The Institute for Social Protection of the Republic of Serbia, the Association of Roma Novi Becej and the Center for Educational Policies as UNICEF partners in developing mechanisms and interventions for suppressing child marriage at the local level, held the local meeting on 02.07. 2019., in the ceremonial hall of the municipality of Novi Becej.
Danica Jovanovic, President of the Association of Roma Novi Becej, spoke at the Regional Conference “Decade of Roma Inclusion - Legacy, lessons learned, best practices”, held in the period from June 20th to June 21st, 2019., in Belgrade.
On June 17th, 2019, the meeting of the National Coalition for Ending Child Marriages was held in Belgrade. During the meeting, the Coalition dealt with the role of social protection system in the acting against child marriages, as well as the opportunities for improving the systemic response to child marriages.
The Introductory training for volunteering in the program on ending of child marriages was held in Belgrade, organized by UNICEF Serbia.
On May 29th, 2019. In the Executive Council of Vojvodina, the Declaration on dedication to end the practice of early, contracted and child marriages in Roma communities in Vojvodina was signed. On behalf of the Roma Inclusion Office of Vojvodina, the Declaration was signed by the director Milos Nikolic, and by the Association of Roma New Becej Ms. Zorica Surlan.
In Belgrade, at the Palace of Serbia on May 27, 2019, the Conference on the Implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women in Serbia was organized by the SOS Vojvodina Network aiming to present Recommendations of the CEDAW Committee to representatives of the Government of the Republic of Serbia.
Association of Roma Novi Becej has completed the three-year project "No More Victims - Roma Girls and Women Responding to Violence" supported by the UN Trust Fund for the Elimination of Violence against Women in a partnership with UNWOMEN.
The Association of Roma Novi Becej, within the framework of the program "Integrated Response to Violence against Women and Girls in Vojvodina, Phase II", developed the Methodology for conducting a Case Conference, which was officially presented to the Government AP Vojvodina in Novi Sad, on 24.4.2019.
Three-day workshop on ‘Intersectional Approaches and the Value of Specialist ‘by and for’ organisations’ was held in the period 08 -10 April 2019. in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
The National Coalition for ending Child Marriages is a union of individuals, institutions and organizations that work to combat child marriages and to strengthen the option of a safe choice for Roma girls.