The BaBe Association celebrated this year again International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women and 16 days of activism against violence against women by implementing and participating in various activities in Vukovar-Srijem County.
On November 22, 2018, we participated in a roundtable organized by the Vukovar Women's Association, aimed at developing and improving multisectoral cooperation between all institutions that deal with the issue of violence against women in their work. The roundtable was attended by 17 representatives of associations, institutions and organizations from the City of Vukovar.
The next day, the head of our Safe House of Vukovar-Srijem County participated as a speaker at a panel discussion at the Faculty of Law in Osijek with the topic “Skloništa za žene žrtve nasilja – izazovi i nove mogućnosti”. Raspravu je organizirala Ženska udruga “Izvor” iz Tenje, u suorganizaciji s Pravnim fakultetom Osijek, Povjerenstvom za ravnopravnost spolova Grada Osijeka i Županijskim timom za prevenciju nasilja u obitelji i nasilja nad ženama. Tema panela bila je “Provedba konvencije Vijeća Europe o sprečavanju i borbi protiv nasilja nad ženama i nasilja u obitelji”.
On 26 and 27 November 2018, in cooperation with the Gender Equality Commission of Vukovar-Srijem County and the Vukovar Women's Association, in the premises of the European House Vukovar and the Vukovar Women's Association, psychologist BaBe of the Vukovar-Srijem County Safe House held three educational workshops on the topic of dating violence, in which students of the Gymnasium, the Nikola Tesla Technical School and the School of Economics from the City of Vukovar participated. The aim of the workshops was, in addition to discussing this sensitive topic and exchanging experiences and opinions, to inform young people about different forms of violence, how to recognize dating violence, what its consequences are, and what personal and legal mechanisms exist for protecting and sanctioning it.
Dana 30. studenog 2018. godine, voditeljica našeg skloništa, ujedno i članica Povjerenstva za ravnopravnost spolova Vukovarsko-srijemske županije sudjelovala je na prigodnoj sjednici održanoj u vijećnici Vukovarsko-srijemske županije na temu “Multisektorske suradnje i provedbe Istanbulske konvencije”, because it represents an important framework for more effective interdepartmental cooperation and the implementation of policies that will contain a multitude of measures to be taken by various stakeholders and bodies and which, as a whole, offer a complete response to violence against women. Also, on this occasion, given that the Vukovar-Srijem County Safe House was founded exactly 10 years ago by the BaBe association in cooperation and with the support of the Vukovar-Srijem County, this anniversary was also modestly marked and we presented to the Commission an overview of the work of our shelter over the past ten years.
