Programme “Women and society” provides a response to the impact of the patriarchal mentality and imposing of traditional values and stereotypes that repress women on the margins of the social processes.
Purposes:
The Antico’s initiatives within this programme are directed towards creating conditions and opportunities for equal partici ...
The programme is directed towards the promotion of culture of peace and non-violence, improvement of the human and interethnic relations, promotion of the values of democracy, dialogue and tolerance.
Affirmation of the importance and safety of each individual in all its dimensions: physical security, socio - economic, respecting on human dignity and the right to identity and inclusion.
Our efforts are: creating societal changes which derive from the principles of non-violence in the interaction with different factors in the society.
The challenges for building peace and security, we understand as highly complex issues. This does not refer only to abse ...
Development of the democratic processes and civil society
Programmatic objectives:
Providing influence and support to increasing and strengthening organisational, institutional and technical capacities of the women’s and youth groups working in the field of peace initiatives, community building, interethnic relations, human/women’s rights and fostering civic activism in the community;
Strengthening accountability of the civic organisations towards their constituents;
The inter-ethnic conflicts in the country and the region have left deep traces in the social relations. The process of transformation into a democratic and civil society is very complex process which requires active involvement of groups and individuals who promote values based on human rights and culture of active participation in community building. In this area of great importance is the active action of youth from multiethnic communities. The youth initiatives are very important in reducing the social segregation and ethnic prejudices that occur as a consequence of negative attitudes towards those who are different from them. This situation actually represents starting point for conflict and discrimination.
The questions about initiating and maintaining positive changes in the existing negative ethnic attitudes – prejudice ...