Implementation period: 28.12.2024. - 31.12.2026.
The general objective of the project is to foster gender justice for a life without violence with sustainable public services that contribute to a society with economic, social, political and cultural equality.
This objective of the project will be achieved through a series of results that include the following:
- promoting political advocacy for the improvement and expansion of services for the care of victims of gender-based violence with a special focus on sexual violence in the Sarajevo Canton, through research and comprehensive strengthening of the coordination of governmental and non-governmental actors with competencies in paying attention to women in vulnerable situations;
- strengthening the capacity of the health system in the Sarajevo Canton to adequately care for victims of gender-based and sexual violence;
- continuing coordination of the work and actions of the institutional public sector with civil society through the work of the Coordination Body for the Prevention and Combat of Domestic Violence in the Sarajevo Canton;
- continuing the work of the Women's Center of the Foundation of Local Democracy - free legal, psychological and economic support for victims of violence in the Sarajevo Canton;
- consolidating and expanding the offer of services for caring for victims of gender-based violence in the Sarajevo Canton by establishing a new institutional cooperation promoted by the Women's Center of the Foundation of Local Democracy, with special attention to the continuity of care for victims in the process of restoring personal and financial autonomy;
- strengthening the capacities and skills of future professionals from the University of Sarajevo in the disciplines of psychology, social work, law and pedagogy in caring for victims of gender-based violence (including sexual violence) based on knowledge, existing capacities and recognition of the work of the Women's Center of the Foundation of Local Democracy.
