Donor: USAID Macedonia
Goal of the project is coordinated action of women CSO’s on issues related to gender based violence and domestic violence towards development of effective policies, improved services and increased awareness of general public and institutions. This means establishing support systems and mechanisms for protection for domestic violence victims with tendency to apply to all forms of gender based violence in future.
Duration: July 2015 – May 2016
The National Network to End Violence against Women and Domestic Violence has opened the first Intervention Women’s Fund that provides financial assistance to women-victims of violence who want to leave the violent environment. The opening and promotion of the fund took place as part of the global campaign “16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence” in 2017.
The idea of such a fund has existed for a long time, especially given the fact that many women-victims do not report the violence nor leave the violent relationship due to their economic situation and insufficient financial power to cover all costs. The decision to open this fund came after a donation by the previous mayor of the Municipality of Center, Andrej Zhernovski, who donated 90,000 denars to the National Network – funds reallocated from the International women’s day celebration (March 8th) in 2017. This donation is also the first donation to the Fund.
