops.
The age of the workshop participants is from 18 to 35 years. Young activists are welcome, as well as young people who are interested in becoming activists. An important aspect is the participation of male members, who
are interested in supporting their female colleagues in exposing discriminatory practices in the mentioned countries.
Project
As part of the project, a training will be held with the aim of empowering young women to monitor government policies in the field of gender equality, which consists of four workshops:
ART WORKSHOP (DOCUMENTATION) – 9, 10. and April 11, 2012.
GENDER TRAINING – April 27 and 28, 2012.
ORGANIZATIONAL TRAINING (FACILITATION TRAINING) – May 9 and 10
CITIZEN VOICE AND CITIZEN ACTION (CVA TRAINING) – beginning of August 2012.
Film “EmpowerWoman”
The film “EmpowerWoman” [2012], created from the project “Empowering young women to monitor government policies in the field of gender equality,” speaks about an individual and collective activist “journey” and the articulation of demands for equality
between women and men, to break the silence about violence.
The film’s director, Elmedin Bišić, graduated from Broadcast College in Brussels. He is the winner of several first prizes, and the film “Shadow,” for which he wrote the screenplay, won two first places in Italy and China. So far, he has made about ten short feature
films, some of which have been shown at international festivals, including in Belgium, Italy, China, Switzerland, Pakistan, and Finland.
Exhibition “Woman’s Mirror – Reflections of Her Reality”
The exhibition presents the works of young female authors who participated in art-photography workshops, where they dealt with gender topics and issues, organized by the informal group Drugarice i Drugovi (Comrades). After workshops and discussions
on topics such as gender-based violence, human trafficking, the portrayal of women in the media, and internet safety, young women, high school students, and university students exchanged their experiences and knowledge, which they later transferred to photographs.
Implementation period: April 2012 – August 2012
Project implementation partners:
Infoteka, Zenica [Bosnia and Herzegovina], Safe Women’s House Podgorica [Montenegro] and World Vision [Ireland], Tuzla office [Bosnia and Herzegovina]
Project led by:
Venita Popović [World Vision], Duška Andrić-Ružićić [Infoteka], Maja Raičević [Safe Women’s House], Maja Vujović and Ivana Milenović Popović [DAH Theater]
Implementation supported by the EU IPA Program
