RADAR – Empowering the civil society organizations’ advocacy potential for the protection of women's human rights in health care system
Parents in action ·Croatia
About this project
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="background-color: #FFFFFF"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif"><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-family: "Calibri", sans-serif"><span style="color: #222222">The Radar project will increase the capacities of eight org. that work in the field of reproductive rights through activities that include: training CSOs to monitor breeches in women’s reproductive rights, preparing comparative reports on judicial practices in Croatia compared to international standards, filing strategic litigation, researching the extent to which professional standards are adhered to, participative workshops, organising an Edit-a-Thon, preparing a draft document for women’s health, workshops on international mechanisms and the preparation of shadow reports, shadow reports on the status of women’s rights in reproductive healthcare, a public campaign, program development and train-the-trainer workshops on techniques for Master Suppression Techniques and countering them and the preparation of a tool for countering these techniques. The project’s aim is to strengthen the advocacy capacities of CSOs to reposition women’s health from being a medical issue to being a human rights issue. The specific aims are: to increase the capacities of CSOs for strategic litigation in the field of women’s reproductive rights, to strengthen CSOs to advocate for evidence-based women’s reproductive rights, to develop mechanisms for a stronger role of CSOs in the protection of women’s human rights. The target groups are CSOs that work with women, including those that work with women with disabilities, asylum seekers, Roma women and former prisoners who will increase their capacities to advocate for the protection of women’s reproductive rights.</span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
Bilateral cooperation results
With the help of the Icelandic partner, a program was developed and a train-the-trainer session was conducted on Master Suppression Techniques (MST). The resulting e-course, "Empowered in the Healthcare System," describes various domination techniques commonly used by men against women. The program consists of introductory information, three modules (domination techniques, reproductive health and women's rights, and gynecological and obstetric violence), and additional materials. The e-course was designed with a focus on the healthcare system and was presented to NGOs and healthcare professionals in an online session attended by over 80 participants. To date, this is the only educational content globally related to domination techniques in the field of health. The content was developed in collaboration with the Icelandic partner organization, Women's Counselling.
Project partners
- Women's Counselling Donor project partner· Iceland
- OPEN MEDIA GROUP Project partner· Croatia