Serbia – Stop Violence Against Women Campaign – From Words to Action!
Author: WUNRN
Date: November 23, 2015
http://www.potpisujem.org/eng/1502/stop-violence-from-words-to-action
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Serbia – Stop Violence Against Women Campaign – From Words to Action!
November 2015, Belgrade, Serbia |
Autonomous Women’s Center has launched a campaign “Stop Violence. From Words – To Action!”, which is aimed at decision-makers in Serbia, demanding that the Council of Europe Convention on Violence against women is consistently implemented.
Campaign messages are visible on the billboards and tram/bus stops in seven cities in Serbia, as well as on posters and LED screens in public transportation vehicles in Belgrade. The campaign has attracted a great public attention for a few days, bearing in mind that a large number of signatures has been collected via website and it was sent nearly 1,000 electronic postcards. |
All who want to join the campaign can send an e-card of their choice to the Government of the Republic of Serbia, post it on a Facebook profile and/or a twitter account. In the next period there will be organized street actions, to which the citizens will be able to obtain a postcard in the paper form and send it to the Government of the Republic of Serbia.
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Last year the Serbia police received 6,000 domestic violence notifications, of which 3,642 were submitted to the prosecution office. 1,712 perpetrations were convicted, out of which only 634 were imprisoned and the others went with fines and suspended sentences. In the same period only 70 protective measures were issued for banning perpetrators from home, but 1,250 women and children had to leave their houses. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ |
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