2024
Grants approved – February 2024
Number of grants: 25
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1. Roma Women’s Association Nada, Aleksinac
- RSD: 444.000
- Activities’ title: Childhood, not marriage!
„Childhood, not marriage“ is a six-month program through which the organization wishes to entice the entire community of Aleksinac to work towards preventing early marriages in the Roma community. The activities imply interactive psychological workships, peer education through „Live Library“, as well as a street action against early/forced marriages. RWF supports the continuity of Nada’s work in their environment and the commitment to Roma girls in education.
2. Festival of Ecological Theatre for Children and Youth, Bačka Palanka
- RSD: 280.800
- Activities’ title: 30th Festival of Ecological Theatre for Children and Youth – Metamorphisis
The 30th issue of the Festival of Ecological Theatre for Youth and Children, titled METAMORPHOSIS, will be held in Bačka Palanka from 22th until 25th August 2024. Through stage plays and workshops by renowed artists from across the globe, 30th Festival will focus on its initial formatting motiffs: the right to children’s and youth participation in cultural life (regulated by article 31 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child), by marginalized and minority groups, as well as geographically marginalized children from decentralized areas, as the only safe way for developing solidarity, more free, healthier and equitable society.
3. Street Drummers, Belgrade
- RSD: 161.000
- Activities’ title: Street drummers empowerment
The aim of the supported activities is a contribution to building and strengthening the feminist movement in Serbia, and empowering women for acting in public space. The Street Drummers collective tends to continually maintain activities and contiunally prepare drummers not only for the International Women’s Day protesting march but also for other protests and events similar in values. Within the supported activities, an additional aim of the collective is improving their work through exchanging experiences with other drummers from the region.
4. Centre for Independent Living of People With Disabilities, Belgrade
- RSD: 182.200
- Activities’ title: Women with disabilities – They have changed the region
The occasion for the support is organizing a regional conference devoted to women with disabilities from the region, who have changed the social attitudes towards disabilities in their communities, politics and policies, who have motivated other women with disabilities for activism, and who are no longer with us. The conference will be held in Belgrade with the participants of representatives of the movement of people with disabilities from Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro, who will present women with disabilities who have significantly contributed to the better status of people with disabilities and their more dignified lives. The activities also imply publishing a bilingual publication (Serbo-Croatian/English), which is supported by RWF.
5. Rainbow Ignite, Belgrade
- RSD: 200.000
- Activities’ title: Empowerment and Support – A conference for Women who Love Women and an analysis of the anti-gender narrative in Serbia
Within „Empowerment and Support“, Rainbow Ignite organizes a conference for women who love women in Serbia, in order to provide a platform for exchanging experiences, support and empowerment. Also, the association explores and combats anti-gender narratives in society. The conference will be held in Serbia, provding space for education, dialogue and joint actions. The goal of activities is empowering and supporting women who love women, and promoting inclusivity and social equality.
6. Labris, organization for lesbian human rights, Belgrade
- RSD: 232.425
- Activities’ title: Labris heritage in the present
The activities will encompass marking the International day of human rights through an exibition of all the women involved in Labris’ work, and marking the International day of lesbian visibility through the comeback of Labris’ printed magazine. The activities will last for seven months, devoted mainly tothe LGBTI+ community, and they will be conducted in Belgrade, as well as online, on social media and Labris’ web page. The activities are being conducted with the aim of offering the possibility of stronger alliances, as well as honoring the contributions of women who have marked the LGBTI+ activism in Serbia.
7. Non-formal network of activists 8th March, Belgrade
- RSD: 447.200
- Activities’ titles: Always on the front lines! – marking the 8th March
„Always on the front lines“ is marking 8th March in accordance with feminist politics and tradition. The organizers wish to remind this society that women – activists, feminists, workers – are always on the front lines of struggle for a fair class society, struggle for peace, social justice, gender equality and better living conditions, for women as well for all the others in our society, especially those oppressed and vulnerable.
8. The Association of Fine Artists of Serbia, Belgrade
- RSD: 450.000
- Activities’ title: SHARED VISIONS – towards economic empowerment of young women visual artists
Intending to create new options for women artists in Serbia, especially in smaller cultural environments of Serbia, which due to poor economic circumstances conditioned by the recession escalations, rare opportunities for getting a job in the field, bad social position conditioning their social status, and the lack of public policies that would support their status through special investments, The Association, with several partner organizations, is starting transformative activities that will culminate through founding the first cooperative in the field of visual arts in Serbia. The activities with local and regional women artists, with the participation of international experts, will be held in Pirot, Bor, Požega and Novi Pazar.
9. Women in Black/ŠKART, Belgrade
- RSD: 450.000
- Activities’ title: Building Human Relationships Through Art
The suppported activities imply translation and printing the book Building Human Relationships through Art, which depicts the work of artistic/activisrt collective Škart. The book aims at art collectives, activists, academic community. The goal is to introduce the interested audiences with the work and socio-politically engaged art by Škart. The book is written by Seda Yidiz – a German currator and author from Hamburg. This book represents Škart’s work from 1990 until today. The book is divided into three chapters. The first chapter is about the 1990s, the second refers to timeframe from 2000 until 2010, and the third refers to period from 2010 until today. The book has three appendixes – reviews of Škart’s art, authored by Branislav Dimitrijević, Zdenka Badovinac and Milica Pekić.
10. Women’s Association Nika, Bor
- RSD: 450.000
- Activities title: System’s victims
The association’s idea is to collect a database about people with disabilities who are of the radar for the institutional systems. Such people, and their families, experience hardships in obtaining information about their rights. The group plans visiting the territory of Bor city, as well as surrounding villages, to inform the targeted communities about their rights, and to forward their information to the Centre for Social work, and to inform the local governance body about their needs.
11. Women’s Association Expansion, Brodarevo
- RSD: 447.009
- Activities’ title: Empowering women from rural organizations towards a more humane society of Prijepolje
The activities are devoted to women from rural association in Prijepolje municipality: Expansion from Brodarevo, Kamenogorke from Kamena Gora and Joy of Polimlje from Ivanja, as well as women in decision-making positions. The aims include burnout prevention, raising capacities for seeking support, conflict resolution, time management and self-care – raising awareness and developing skills, as well as connecting to the women in the community. Women’s organizing offers an opportunity to get out of the house, connect with women of diverse ethnicities, connect to other organizations and women in the community, contributing to a climate of continuous collaboration and joint action planning.
12. Green Age, Gornji Milanovac
- RSD: 401.000
- Activities’ title: Permaculture, our adventure
„Permaculture, out adventure“ are activities with the goal of integrating permaculture principles and ethics in rural schools in Serbia. The organization aims to use a participatory approach to promote the subjects of sustainable development, question gender stereotypes, entice activism and develop critical thinking among students, respecting their diversities. The activities aim towards creating an inclusive environment, where students will obtain practical knowledge regarding maintaining and regenerating the environment, relying upon principles and laws of nature. The association also wishes to contribute to the transformation of education towards a more sustainable and fairer society.
13. ACC Heroj Maričić, Kraljevo
- RSD: 450.00
- Activities’ title: Kitchens, wars – film post-production
In early 2023, with the support of RWF, a small women’s collective from Kraljevo made a short documentary „Kitchens, wars“. In the movie, the two of us, the director and screenwriter, focused on the „invisible women“ from an isolated and extremely poor Roma community in Kraljevo, who moved in after the war in Kosovo, who are under the long-term influence of migration, while we also focused on the feminist struggle for them. Our intention was to, through presenting the position of women, members of minority groups, class differences, racism, language barrier, underage marriages, domestic violence, gender identities, make these subjects universal and sensitize the wider social community to the problems of those who have, due to historical and social circumstances, ended up in an unequal position.
The film was warmly received by our activist comrades when it was screened within feminist festivals in Serbia, but what the movie lacks is the support for post-production, titles and distribution through film festivals and screenings, which is what RWF is supporting through this round.
14. Sandglass NGO, Kruševac
- RSD: 428.500
- Activities’ title: Sandglass
The activities are devoted to women in Kruševac, who are exposed to cross-discrimination, such as Roma women, women with disabilities and women in rural areas, which the group recognizes as women with less resources to oppose to the gender-based violence. The activities are aimed at raising their awareness of how to recognize the violence and address women’s specialized services. At the same time, by organizing public events, the organization keeps on holding the attention of the entire community regarding the problem of gender-based violence.
15. Center for Girls, Niš
- RSD: 446.856
- Activities’ title: Stop killing women – for a better legislative regulation of femicide
„Stop killing women – for a better legislative regulation of femicide“ is a set of activities with the goal of contributing to Serbia recognizing femicide as a special criminal act, which will be officially tracked through statistics. Through street performances, public panels, questionaire, and campaign about femicide, the Centre for Girls will work towards raising the awareness about femicide in five cities in southern Serbia and encouraging citizens to get involved in advocacy for changes.
16. Women’s Space, Niš
- RSD: 406.000
- Naziv aktivnosti: Healthcare positon of Roma women in Serbia – openly about obstetric violence against Roma women
Through raising the awareness about the existence of discrimination against Roma women within the healthcare system, the activists wish to contribute the ongoing women’s movement struggle against obstetric violence against women and for better condition in maternity wards, as well as to highlight the existing institutional racism. The final result of this research undertake is a published report on the experiences of pregnant women and women who gave birth recently, who are Roma, from 10 cities in Serbia, about their treatment within the healthcare system throughout pregnancy, giving birth and early post-natal period. This report will complement the database of knowledge about the problems citizens of Serbia are facing on a daily basis.
17. Academic initiative Forum 10, Novi Pazar
- RSD: 438.000
- Activities’ title: 6th regional encounter „What can be done“
In 2020, Women in Black (Belgrade), Centre for women’s and peace education Anima (Kotor, Montenegro) and Academic initiative Forum 10 (Novi Pazar) have started a regional encounter of activists, academic community members, journalists, independent intellectuals, politicians from Montenegro and Serbia, with the goal of mutual informing, exchanging optinions, and critical reflection on poltical and social situation in both countries. The need of starting such an event is rooted in the general political circumstances following the regime change in Montenegro (through the elections in 2020), strengthening the role of Serbian Orthodox Church – the growing clericalization and militarization of society, increased meddling of Serbian regime into the inner issues of Montenegro. Worries regarding failed expectations from alleged or real changes, and fear from the named tendencies has existed and still exists among a part of the free-thinking citizens. These activities contribute to creating a space in which active citizens are informed, starting a political dialogue and strengthening the processes of critical looks at the political and social matrixes shaping societies in Serbia and Montenegro.
18. …Out of the Circle – Vojvodina, Novi Sad
- RSD: 450.000
- Activities’ title: The present of disabilities
„The present of disabilities“ includes conducting a non-formal educational program of disability studies for introducing the participants with contemporary theories of disability and experiences of living with disabilities, and finally, their inclusion into activism for advancing the position of people with disabilities. The program holds 8 modules throughout 3 months. It will be held in person in Novi Sad, and through long-distance learning for 5 participants. It is devoted to current and future experts, acitivists, people living with disabilities… The participation in the educational program, the literature and materials are free for all the participants.
19. The MANA collective, Novi Sad
- RSD: 240.000
- Activities’ title: The proud parents – a documentary about parents of LGBT+ persons from the Balkans
„The Proud Parents“ (working title) is a documentary about parents of LGBT+ persons from the Balkans, envisioned to spread the support and understanding among the older generations in the Balkans who may perceive queerness as something „foreign“ and „Western“. The movie includes interviews with LGBT+ people, their parents, as well as experts, all with the goal of approximating and easing the acceptance of LGBT+ persons by their parents.
20. Queer Pančevo, Pančevo
- RSD: 450.000
- Activities’ title: Queer Pančevo
The aim of the activities is to, through seven events, start gathering LGBTQI+ community in Pančevo, and thuss establish a continuous creation of a safe space, resources and contacts for queer people in the local community. Through events focused on arts, sharing experiences, establishing trust, empowering oneself and their body, we plan on opening an inclusive space, inviting and supportive mainly for young queer people who are exploring their gender and sexual identities and rights, and who can meet trustworthy people with whom they will build the community.
21. Association for help to mentally underdeveloped people, municipality Priboj
- RSD: 446.500
- Activities’ title: Same needs, different possibilities
The supported activities imply renovating the space in order to make it safe for all the visitors. The goals is to make it safe primarily for the users of the association, who have been using this space for many years, until it became dangerous. This is the only space in the municipality in the nature, and is accessible to our users as well as to people with disabilities. By renovating the space, we will enable our users to get back to spending time in natural environment, and show the community the importance of their voice and their contributions in improving the community.
22. Women’s association Teuta-tim, Trstenik
- RSD: 388.000
- Activities’ title: Stronger together
Our activities are following the mission to, through educating and empowering women in rural areas, support women to excercise their rights and have a dignified, violence-free life. We wish to break the silence on this hidden „epidemic“, because in a patriarchal environment such as Trstenik, violence against women, as well as domestic violence, remains a tabboo. We also wish to enable wimen with a safe space, where we can talk with them about all the subjects they are interested in. The activities are designed for the women in rural areas in Trstenik municipality and will be conducted in 4 local communities of this municipality. It will encompass workshops with the following aims: informing women about domestic violence and all the other forms of gender-based violence (workplace violence, sexual violence, war violence, peer violence), types of violence, how to recognize violence, and how to support violence survivors.
23. Women of Polimlje, Velika Župa, Prijepolje
- RSD: 422.000
- Activities’ title: Together against nationalism
Nationalism has knocked on our door, too. The struggle against the growing nationalism of youth in our border multi-ethnical environment is focused on family – parents, with a special focus on mixed marriages. Our goal is to document the problems instead of pushing them under the carpet, and to talk about them publicly. We are inviting all the relevant actors in our local governance to get involved into resolving this problem that could escalate in something much more serious. The supported activities are a reaction to recent cases of nationalist violence among students.
24. NGO Board of Human rights (SOS Corner for girls), Vranje
- RSD: 450.000
- Activities’ title:You are not alone!
The focus of the supported activities is a feminist approach to working with girls aged 12 to 18, the team of peer educators of SOS Corner for girls Vranje. The activities are based on preventing girls’ discrimination, gender-based violence against girls, creative informing and educating girls at the beginning of life cognitions of life traps of domestic violence or violence in partnerships. Within these activities, we will organize 8 peer workshops with girls in elementary schools and high schools in Vranje. The activity is conducted by the team of peer educators of the SOS Corner for girls, experienced in this field. Our goals is to timely inform and educate girls to recognize each type of discrimination, gender-based violence, to shut the door to violence in their lives and avoid living in the spiral of gender-based violence, lived by many women and girls.
25. Collective action A roof above head, Belgrade
- RSD: 448.000
- Activities’ title: Speak loudly and bring a lawyer with you
Collective action A roof above head expands its field of struggle against unfair evictions. Public enterprises and rich creditors are breaking the minimal socially responsible legislations to earn on the poor and discriminated. But they don’t expect that these people will have the support of activists and lawyer. We continue to provide legal support to those who cannot afford it on their own so they could be free of unfairly blown-up or non-existent debts.
