Projekt "Hand in hand for victims of gender-based violence" nastavak je istoimenog projekta implementiranog 2018. godine, a u partnerstvu s Women's Resource Center of Armenia. Jednako kao i prošle godine, i ove godine projekt je financirala Human Rights House Foundation.

Predmetni projekt uključivao je 2 studijska posjeta između članica Kuća ljudskih prava, konkretno Kuće ljudskih prava Zagreb i Kuće ljudskih prava Azerbajdžan. U projektu su sudjelovale 2 članice; B.a.B.e. Budi aktivna. Budi emancipiran. i WARD Women's Association for rational Development . S obzirom da obje navedene organizacije djeluju s ciljem zaštite ženskih ljudskih prava, svrha ovog projekta bila je povećati profesionalne kapacitete te razmijeniti relevantna iskustva u borbi protiv nasilja prema ženama.

Prilikom posjeta Bakuu, predstavnice udruge B.a.B.e. posjetile su organizaciju domaćicu, ali i UNFPA, Society for Protection of Women's Rights koje nosi ime po Dilari Aliyevoj, Clean World Public Union's sklonište za žrtve obiteljskog nasilja, Državno povjerenstvo za obitelj, žene i djecu te su upoznale poznate ekspertkinje za rodna pitanja i aktivistkinje Zumrudu Jalilovu i Nisu. Tijekom sastanaka s navedenim organizacijama i institucijama, predstavnice B.a.B.e.-a predstavile su svoj rad, ali i razmijenile relevantna iskustva.

Po završetku prvog dijela projekta, predstavnice organizacije WARD posjetile su Zagreb gdje su se sastale s drugim predstavnicima/ama Kuće ljudskih prava Zagreb, ali i  Željkom Barić, koordinatoricom Doma Duga Zagreb, Majom Štahan, koordinatoricom Nacionalnog pozivnog centra za žrtve kaznenih i prekršajnih djela, predstavnicama Povjerenstva za ravnopravnost spolova grada Zagreba te predstavnicama Ureda za ravnopravnost spolova Vlade RH.  

Dana 10. prosinca 2019. godine u Osijeku smo sudjelovale na javnoj raspravi "Prepreke ostvarivanja prava na rad" koju je u okviru projekta "POKRENI" organizirala Ženska udruga "Izvor" iz Tenje u partnerstvu s Udrugom gluhoslijepih osoba Grada Osijeka i Osječko-baranjske županije i Grada Osijeka.

Nakon pozdravnih riječi predsjednice Ženske udruge "Izvor" Mirjane Herceg i moderatorice javne rasprave Ksenije Čugalj, Nikolina Zec iz Ženske udruge "Izvor" predstavila je provedbu projekta "POKRENI", dr. sc. Silvija Ručević  i Mirta Ringsmuth predstavile su rezultate fokusnih grupa na temu poteškoća pri zapošljavanju, Višnja Ljubičić, pravobraniteljica za ravnopravnost spolova govorila je o položaju žena na tržištu rada dok je Veselinka Kastratović iz Udruge žena oboljelih i liječenih od karcinoma jajnika "JA KA" održala predavanje o ostvarivanje prava žene s tjelesnim oštećenjem na primjeru vlastitog iskustva.

Ivana Sučić, voditeljica programa "Pružanje egzistencijalne zaštite i psihosocijalne podrške ženama žrtvama nasilja i njihovoj djeci na području Vukovarsko – srijemske županije" iz udruge B.a.B.e. održala je predavanje na temu "Problemi s kojima se suočavaju žene pri izlasku iz nasilja" u kojem se osvrnula na rad Sigurne kuće Vukovarsko - srijemske županije, psihosocijalno savjetovalište i deinstitucionalizaciju korisnica. Posebnu pažnju skrenula je na problem usklađivanja obiteljskih obveza i plaćenog rada, zapošljavanje te stambeno zbrinjavanje žena žrtava nasilja.

Danas, 16. prosinca, odrađena je posljednja u nizu filmskih radionica koje udruga BaBe Be active. Be emancipated. provodi u sklopu projekta "FON – Filmom o nasilju". Cilj ovog projekta bio je podići svijest djece i mladih o problemu vršnjačkog nasilja te ih kroz proces stvaranja kratkog filma potaknuti na kritički pristup ovoj temi.

Sudjelujući u raspravama i kreativnim aktivnostima pisanja scenarija, snimanja i montaže filma, učenici/e Osnovne škole Ive Andrića u Zagrebu stekli/e su praktične vještine, ali i upoznali/e sve aspekte vršnjačkog nasilja, uključujući tehnike prepoznavanja i suočavanja s nasiljem. Ove intenzivne radionice odvijale su se u razdoblju od 9. do 16. prosinca 2019. u prostorijama Osnovne škole Ive Andrića, a sudjelovalo je ukupno 20 učenika/ca. Tri kratka igrana filma proizvedena u sklopu ovog projekta uskoro će biti objavljena na stranicama Udruge i škole.

Projekt je financirao Grad Zagreb.

The BaBe Association Be Active. Be Emancipated., in collaboration with the Psychology Student Club STUP, organized a roundtable discussion on December 12, 2019 at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences in Zagreb entitled "The Role of Psychologists in Working with Victims of Domestic Violence". The roundtable provided an insight into the work of psychologists in various institutions with victims of domestic violence and raised the issue of an appropriate approach. The most dilemma was caused by the issue of the legality of reporting domestic violence by a psychologist, i.e. the institution in which they work. However, by reporting violence, the victim may lose trust in the psychologist and may even cause additional harm to the victim. Likewise, the duration and quality of treatment work depends on the working conditions in which the psychologist works. If a psychologist works in an institution where a large number of new clients come every day, appropriate treatment work is not possible. However, all presenters agreed that it is important to believe in the victim's perception of the violence they experienced, and also to empower them to make appropriate decisions for their own conditions and needs.

The roundtable was attended by Davorka Bišćan, psychologist and psychotherapeutic education educator on behalf of the Karlovac Korak Women's Group, Marija Markotić, psychologist and psychotherapeutic education educator on behalf of the Center for Social Welfare, Marijana Senjak, psychologist and psychotherapist on behalf of the Women's Room, Dominik Šmida, psychologist and psychotherapeutic education educator on behalf of the Jankomir Psychiatric Hospital. The moderator was Bruna Nedoklan, psychologist and psychotherapeutic education educator, employed by the BaBe - Budi aktivna. Budi emancipiran association.

The project was funded by the City of Zagreb, the City Office for Social Protection and Persons with Disabilities.

Ovaj tjedan u Zagrebu je održan drugi partnerski sastanak u okviru projekta 'VIVIEN'. Sastancima, koji su se održavali u prostorijama Udruge B.a.B.e. te dvorani Kuće ljudskih prava Zagreb, prisustvovali su partneri i partnerice iz Finske, Italije, Bugarske i Hrvatske.

Tijekom trodnevnog sastanka (3.12., 4.12. i 5.12.) sumirano je dosad implantirano, raspravljene su potencijalne poteškoće te dogovoren plan provedbe predstojećih aktivnosti.

Također, Sveučilište u Parmi putem Skypea je sudionicima/ama sastanka prezentiralo rezultate istraživanja kojeg su provodili partneri u sve četiri zemlje, kao i prve rezultate mapiranja dobrih praksi edukacija profesionalaca sa ženama žrtvama nasilja na području Europske unije.

Partnerima u sve četiri zemlje su potrebni ti rezultati kako bi ih implementirali u sadržaj svojih nacionalnih treninga.

Regarding the non-final judgment of the Municipal Civil Court in Zagreb and the decision on a temporary measure of the same court dated 28 November 2019, issued in the proceedings for the adoption of a decision on parental care between Mr. Milan Popović and Ms. Severina Kojić, which have been the subject of intensive media reporting, we hereby consider it necessary to express our concern about the radical move of the court reflected in the decision in question, which fundamentally changes the previous way of life of the minor child, and de facto significantly limits the mother's parental rights. It is stated that, according to the available information, the main reason for making such a decision is manifested in the parents' mutually impaired relations and disagreement in educational procedures, without any specific objection to the manner in which either parent exercises parental care, which, if proven to be true, represents a particularly worrying circumstance.

The above, especially considering that the manner of exercising parental care is also regulated by a temporary measure that is enforceable on the day of its adoption, which leads to the de facto separation of the child from the previous family environment and separation from the parents on the same day that the decision was communicated to the parties, with the absence of any preparation and adaptation of the child to the new life situation, which in itself shows all the shortcomings of the system and the lack of adaptation of the legal regulations that in this sense did not foresee any transitional period or support from experts in assimilating the child to the new circumstances and real life situations, and which omissions are most clearly manifested in the sphere of family relations. In this specific situation, the burden of preparing the child in one day for handover to the father fell on Mrs. Kojić, and if she had not done so - she would have suffered additional consequences. Additionally, despite opposing the court decision, we welcome Mrs. Kojić's decision to hand over the child to the father and thus protect him from trauma and stress in the event of forced enforcement.

At the same time, and regardless of the specific case, since it is not an isolated case, we would like to express our general concern about the decisive influence of the opinions of social welfare centers in court proceedings for the purpose of making a decision on parental care, whose proposals, according to our experience, are adopted by the courts in most cases without reservation, whereby the centers do not bear any responsibility for the opinions expressed, even when they are evidently contrary to the rights and interests of minor children. Moreover, they dismiss them under the pretext that they are not the ones judging, but the court, which on the other hand refers to the opinion of the center, which creates a vicious circle in which the consequences are borne exclusively by minor children.

Based on our many years of experience working with clients in similar life situations, we have witnessed continuous complaints about the shortcomings of professional assessments by individual social welfare centers, which in a significant number of cases, according to the clients, are based on the personal impression of the employees themselves, on the basis of which we can conclude that this is a frequent pattern of behavior, which we find extremely worrying. The above, especially taking into account that within the framework of the legal protection of children and families, there is no protocol for monitoring the execution of court decisions in family cases, through which the positive and negative effects of such court decisions could possibly be detected, which appears to be absolutely necessary.

We must also regretfully state that the role of special guardians, who were introduced into the system precisely with the aim of protecting the interests of children due to their overcapacity, has not resulted in the desired effects and in practice their position is purely formal in nature, as evidenced by the proceedings in question, in which, according to information available in the media, the special guardian did not see or speak to the minor child for a period of two years, whose interests she was supposed to represent in court proceedings. Consequently, the conclusion is that the fundamental rights of the child guaranteed by the Family Law and the Convention on the Rights of the Child to express an opinion in proceedings that directly concern his or her rights and interests have not been ensured.

In conclusion, we appeal to all participants in the system to seriously and promptly approach finding an adequate legal solution in order to ensure that court decisions in parental care proceedings are based on professional and independent assessments and that the preparation of such assessments is entrusted to sufficiently educated, sensitized and expert persons, as well as to regulate adequate mechanisms of accountability of persons who make such assessments and to establish a system for monitoring the execution of court decisions and their effects in practice, all with the aim of protecting the rights and interests of minor children.

Based on the experience of numerous of our clients during the many years of operation of our Legal and Psychosocial Counseling Center, we would like to emphasize that the case of Mrs. Kojić is only the reason for this announcement, with which we want to warn about the shortcomings and omissions of the system that are then reflected in the fates of children.

A video has begun airing that warns the public about the problem of gender-based violence and directs victims and those close to them to hotlines where they can seek help for themselves and others.

This is a campaign that was implemented as part of the HELPLINE project, which BaBe is implementing in partnership with the Police Academy, the Judicial Academy, the Victims and Witnesses Support Association, the Office for Gender Equality of the Government of the Republic of Croatia, the Slovak Institute for Work and Family Research, and with the support of the Gender Equality Ombudsperson. The project is funded by the Rights, Equality and Citizenship program of the European Union, and is co-financed by the City of Zagreb and the Office for NGOs of the Government of the Republic of Croatia.

Under the title "Some people's nightmares begin when they wake up...", BaBe wants to improve the existing system of support for women victims of gender-based violence by ensuring the accumulation of examples of good practice, sustainable solutions in line with relevant EU directives, increasing the capacities of volunteers and experts who are in contact with women victims of violence, and promoting cross-sectoral cooperation. Zagreb actress Ivana Boban also participated in the campaign, who managed to convincingly portray the harrowing everyday life of many women whose days begin with physical and psychological torture by their partners.

U ponedjeljak, 25. studenog, u prostorijama Policijske akademije u Zagrebu održan je stručni skup pod nazivom "Unaprjeđenje položaja žrtve nasilja u obitelji". Ministarstvo unutarnjih poslova time je obilježilo Međunarodni dan borbe protiv nasilja nad ženama – dan posvećen senzibilizaciji javnosti za globalni problem rodno uvjetovanog nasilja te jačanju odlučnosti žena da prijave nasilje kako bi pomogle ne samo sebi, već i svim drugim ženama koje se susreću s tim problemom.

Ovaj međusektorski skup okupio je stručnjake/inje iz različitih područja prevencije i suzbijanja rodno uvjetovanog nasilja, a govorile/i su: Anita Matijević ispred Ministarstva unutarnjih poslova, Tatjana Katkić Stanić ispred Ministarstva za demografiju, obitelj, mlade i socijalnu politiku, Maida Pamuković ispred Ministarstva pravosuđa, Danijela Štimac Grbić, voditeljica Odjela za mentalno zdravlje i prevenciju ovisnosti u Hrvatskom zavodu za javno zdravstvo, Darko Tot ispred Ministarstva znanosti i obrazovanja, Svjetlana Knežević iz Udruge B.a.B.e. te Sandra Turkanović i Mateja Bubaš iz Ženske grupe Korak Karlovac. 

Sudionici/e skupa podijelili/e su svoja često komplementarna znanja i iskustva u radu sa žrtvama obiteljskog nasilja. Iako svaki sektor podrazumijeva specifične probleme i metode, na skupu je jednoglasno zaključeno kako je potrebno graditi snažnu međusektorsku suradnju i interdisciplinaran pristup pružanju podrške žrtvama obiteljskog nasilja.

Ususret obilježavanju Međunarodnog dana borbe protiv nasilja prema ženama 25. studenoga, ovih su dana širom Hrvatske osvanuli plakati, a na televizijskim postajama uskoro kreće emitiranje spotova koji javnost upozoravaju na problem rodno uvjetovanog nasilja te upućuju žrtve te njima bliske osobe na telefonske linije na kojima mogu potražiti pomoć za sebe i druge.

Riječ je o kampanji udruge B.a.B.e. Budi aktivna. Budi emancipiran., koja je realizirana u sklopu projekta HELPLINE kojeg B.a.B.e. provode u partnerstvu s Policijskom akademijom, Pravosudnom akademijom, Udrugom za podršku žrtvama i svjedocima, Uredom za ravnopravnost spolova Vlade RH, slovačkim Institutom za rad i obiteljska istraživanja te uz podršku Pravobraniteljice za ravnopravnost spolova. Projekt je financiran iz Rights, Equality and Citizenship programa Europske unije, a sufinanciraju ga Grad Zagreb i Ured za udruge Vlade RH.

Under the title "Some people's nightmares begin when they wake up...", BaBe wants to improve the existing system of support for women victims of gender-based violence by ensuring the accumulation of examples of good practice, sustainable solutions in line with relevant EU directives, increasing the capacities of volunteers and experts who are in contact with women victims of violence, and promoting cross-sectoral cooperation. Zagreb actress Ivana Boban also participated in the campaign, who managed to convincingly portray the harrowing everyday life of many women whose days begin with physical and psychological torture by their partners.

"Cilj kampanje je senzibilizirati građanke i građane o problemu rodno uvjetovanog nasilja, potaknuti ih da prijave nasilje bilo da su žrtva ili njoj bliska osoba, svjedokinja ili svjedok te zatraže pomoć. Također, cilj je i promovirati telefonske linije na kojima žrtve mogu potražiti pomoć, neovisno jesu li nasilje prethodno prijavile policiji. Naposlijetku, želimo utjecati na promjenu stavova opće populacije. Vjerujemo kako će promidžba ovih telefonskih linija dovesti do većeg broja prijava rodno uvjetovanog nasilja najviše zbog osnaživanja žena putem predmetnih linija od strane stručnih osoba, ali i volontera i volonterki specijaliziranih za komunikaciju sa ženama žrtvama nasilja.", o kampanji je rekla Petra Kontić, voditeljica programa Rodna ravnopravnost u udruzi B. a. B.e. te koordinatorica projekta.

"Drago mi je da sam svojim glumačkim angažmanom pomogla da se žene i potencijalne svjedoke osnaži i uvjeri da nazovu telefonske brojeve na kojima mogu pronaći pomoć. Kao društvo, ali i kao pojedinka, moram dati sve od sebe da te žene ne pomisle da su same sa svojim zlostavljačima. Svi moramo pomoći jer iz dana u dan slušamo tragične priče žena za koje je bilo prekasno.", poručila je glumica Ivana Boban koja je volonterski sudjelovala u kampanji.