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The Centre for Women War Victims ROSA aims to combating discrimination and violence against women by providing assistance and support to women survivors of sexual and other forms of violence in war and peace, advocating for changes in public policies and legal framework and raising public awareness in protection of women''s human rights and achieving full equality.
Strategic goals:
1. Exercise rights and empowerment of women survivors of violence in war and peace, trafficking in women and prostitution, sexual violence, harmful practices, war rape and other forms of war violence
2. Improving public policies and legal frame for prevention and protection of women from discrimination and violence
3. Raising public awareness of causes and consequences of violence against women as the most serious obstacles for achieving gender equality
4. Strengthening capacity of CSOs and institutions to respond effectively to problem of violence against women
Programs:
1. Help and support for women survivors of violence (SOS line for victims of human trafficking, Psycho-social and legal assistance, Information on possibilities of help)
2. Women''s peace policies/gender dimension of transitional justice; Participation in networks in post-conflict societies in order to establish rule of law and address human rights violations in past.
3. Advocating for advancement of women''s rights and position of women in society
4. Empowering feminist movement and civil society
We respond to problem of violence against women as a consequence of social construction of unequal distribution of power between men and women as the most serious obstacle for achieving full equality. We organize individualized professional services that are not available in the social welfare system and advocate for improving of system.
Target groups -women: survivors of war rape and other forms of war violence; victims of trafficking and prostitution; refugees; victims of sexual violence, CSOs; institutions; public.