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1. Enhancing the Awareness and Empowering Roma Girls from Nikšić, Podgorica and Berane Concerning the Importance of Education
(Center for Roma Initiatives - Nikšić) EUR 3,730
The project includes a series of workshops (in Podgorica, Nikšić and Berane, conducted twice a week during the period of three months) for Roma girls and their mothers. The workshops provide them with knowledge concerning the importance of education for the development of Roma girls, human rights, gender equality, negative aspects of Roma customs and tradition related to the position of women etc.
Based on the experience acquired during a similar project supported by FOSI ROM, monthly public debates will be organized in the given towns in order to better acquaint men with the importance of education for their daughters and sisters. Maintaining a special database on Roma girls included in formal and non-formal education is a novelty that will enable monitoring of the success of projects encouraging Roma girls to get an education.
1. Handbook on Sexual and Reproductive Health
(NGO Safe Women's House, Podgorica) EUR 6,264.50
The project includes development of a handbook on sexual and reproductive health intended to provide young people with professional and objective relevant information. This will be preceded by a research on the extent to which young people are currently informed about the topic.
The handbook should be distributed before the end of the 2007/08 school year, using info-points in secondary schools. It will be available in electronic format as well.
The project aims to compensate, to an extent, for the lack of educational programs on sexual and reproductive health issues for young people and to foster activities in this area.
[The Foundation provided additional support to this project, in the amount of EUR 10,000, through its Education Reform Program, so that the total amount granted equals EUR 16,264.50]
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Podgorica, 6-7 October, 2008 - Press conference and Presentation of the Handbook
2. Anima Electronic Newsletter
(NGO Anima – Center for Women and Peace Studies) EUR 3,908
The project provides further support to the NGO Anima, which issued the e-newsletter between March 2006 and March 2007 within its INDOC Program.
The newsletter serves to inform all the interested parties about the current developments in the non-governmental sector in Montenegro as well as the developments in the region and worldwide concerning the issues of gender equality and human rights of marginalized groups. The newsletter promotes the concept and practice of gender equality and facilitates contacts and joint activities of women's organizations.
"Anima" newsletter is the only electronic publication on women's rights issues in Montenegro.
3. Layout Preparation and Publication of the Report on the Implementation of the Principle of Equal Opportunities for Women and Men in Montenegro - EONET Project
(In-house project) EUR 984.91
The regional project Equal Opportunities Network (EONET) generated a report in 2006 that provides comparative analysis of relevant Montenegrin laws and EU regulations concerned with gender equality in employment and in the work place. Considering that this was an international project that included Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Albania, Kosovo and Macedonia, the report was produced in English.
In order to make the report available to all relevant stakeholders, the Foundation enabled its translation, and, through this project, its publication and distribution.
1. National STOP VAW Monitors
(SOS Telephone for Women and Children Victims of Domestic Violence, Podgorica) EUR 3,696
[Together with the remained funds from the 2006 National STOP VAW Monitors Project in the amount of EUR 1,505, the total amount equals EUR 5,201]
The STOP VAW website (www.stopvaw.org), launched by the Minnesota Advocates for Human Rights and supported by the UNIFEM and OSI Network Women's Program, is devoted to the promotion of women's human rights. The website provides information on the state of domestic violence, sexual harassment and blackmail and trafficking in women in each of the participating countries.
One of the key segments of the website is the National STOP VAW Monitors Program. National monitors from 30 countries from Central, Eastern and Southeast Europe, the Caucasus, Central Asia and Mongolia, collect information from this field and forward it to be uploaded on the STOPVAW website. National monitors for Montenegro are Vanja Mikulić from the NGO SOS Telephone - Podgorica and Irena Milatović from the Gender Equality Office. FOSI ROM support covers the monitors' fees and the expenses related to their regular activities during the period of nine months (March – December, not including August).
National STOP VAW Monitors' activities were supported in 2005 and 2006.
Publication: Violence against Women – Does the Government Care in Montenegro?
1. The Condition of Women's Rights in Montenegro 2007/8
(NGO Anima – Center for Peace and Women's Education) EUR 14,562
Montenegro ratified the UN Convention on Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women - CEDAW in October 2006, and is required to submit to the Committee for Elimination of Discrimination against Women a report on the condition of women’s rights by March 2008. The Committee invites national and international nongovernmental organizations to take part in the development of official reports and write "shadow reports", since experience has shown that reports submitted by the states signatories to the Convention present situations where gender equality is a target already achieved and the state implements all mechanisms for protection and improvement of women's position.
The report of the NGO Anima – Center for Peace and Women's Education will contain information from different areas and should highlight the problems and the activities necessary to resolve them.
FOSI-ROM support relates to the initial stage of the project - project activities from March to September 2007.
2. Women's Studies Program, Kotor, 2007/8
(NGO Anima – Center for Peace and Women's Education) EUR 5,550
In 2007, NGO Anima is organizing the Interdisciplinary Women's Studies Program for the fifth generation of participants.
In addition to education in feminist theory and practice, the program includes involvement of participants in the local community and the work of the NGO Anima, fostering of peace activism, and other activities related to women’s issues – meetings, seminars, lectures, workshops, actions, discussion groups and research.
The topics envisaged for the 2007 program are: key concepts of feminism, language and gender, history and women – search for identity, literature and women, women and peace movement, women and social construction of identity, family violence, women/globalization/transition, law and women, women/art/culture/media, European integrations and prospects, sexuality and motherhood.
FOSI-ROM has supported Women's Studies since 2002. when it was a pilot program. (see: 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006)