The Belgrade Centre for Human Rights, in cooperation with Roma Women’s Centre – BIBIJA, YUROM Centre Niš, and Foundation Ana and Vlade Divac will organise a conference called Early, forced and child marriages in Serbia: towards mapping of the problem and possible solutions that will take place at 11 a.m. on February 23, 2016 in hotel Metropol (Bulevar Kralja Aleksandra 69, http://www.metropolpalace.com/) in Belgrade.
The topic of early, forced and child marriages is connected to the struggle for the rights of children and women around the world. This is still an area that is not given the proper attention in our country.
The Canada Fund for Local Initiatives recognized the importance of this issue by supporting three projects:
- Roma Women’s Centre BIBIJA – “Early marriages: violation of rights of Roma women”
- Belgrade Centre for Human Rights and YUROM Centre Niš – “Role of education in preventing child marriage of Roma girls”
- Foundation Ana and Vlade Divac – “STOP to child marriages in Serbia”
The representatives of the projects, alongside individuals who participated in project activities, will discuss the results of the projects and give recommendations for further practice.
Organisers:
Belgrade Centre for Human Rights
Foundation Ana and Vlade Divac
The projects were realised through the support of the Canadian Embassy
