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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Domestic violence : Order of Procedures as Response
Tuesday, 06 October 2009
French Embassy in Skopje and "France Cooperation Internationale" organized a
regional conference on the "Domestic Violence : Order and Procedures as Response"
held at 28th and 29th
Septemberin Skopje. Representatives from the relevant
institutions which are tackling the issue of domestic violence were present at
this conference coming from Bosnia and
Herzegovina, Croatia,
France and Macedonia.
Among the other invited institutions from Macedonia, at this conference,
Macedonian Women's Rights Centre - Shelter Centre as organization which within
its mandate of acting includes the prevention, identification, direct
assistance, mediation and representation regarding the victims of domestic
violence , took active role in the conference.All along the conference the issue of Protocols for acting by the
institutions (Ministry of Interior, Centers for Social Welfare and Ministry of
Health ) and their coordination and cooperation regarding finding efficient
measures of victims' of domestic violence protection was discussed completely. At the session on "Acceptance and caring of victims by the
medico - judicialservices", Daniela
Dabeska as a president of MWRC - Shelter Centre had the role of moderator
whereby put an accent to the great importance ofthe health sector's inclusion in combating
domestic violence. She emphasized this by saying that our organization is giving
an input by achieving collaboration with polyclinic "Chair" in Skopje where the victims are being received
and medically treated. Since there isn't an official Protocol for acting by the
institutions, but only a proposal , the care of the victims is component part
of the active communication between the relevant institutions. Apart from the
fact that this conference served as a tool for exchanging experiences and
introducing the work of all actors included in solving the problem of domestic
violence, provided initiative for mutual future cooperation of all
participants. At the end, as a conclusion of this conference,taking into consideration the experiences of
France, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia, by the Macedonian participants it
was emphasized the urge of adopting a Law on Protection of Domestic Violence,
opening centers for working with perpetrators where they will receive a
therapy, but giving comprehensive approach to this problem for its reduction as
a social phenomena.