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In light of the Women’s Solidarity March tomorrow, we would like to present you with our work to combat gender inequality. We have been helping victims of gender-based violence since our establishment (for more information on our beneficiaries, click here), but that is not the only work we have been doing to improve the respect of women’s rights.

On 1 October 2016 we started a joint project together with the Promo-LEX Association and the Association against Domestic Violence “Casa Marioarei” named: “Increasing the observance of women’s rights in Moldova through combating gender based violence”, which comprised different activities such as: increasing the access to justice for victims of gender based violence through improved documentation of cases; increasing the protection of victims of gender based violence through comprehensive and urgent assistance; improving the national legislation on gender based violence and its enforcement; increasing public awareness about the gender based violence and legal protection mechanisms; and strengthening the capacity of civil society and professional groups to provide comprehensive assistance and to respond to cases of gender based violence at the local level. It also included a round table of public consultation.

In addition, we held different activities for people in detention in previous years, which included some workshops specifically aimed at providing a space for women in prison to improve their skills (see here), as well as their and their children’s health. In 2016 we held workshops aimed at empowering female survivors of torture and domestic and sexual violence (see here). We have also participated in different campaigns for women’s rights throughout the years, such as 16 Days of Activism and One Billion Rising, and appeared in Miezul ZILEI and the Talk Show “Impact”, to speak about domestic violence.

Follow our Facebook page to stay up to date on our women’s rights activities, the meetings we attended and interesting news articles or research we share, and we hope to see you tomorrow at the Solidarity March!