Partnership with a cause

About this project

<p>The Partnership with a Cause project reflects the need to&nbsp;combat gender-based violence among Roma women by developing&nbsp;sustainable strategies for interaction and empowerment to prevent&nbsp;violence and encourage the search for help and support.</p> <p>The aim of&nbsp;the project is to offer new approaches in working with vulnerable&nbsp;groups of women in Ruse region, by involving them in these&nbsp;processes; to increase the capacity of professionals to apply a&nbsp;gender-sensitive approach to the prevention of violence in their&nbsp;work with vulnerable groups of women; to raise a debate on the&nbsp;role of Roma women in society; to raise public awareness of the problems of Roma women and the multiple discrimination they&nbsp;face.</p> <p>The focus of the project is the establishment of a Counseling Center&nbsp;with free assistance for Roma women in Ruse, which will conduct&nbsp;outreach receptions in the municipalities of Ruse region. Attention&nbsp;is paid to adolescents and their early upbringing for intolerance of&nbsp;domestic violence and respect for human rights. Last but not least,&nbsp;the integrated approach of the project includes in its actions the&nbsp;regional media, which will be involved in the process of prevention&nbsp;and protection of domestic violence based on gender with a focus&nbsp;on the Roma community.</p> <p>The project will be implemented by&nbsp;organizations with many years of experience in working with the Roma community and the problems of domestic violence:&nbsp;Association "Center Dynamics" Ruse and Club "Open Society" Ruse. The Ruse District Administration also supports the&nbsp;implementation as a partner.</p>

Project partners

• Open Society Club Ruse Association Project partner· Bulgaria
• Ruse District Administration Project partner· Bulgaria