The 17^th Pride Parade of LGBTIQ People and Families will be held on June 9, 2018.

“We are inviting all of you to be happy and to fight this year with us, to loudly say that we have had enough with the homophobia, bifobia and transfobia that has bombard us from the parliamentary bench and the media space. We will no longer be afraid to express ourselves, and tell them how we feel, who we love, or who makes our family. And this year we will proudly show that we are here and that we will continue to fight for our rights, our families, our jobs and our values! “

The gathering is scheduled to take place, as it has been for the past few years, at Roosevelt Square in front of the Mimara Museum at 15:00. The route is well-known: It will start at Mimara and go to Frankopanska Street and Ilica, then to Trg Ban Josip Jelačić. It will then continue to Jurišićeva Street to Draškovićeva Street and then towards Langova Square to Ribnjak.

The procession ends in the Ribnjak park. The route length of this year’s march is approximately 2.3 kilometers. People with mobility problems, if they need assistance or have additional questions about the Roadmap, can contact  timzaprajd2018@zagreb-pride.net .
Zagreb Pride reports the march will be followed by the traditional Pride Party. The official after party of this year’s Pride of Pride, will take place at the Boogaloo club.

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Women’s room- the Center for sexual rights participated on this year „Open days of EU projects“ and opened it’s doors for all interested citizens on May 11 2018.

The visitors were presented so far implemented EU projects, work of the Center for victims of sexual violence, as well as the program and work with volunteers.

“Open Days of EU Projects” are the way Croatia joined this year in campaign by the European Commission called “Europe in My Region”, whose purpose is to encourage European citizens to discover and learn more about European Union projects.

This year, more than 200 different events in Croatia have been organized by the Ministry of Regional Development and European Union funds, with aim of becoming a regular annual event, in which citizens across Croatia will be involved more actively.

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Psychologist of the Women’s Room – Sexual Rights Center held lectures for professors and associates at partner schools on 26 April 2018 in the Primary School Matko Laginja and on May 3, 2018 in Primary School Dr Vinko Žganac.

62 professors and professional associates participated in the lectures, which covered topics such as   recognition and prevention of electronic violence, with focus on sexual violence.

The purpose of the lectures was to familiarize people with the issues of sexual violence on the Internet. Issues such as, distribution, risk factors, contact for assistance and support, and to recognition and observation by professionals in educational institutions.

Lectures were held as part of the project “Stop Violence and Hate speech on the Internet” conducted by Women’s Room – the Sexual Right Center in partnership with the Primary School  Dr Vinko Žganac, Zagreb and the Primary School Matko Laginja, Zagreb. Project is financially supported by the National Foundation for Civil Society Development.

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Psychologist of the Women’s Room – Sexual Rights Center in cooperation with police officers in the community, held lectures for parents on April 24, 2018 in Primary School Dr Vinko Žganac and on May 2, 2018 in Primary School Matko Laginja.

The lectures lasted 60 minutes and covered topics such as recognition and prevention of electronic violence, with a focus on sexual violence.

The purpose of the lectures was to introduce parents to the current issues in area of sexual violence that take place through the Internet and social networks. This also, included the Red Button electronic violence reporting program.

Lectures were held as part of the project “Stop Violence and Hate speech on the Internet” conducted by Women’s Room – The Sexual Right Center in partnership with the Primary School  Dr Vinko Žganac, Zagreb and the Primary School Matko Laginja, Zagreb. Project is financially supported by the National Foundation for Civil Society Development.

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A lecture on “Standardization of Monitoring of Violence Against Women and Domestic Violence” was held on April 27 in Dubrovnik by DEŠA civil society organization.

The lecture presented the data of research conducted by DEŠA organization on the topic of having a singular collection of comprehensive data on violence against women in Dalmatia.
The research has shown that there is no systematic monitoring of cases of violence against women and domestic violence at any one level and that even within institutions there is no standardization and we often encounter mistakes and illogicalities in the data.
Without high quality and harmonized data, we can not speak of the actual number of cases of violence reported, and we can not know what kind of help the victims need.
The seminar was attended by representatives of non-governmental organizations, police and other public institutions, who turned this attention to the importance of maintaining a good statistics and reporting violence. With lectures like this, we can strengthen our capacities to ensure better inter-sector co-operation. The ultimate aim of the research is to create a proposal for a systematic monitoring of violence against women and domestic violence in the area of Dalmatia. By doing so, we can hopefully gain better insight into the real needs and problems of institutions and organizations dealing with violence against women and domestic violence in the area of Dubrovnik county.

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On Monday (April 23rd) and Tuesday (April 24th) in Zagreb, training was held for members of the ASTRA network.

ASTRA is co-organizing with the CESI civil society organization – The Center for Education, Counseling and Research to hold organized workshops on the use of international instruments and mechanisms for advocating for human rights.
Experts from the Sexual Rights Initiative and the International Women’s Health Coalition shared their knowledge and experience as well as acknowledged suggestions for further forms of co-operation.

On behalf of Women’s Room Josipa Tukara Komljenović participated in a training.

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Women’s Room – Center for Sexual Rights will be holding lectures for professors, professional associates and parents at our partner schools, Primary School  Dr Vinko Žganac and Primary School Matko Laginja for the project “Stop violence and hate speech on the internet”.

Each partnering school will have two lectures each lasting 60 minutes.

On April 24, 2018, at Primary School Dr. Vinko Žganac the lecture will be held for teachers and professional associates and again on May 3, 2018 for parents.

On April 26, 2018, at Primary School Matko Laginja the lecture will be held for teachers and professional associates and again on May 2, 2018 for parents.

Lectures will be given by members of Women’s Room, who are experts with many years of experience on the issues of sexual violence. This will also be done in cooperation with the representatives of the Ministry of the Interior, and a police officer in the community.

The purpose and topic of lectures will be to familiarize people with the issues of sexual violence on the Internet. Issues such as; distribution, risk factors, legislation, preventive measures, contacts for assistance and support,  and recognition and observation by professionals in educational institutions.

These lectures are part of the project “Stop Violence and Hate speech on the Internet” conducted by Women’s Room – Sexual Right Center in partnership with the Primary School Dr. Vinko Žganac, Zagreb and the Primary School Matko Laginja, Zagreb. The project is financially supported by the National Foundation for Civil Society Development.

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The day before the Istanbul Convention was finally ratified an event was held in front of Croatian Parliament in memory of all women brutally murdered by partners,  husbands and other family members in the last 5 years, from the signing until the ratification of the Convention.

While at the same time in Split on 18^th of April, 2018 protesting took place against the Istanbul Convention, activists together with Domina’s association, placed 100 lanterns in memory of murdered women and launched them into the sea, once again alerting people the to the importance of the Istanbul Convention to prevent and combat violence against women.

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On April 14, 2018, In front of Zorin’s House in Karlovac, a public action was held under the project “Together for safe childhood“.

Public action was organized by the employees of the Center for Education of Children and Youth Karlovac.

Information materials on sexual violence were shared at the info desk, and the aim of the public event was to provide citizens with information about the possibilities and options for assistance and support in cases of sexual violence.

Public action was a highly successful and popular event, and it was supported by the mayor of Karlovac.

Public events are an integral part of the project ”Together for safe childhood“, which aims to achieve the overall goal of combating sexual violence against children and young people.

The project is implemented in partnership with the Karlovac Social Welfare Center and Karlovac Children and Youth Center for Education, and is supported financially by the Ministry of Demography, Family, Youth and Social Policy.

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On Tuesday, May 20th, with the start at 20h, in the hall of First Gymnasium (Dubrovnik Avenue 36, Zagreb), second run of the play „Everything that’s not yours“ was held.

Experimental drama „Everything that’s not yours“ is an author project under leadership of Lejla Jerković in the production of Tina Kadoić. It is based exclusively on volunteer work of all members of the team and works with the goal of questioning society, current events and as education of those. In several situations, the woman-body-voice-society relationship is shown. It has evolved into an indepedent project since then, supported by Solidarna – foundation for human rights and solidarity, and House of Human Rights.

The play was starred by Lena Medar, Jelena Kovačić, Matko Podobnik, Denis Tomić, Katarina Rodek, Martina Jelavić, Bernanda Filipović and Lana Bogović

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