Disabilities

The Department for Women’s, Cultural, Children’s and Social Affairs is responsible for these areas, and the main objectives of this Department’s activities are:

– It will improve the position of women in Macedonian society and their status in public, cultural, business and political life;

– Will implement projects on domestic violence;

– It will implement activities for taking care of women from various ethnic backgrounds;

– It will improve the status of children in society, their rights according to the Convention on the Rights of the Child and their status in the family:

– Special activities will be implemented for the improvement and democratization of the educational system as well as the cultural and entertainment projects intended for children;

– It will carry out activities for the promotion of contemporary trends in art, film, literature and theater.

The Center for European Citizen Initiative is a member of the National Assembly of Organizations for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. It has members who are persons with disabilities and is an organization that is actively involved in the creation of policies for the rights of persons with disabilities and in the preparation of the National Strategy for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.

In this area, the Center for European Citizen Initiative has published several publications and implemented several research projects.