You have Rights! Demand Protection from Domestic Violence

27 November 2007

This year�s campaign You have right! Demand protection from domestic violence, will be implemented as a mutual action of Akcija Zdruzhenska, ESE, National SOS Phone Line for victims, ministry of Labor and Social Affairs and Ministry of Interior.

The purpose of this campaign is to encourage the victims to ask for efficiency and quality from the system for protection of DV, by means of providing information on the protective measures that should be offered by the relevant institutions, symbolically presented as \\\"doors of the system\\\".

Campaign started on November 24 (Saturday) with kick of event on the square Macedonia named \\\"DOORS OF THE SYSTEM\\\". The event included an installation symbolizing the \\\"doors\\\" of relevant institutions (Police, Health, Welfare Centres and NGO�s) which represent the system of protection from DV. In front of every door a person from the relevant institution stood, informing the citizens about the services and protections the said institution provides for the victims.

During the campaign, a distribution of 5000 leaflets will be distributed, an advertisement will be published in Tea Moderna weekly magazine and a phone line for contributions and donations to a fund for victims of DV will be established.