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Together against violence

During the campaign "16 Days of Activism against Violence against Women", the Media Research Center will contribute to the media campaign on the protection of older women from domestic violence through the project "Together against Violence".

Together with project partners, the Women Development Center from Niš, MIC will draw public attention to the problems of older women through discussions with representatives of all competent services, the civil sector and experts in the field of medicine, psychology, sociology and law through tribune and multimedia attachments. According to the current data, almost 112,000 women live in Nis, of which about 32,000 are older than 60 years, which is 29% of the total number. Statistics show that almost 20% of violence against women refers to exactly this population.

Because of this statistics, MIC and the Women's Development Center want to point out the problems of older women who suffer violence. The project "Together Against Violence" is being implemented within the joint project of the United Nations and the Government of the Republic of Serbia "Integrated Response to Violence against Women and Girls in Serbia II", supported by the Government of Sweden.

To remind, the Campaign "16 Days of Activism against Violence against Women" is a global campaign celebrated by 1,700 organizations in over 100 world countries. The campaign begins on November 25th on International Day against Violence against Women and ends on December 10th with International Human Rights Day. In the meantime, December 1st is marked- the World AIDS Day, then December 3rd, the International Day of Persons with Disabilities and December 6^th- the Anniversary of the Montreal Massacre.

Translation: Mladen Djordjević