Representatives … IZ KRUGA – VOJVODINA, Svjetlana Timotic and Ivana Zelic, participated in a protest against violence against women called STOP KILLING WOMEN, held in Belgrade on July 17, 2017 at 10:00 am in front of the Ministry of Labor, Employment, Veterans’ and Social Affairs and the Ministry of Justice.
The Women Against Violence Network and the Autonomous Women’s Center called on citizens to protest, and employees, heads of institutions and those in charge within the ministries. The protest was read a proclamation that asks “responsibility layoffs and dismissals of all those who, due to incorrect risk assessment, allow a woman to be killed in front of three children at the Center for Social Work in New Belgrade, and that women and children are killed in front of the Center for social work in Rakovica, and three employees of the Center are injured.
In the protest was read a proclamation who asks „responsibility, dismissal of all who, due to a wrong risk assessment, allowed a woman to be killed in front of three children at the Social Work Center in New Belgrade and a woman and child be killed in front of the Social Work Center in Rakovica, and three of the Center’s employees were injured“.
In both cases of femicide, violence was previously reported to institutions, abusers convicted of violence against a woman and a child and abusive behavior, both women were in proceedings for the entrusting minor children, but this information is not considered as a high risk to the life of women and children when making decisions on the regulation model sightings of children, nor have taken precautions to ensure the safety of women and children.
Identifying omission and assuming the responsibilities of executives for the failures made is crucial to the system – if the system wants to change. If he doesn’t want to change, we’ll have to change him. “At the protest, those present wore banners: “None women less – no more dead!”, “Let’s react until it’s too late”, “Stop femicide!”, “Stop killing women!”, “The state does not trust women! “Punish the irresponsible behavior of the institutions! “
