Awareness campaign "Stop Domestic violence against women"

Following activities were carried out:

• A domestic violence poster was distributed with the help of the Council of Europe Slovenia Information Office;

• The priority theme of the Office for Equal Opportunities for the 2007 public tender for co-financing non-governmental organizations (NGO) projects was 'violence against women';

• In May 2007, the Office for Equal Opportunities organized a round table where representatives of NGOs, police, Social Work Centres, Ministry for Family, Labour and Social Affairs, and Education discussed the coordinated approach and the legislation gaps;

• The Office for Equal Opportunities also co-financed a special supplement to a daily newspaper on violence against women entitled "Violence! What can I do?" that was also distributed to police, schools, Social Work Centres, and other professionals;

• prepared several press releases on domestic violence against women.

• distributed a leaflet entitled "Stop violence against women" with the help of the Nurses and Midwives Association of Slovenia (also published in the Association's monthly magazine called Utrip);

• T-shirts "Stop violence against women" were distributed to parliamentarians, ministers, police, NGOs, and the general public;