Today, July 1, 2020, the third partnership meeting was held within the project How Expertise Leads to Prevention, Learning, Identification, Networking and Ending Gender Based Violence (HELPLINE) funded by the Rights, Equality and Citizenship program of the European Union. The main goal of the project is to provide protection and support to women victims of gender-based violence by laying the foundations for the establishment of a free and anonymous telephone line for victims that would be anonymous and available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, i.e. lines that comply with the standards of the Istanbul Convention.
The partner meeting brought together representatives of partner organizations in the project, which are, in addition to the project leader, the BaBe association Be Active. Be Emancipated., the Association for Support to Victims and Witnesses, the Office for Gender Equality of the Republic of Croatia, the Police Academy and the Judicial Academy.
The meeting introduced the new project manager, discussed the project's implemented activities to date, and discussed upcoming activities. The project team addressed the challenges that the Covid-19 pandemic poses for maintaining the activities planned by the project, and how these challenges can be successfully overcome.
