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MEET - Media Education Exchange Talks Western Balkans

Håndball-EM for kvinner 2022

I forbindelse med håndball-EM i Slovenia, Nord-Makedonia og Montenegro 04-20. November vil mange nordmenn besøke de tre landene for å heie frem de norske jentene.

Priča o uspehu Udruženja građanki FemPlatz – žena kao pokretačka snaga

Norway - Western Balkans Renewable Energy Conference

17 November 2022 in Belgrade

Combating gender-based violence in Albania

Gender-based violence is an issue of serious concern in Albania, as in other Western Balkan countries.

Training Writers and Journalists to Contribute Towards Reducing Gender Inequality in North Macedonia

Akin to most of the Western Balkan countries, gender stereotypes are deeply rooted in North Macedonian society, and are further reflected in the response to gender based violence in all its forms.

A Step Forward Towards Combating Sexual Violence in Montenegro

According to UN Women, one in three women worldwide experience physical or sexual violence, mostly by an intimate partner.

Bečej Youth Association Success Story - No woman is alone

Since 2019, the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women has been implementing the project “Improving Safety of Women in Serbia (ISWS)”, with the support of the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Raising awareness on economic violence in Kosovo

Despite a solid legal framework, domestic violence and discrimination against women still remain a serious issue in Kosovo.

A story from a woman’s life - Svetlana Bogdanović

My name is Svetlana Bogdanović. I come from the wonderful village of Trbušani, situated in the plains surrounding Čačak, where I have lived all my life. I was born on October 9, 1966, in Čačak. My zodiac sign is Libra.

Stories of Success - ALHem

Global negligence, when it comes to the protection of our environment from harmful effects of human behavior, especially the effect that it has on the climate, prompted UN Secretary-General António Guterres, to state, in a recent interview to the UN

Stories of success - CURE Foundation

In mid-October 2021, as part of the project "Speak up against violence", supported by the Balkan Trust for Democracy and the Embassy of the Kingdom of Norway, the CURE Foundation, in cooperation with the Autonomous Women's Center (AWC), organized a f