Networks and coalitions:
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We are part of the Coalition for Gender Equality in the EU Accession Process (EQUAPRO); More at the link.
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We are part of a consortium of civil society organizations implementing the project. #ForumForCivilDialogue, led by the NGO Infocenter, and composed of 5 other organizations, which work locally and monitor the programs of mayoral candidates and later their implementation. The consortium is funded by the Olof Palme Center.
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For the past 3 years, we have been part of the coalition to combat gender-based discrimination in the labor market led by Reactor - Research in Action and the Kosovo Women's Network, and consisting of 6 other organizations from the Western Balkans working in the field of advancing women's labor rights and gender equality. We were part of it through their subgranting network. You can find out more about the action here. here.
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We are part of the Committee for Decent Work for Women Workers at the National Platform for Women's Entrepreneurship, the National Platform for Women's Entrepreneurship (NPWEE) and its partners, the Association of Business Women and the Foundation for Management and Industrial Research. We thank you for accepting to be a member of the Committee for Decent Work for Women Workers, which was formed within the framework of the project "Decent Work for Women Workers - Social Participation and Empowerment", and funded by the European Union.
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We are part of the multi-sectoral body: the Local Coordination Body for Protection from Discrimination, which operates at the local level in the Municipality of Shtip, within the framework of the gender equality sector.
Joint/partnership projects:
- Helsinki Committee for Human Rights: a project for trainees and their mapping in the textile sector, funded by the Open Society Foundation – Macedonia, in the period 2016-2017, where we were local partners of the project;
- With the Decent Worker Association: we implemented the project "Improving the working conditions of domestic workers in the local communities of Prilep and Shtip", supported by FOSM, for proactive analysis, education, protection and improvement of the working conditions of workers;
- Local partners of the project funded by the Olof Palme Center and implemented by the NGO Info Center, #ForumZaGrađanskiDialog;
- Part of the Open Society Foundations – Macedonia consortium through the project: „Responding to the socio-economic effects of COVID-19 by supporting vulnerable groups, low-wage workers, workers in the informal economy and occasional employees“. The project is being implemented in the Western Balkans, with support from the Open Society Foundations COVID-19 Rapid Response Joint Fund;
- Joint project/action on occupational diseases: Occupational Diseases of Women Garment Workers in Albania and North Macedonia, implemented in partnership with the Gender Alliance for Development Center (GADC) from Albania;
Collaboration with other organizations/institutions and participation in research and activities, highlighting some of the more important activities:
- Rapid analysis of the measures taken and proposed to address the impact of the Covid-19 epidemic (second edition); Produced by the Center for Research and Policy Making, as first and second edition;
- Youth and Covid, part of the partnership network with as part of the partnership between Y-PEER and Glasen Tekstilec, which is enabled by UNFPA MK, activities were carried out with a main focus on youth in the direction of education and support during the time of Covid-19;
- Prepared analysis on the topic: THE IMPACT OF COVID – 19 ON LOW-PAID AND LABOR INTENSIVE BRANCHES, together with Foundation "Friedrich Ebert" Skopje office;
- Joint action with the Municipality of Shtip and EHO Shtip, on the occasion of 16 days of activism;
- Joint action with the Municipality of Shtip, on the occasion of March 8, 2023;
- Various international study visits organized by the Kvinna till Kvinna Foundation, Olof Palme Center and other regional organizations.
