Promotion and advocacy of an integrated drug addiction treatment program of mothers and pregnant women in communion with their children
Center for Women, Mothers and Children - RETO ·Croatia
About this project
<table cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 101.64%"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #000000; height: 28px; vertical-align: top; width: 61%"> <table cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="background-color: #FFFFFF; border: 1px solid #000000; height: 78px; vertical-align: top; width: 100%"> <p style="text-align: justify"><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif"><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-family: "Calibri", sans-serif">The key problem is the violation of social and human rights of mothers and pregnant women with addiction due to gender-specific stigma and discrimination which occurs as a result to inadequate social support from public services and lack of cooperation between relevant stakeholders. Reto Center aims at helping pregnant women with addiction by promoting interventions that protect the best interests of the child and respect maternal rights through cross-sectoral cooperation with relevant stakeholders. This project will enable Reto Centre to strengthen its internal capacities to be more efficient in the implementation of the work program.</span></span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify"><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif"><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-family: "Calibri", sans-serif">The key project activities are: i. quantitative research, ii. education and consultancy, iii. public campaign, iv. encouraging and involving young people from helping professions in volunteering, v. strengthening and capacity building of the organization. The applicant will ensure adequate implementation of the project and the achievement of targeted results. The partner will transfer experience and knowledge on integrative treatment in Norway. Special emphasis in the project is placed on wide and effective dissemination of scientific data regarding benefits of integrative treatment and its multiplier effect in public and other policies with significant potential for transferability to other local communities. Having in mind the lack of strategic governance of social policy regarding women in the risk of addiction, we believe that the implementation of the proposed project will have a significant impact on achieving long-term positive social changes in the selected priority program area. </span></span></span></span></p> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table>
Bilateral cooperation results
The project significantly benefited from having Reto for hap, a Norwegian organization, as its donor project partner. Through this partnership, the project team received valuable knowledge on how to advocate for non-discriminatory policies for pregnant women and mothers requiring long-term addiction treatment. Reto for hap provided insights into protecting human rights and organizing public campaigns to support these vulnerable groups. Additionally, their extensive experience in volunteer engagement helped the project improve its approach to training and managing volunteers. At the bilateral level, the partnership strengthened cooperation between Croatia and Norway. It offered the Croatian team practical examples of how Norway handles the rehabilitation of mothers without separating them from their children. The exchange of knowledge on human rights advocacy, volunteer management, and social entrepreneurship proved essential. This collaboration has resulted in three Croatian volunteers from the Center for Women, Mothers, and Children preparing to travel to Norway to learn directly from the Norwegian model of integrative rehabilitation. Plans for continuing bilateral cooperation include further exchanges of expertise between the Croatian team and their Norwegian counterparts. The upcoming volunteer visits to Norway are expected to strengthen the partnership, as Croatian volunteers will gain firsthand experience of Norway’s rehabilitation model. The ongoing collaboration will focus on enhancing social entrepreneurship and volunteer management practices, with the intention of adapting and applying the successful Norwegian approaches to the Croatian context in the future.
Project partners
- Foundation „Reto for hope“ Donor project partner· Norway