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MWRC - Shelter Center

Macedonian Woman's Rights Center - Shelter Center is non-governmental, non-politic and non-profitable, advocacy and lobbying women's organization, established on 5th of February 2001, and works for affirmation, implemen- tation and protection of women's rights.
 
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Monday, 04 December 2006

 

Shelter for women and children victims of violence

 

This project started 2001, and is the oldest continuous project of our organization. The centre for protection of victims of domestic violence was opened as a first and up till now, the only shelter in Macedonia. It covers the whole territory of R of Macedonia, without any national, race, religious or sexual discrimination.

 

The aims of the project are:

 
» Primary care of the victims - includes: free accommodation, food, hygiene, medicaments and other individual needs. The aim of caring women and children in the shelter is to overturn violence they were suffering, providing place of security, support and peace, where women are given a chance to build a strategies for resolving their problems.
» Counseling services for women and children - (psychosocial help and support, medical help, pedagogical and legal help)
»  Intervention and mediation between the women and institutions

 

Results: In the period 2001-2005, the Shelter  Center sheltered in total 1.460 persons (women and children).

 

 

Sexual violence and reproductive health

 

This program addressing very complex and sensible issues connected with sexual violence. Sexual violence in Macedonian society is still invisible social problem, but it is also very hard violation of human rights. What we are trying to do in Shelter Center is to bring out sexual violence and show its reality and its impact on the life of every human being, but especially on the most vulnerable group, women.

The program of sexual violence has research, awareness raising and educational character. This program began in December 2004 when we started with implementation of the research program for the presents of sexual violence among young people on the age on 14-19, in the few high schools in Macedonia. After identification of this problem we started to work on awareness raising, preventing and educational projects toward the problem of sexual violence.

 

 

Women's human rights program

 

This program started from the last year, with purpose to ensure better access of women to Macedonian legal system. This centre is working on national level and is providing free of charge legal assistance to those women who cannot afford to pay for it.

 

Most of the women are receiving advices about different problems, such as: protection and safety, domestic violence, divorce, economical rights, reproductive rights, children custody, sexual harassment at work and gender discrimination cases.

 

 

The aims of this program are:

  • informing the public on violations of women's human rights;

  • informing of women in their rights and in understanding of the legal system,

  • encouraging women to start claiming their rights in practice and in courts;

providing free legal advice to women, informing them on their rights and mechanisms for protection;

 

 

Women's economic development program

 

This program is developed as a tool for improving women's economic status in Macedonian society. We identified the poverty and economic dependence of women as most common problem that starts violence and trafficking in women.

 

This program is composed of projects that analyze working conditions and women's position at the labor market and projects that offering training for uneducated and unqualified women from Macedonia that face economic dependence and low social status.

 

 

Results:

In the period of 3 years (2001-2004) Shelter center has provided trainings for 250 women, and supported 30% of them for future employment which ended with great success.

 
Last Updated ( Wednesday, 06 December 2006 )
 
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