Women's Room Report for 2010
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ANNUAL REPORT FOR 2010 WOMEN'S ROOM CONTENT 1. SUMMARY OF WOMEN'S ROOM'S WORK IN 2010 2. ABOUT US 3. ACTIVITIES OF WOMEN'S ROOM'S IN 2010 EDUCATION RESEARCH DIRECT WORK WITH VICTIMS PUBLISHING PUBLIC WORK ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT 4. WOMEN'S ROOM'S FINANCIAL REPORT FOR 2010 5. FUTURE DIRECTIONS – DEVELOPMENTAL PLANS OF WOMEN'S ROOM 6. APPENDICES Women’s Room - Center for Sexual Rights 2010 2 1 . SUMMARY OF THE WOMEN'S ROOM'S WORK IN 2010 The year 2010 was very active for Women's Room. We implemented many activities, and received significant recognition for our work. During 2010, Women's Room implemented 14 programs and projects. Some of these were completed and some of them started throughout the year. In addition, we worked on few projects for which we did not receive funds, but that does not mean we implemented them with less devotion and energy. Within the scope of educational program, we organized and delivered 108 different educations: 50 workshops, 42 lectures, 7 workshops, 4 public panels, 2 trainings, 2 round tables, of theater skills and 1 theater play. Target groups have remained constant throughout years and include representatives of civil society organizations, representatives of governmental institutions and bodies, high school students, university students, women, and citizens at large. Total number of participants of these educations was 2850. Also for educational purposes, we produced a short film for youth «We were only joking» and organized a theater play «Why me?». The Center for Victims of Sexual Violence provided 218 counseling sessions, and 105 clients received support and assistance. The most frequent problems clients identified were rape and sexual abuse (42,7%). During 2010, Women's Room has completed and published two research reports: «Civil Society Organizations that Provide Specialized Services to Women Victims of Violence as Key Actors in the Process of Democratization of the Society» and «Protection of Rights and Providing Assistance to Victims/Witnesses of Domestic Violence». We continued working on research «Gender, Gender Norms, Sexuality, Violence». 4 different materials were printed during 2009: a brochure «Civil Society Organizations that Provide Specialized Services to Women Victims of Violence as Key Actors in the Process of Democratization of the Society», a leaflet «We were only joking» and promotional materials – Women's Room’s cloth bags and stickers. Women's Room's members participated in 50 international and local conferences and/or meetings, thematic sessions or promotions organized by local and/or international organizations or governmental bodies. We also participated in 39 meetings of different networks (the Women's Network of Croatia, PETRA Network), teams, working groups, coalitions, and councils. The work of Women's Room was covered 175 times in numerous media. Website of the Women’s Room published 48 articles about our regular activities, available in Croatian and English languages. We also published 24 texts on the Women’s Room’s blog. Authors of the blog are members of the Women’s Room, members of other civil society organizations and our associates. Women’s Room - Center for Sexual Rights 2010 3 We named the year 2010 «8 years for 8 important events». These are: 1) Imago advertising agency received 3rd place for the Women's Room's interactive ad „STOP Sexual Violence“ in the category of creative use of media at the European festival Eurobest (January 2010) 2) Maja Mamula received recognition from the Croatian Society for Protection and Advancement of Mental Health of the Croatian Medical Association for contribution to protection and advancement of mental health (February 2010) 3) Maja Mamula was announced the Zagreb's Woman of the Year (March 2010) 4) Imago advertising agency received two 1st places in categories print ad and use of new media for Women's Room's ad «STOP Sexual Violence» at the independent festival of creative communications «Judgment Day» (October 2010) 5) Maja Mamula received the award of the Croatian Psychological Association „MARULIĆ: FIAT PSYCHOLOGIA“ for contribution to development and promotion of Croatian applied psychology (October 2010) 6) Agency for market communication McCann Erickson received 1st place in the category city light series for Women's Room's poster «STOP Sexual Violence» at the annual award ceremony OUTWARD for the best design of large posters (November 2010) 7) Antonija Hojt received Oscar for Volunteering – Zagreb award for the volunteer of the year (November 2010) 8) Women’s Room received a three-year institutional support from the National Foundation for Civil Society Development (December 2010) Organizational development of Women's Room's Team; Bjelolasica (June 2010) Women’s Room - Center for Sexual Rights 2010 4 Women's Room's work during 2010 was supported by: National Foundation for Civil Society Development; Global Fund for Women; Ministry of Science, Education and Sport; Ministry of Health and Social Welfare; Embassy of Finland in Zagreb; City of Zagreb – City Office for Social Protection and Persons with Disabilities; Embassy of Switzerland in Zagreb; Office for Human Rights of the Government of the Republic of Croatia; Office for Gender Equality of the Government of the Republic of Croatia; Co-operating Netherlands Foundations for Central and Eastern Europe, Akzo Nobel d.o.o. and Velinac d.o.o. We would like to thank Diana de Vegh, a long-term supporter of Women's Room who has been providing us with unconditional support and recognition for our work. We would like to thank Mirjana Kacavenda who is ready to invest her time and knowledge every year in order to ensure our quality strategic planning. We would like to thank Voljana Kapelina, who, despite finding her place in the health system, never forgets about our work and years we spent together, and supports us in numerous ways. We would like to thank Jasna Belamaric for regular supply of information, support, constructive critique, and laughter. Women’s Room - Center for Sexual Rights 2010 5 2. ABOUT US 2.1. Basic Information about the Women's Room Women’s Room (Ženska soba) – Center for Sexual Rights is a nongovernmental, feminist, nonprofit organization that works on raising awareness of women, institutions and public about women's sexuality and sexual rights through education, research and public work. We provide direct and indirect assistance and support to victims of sexual violence. The organization was founded in 2002 in Zagreb and works on local and regional levels. Women's Room was established with the following goals: diminishing all forms of sex, gender and sexual discrimination; empowering women to demand the protection of their human rights; preventing sexual violence against women and sexual and gender minorities; promoting and protecting sexual rights in accordance with the Declaration on Sexual Rights; introducing all-encompassing educational practices based on scientific facts to all levels of education; promoting positive attitudes about women’s sexuality, sexual health, and freedom of choice; diminishing all forms of discrimination based on gender expression and/or gender identity, sexual orientation, and intersex characteristics; providing direct assistance to women who have survived sexual violence; empowering LGBTIQ individuals in demanding protection of their human rights; empowering youth in countering sex, gender and sexuality based discrimination. Women’s Room - Center for Sexual Rights 2010 6 Image no. 1: Fields of work in 2010 FIELDS OF WORK Protection of human Combating sexual violence: Promotion and protection rights with an emphasis development of public policy of sexual rights pursuant to on women’s human and effective practice, direct the Declaration of Sexual rights work with the victims, and Rights, including the development of preventive sexuality of women and mechanisms and programs sexual and gender minorities (LGBTIQ) During 2010, Women's Room implemented 14 programs and projects within the scope of three main program themes. Description of programs and projects for 2010 can be found in Chapter 3 of this report – Work of Women's Room in 2010. Main clusters of our activities are education, research, direct work with victims of sexual violence, publishing, and public work. Women’s Room - Center for Sexual Rights 2010 7 Image no. 2: Activities in 2010 2.2 Structure of the Women's Room Women's Room's work is shaped, managed and coordinated by the Working Team, Coordination Team, Management Committee, and the Women's Room's assembly. (for details, see Appendix 1). During 2010, the Working Team of Women's Room was comprised of Maja Mamula (President of the Coordination Team), Paula Zore (Coordinator of Education Programs), Maja Vukmanić (Coordinator of the Center for Victims of Sexual Violence), and Dalibor Stanić (Office and Financial Coordinator). Antonija Hojt (counselor) who diligently volunteered during 2010 joined the Working Team. Antonija's volunteering was recognized by the Volunteer Center Zagreb, which awarded her the Volunteering Oscar In addition to the core of Women's Room Team, our regular associates of the Center for Victims of Sexual Violence were Jelena Poštić (founder of the Women's Room, translator and consultant), Voljana Kapelina (medical counselor), Ida Šamanović (counselor and psychotherapist), Melita Pelc (legal counselor), Ula Marton (gynecologist) and Ksenija Maslo (supervisor). Women’s Room - Center for Sexual Rights 2010 8 Women’s Room’s Team has contributed 1,007.5 overtime, unpaid working hours in 2010. This is equivalent to employing another full-time staff for the period of almost seven months. In addition to the Working Team, 18 experts from specific fields worked on our projects and programs as well as 37 regular volunteers who provided important contribution to the work of the organization with their energy, positive approach, and enthusiasm. Total contribution of volunteers in our regular activities was 818 hours (Appendix 2). During 2010, Women’s Room’s members devoted their efforts to achieving goals set by project and program aims, evaluation of the work and achievements, and plans for further organizational development.