Conference “Together Against Violence Against Women”

The Conference was opened by National Assembly Speaker Dr Nebojsa Stefanovic who said that the Conference aims to urge the women of Serbia to take active part in politics at all levels, from local community to the National Assembly, and work on the realisation of their rights in the spheres of health, education and combating domestic violence.
The members of the Women’s Parliamentary Network met with representatives of the Trade Union of Nurses and Medical Technicians of Serbia. Dragica Dasic briefed the hosts on the problems faced by women working in health care, and nurses in particular, on the behalf of the Trade Union of Nurses and Medical Technicians of Serbia.
The Women’s Parliamentary Network urges the Serbian media to report on the visits of all the Serbian Parliamentary delegations objectively and truthfully as befits the institution of the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia.
On 5 and 6 April, the National Assembly House hosted a seminar for the members of the Women’s Parliamentary Network, as part of the Women for Democracy and Equality programme realised by the Belgrade Fund for Political Excellence in cooperation with the OSCE Mission to Serbia and Finnish Embassy in the Republic of Serbia.
A National Assembly delegation comprising 20 women MPs, members of the Women’s Parliamentary Network, and the Chairman of the Committee on Human and Minority Rights and Gender Equality, Meho Omerovic, took part in a study visit to the Finnish Parliament, from 14 to 17 May 2013.