CROATIAN WOMEN’S FUND

Through the previous #spasime Fund now part of the Croatian Woman’s Fund, in the period from 2019, until mid-October 2022, we have helped through the Fund 140 women and 298 children throughout the Republic of Croatia through, an average of one family per week, from small villages to urban areas. Together, we helped victims of domestic and sexual violence between the ages of 9 and 58.

The majority of donations went to rent in case women leave a violent relationship or a safe house (39%), then for living expenses (34.41%), then for legal expenses (21%), women’s and children’s education (2.59%), health expenses and costs of psychotherapy (3%).

The Women’s Fund continues the work of the #spasime Fund in ensuring a safe life for every woman through the program to help victims of domestic and sexual violence.

CRITERIA

A precondition for granting financial assistance from the Women’s Fund is a report of violence to the police or a center for social welfare or a medical report in the case of domestic and sexual violence.

Some of the conditions are that the victim or parent/guardian should contact the Foundation if the child is a victim, that the person does not have other sources of financing or does not meet the requirements for other social benefits of public bodies of the Republic of Croatia, and if adequate help and protection is not available to her/him within the required time through official system.

The Foundation Council approves assistance in financing regular expenses within 15 days of submitting an application for financing with all the necessary documentation, and assistance in financing urgent expenses is approved by the Foundation Council within 24 hours of submitting the request.

Fill out the application form and send to fondzazene@solidarna.hr.

The Women’s Fund program is dedicated to promoting reproductive health and rights, with an emphasis on high-quality information and services. The goals of our work are to improve the quality of comprehensive health and sexual education, to ensure access to health services, and to enable women and young people to independently make their own decisions about reproductive health.

A precondition for granting financial support from the Women’s Fund for insurance reproductive health is:

• specialist report and/or referral from a specialist or other evidence of health status
• a person older than 16 years
• a person under the age of 16 represented by a legal representative (one of the parents) or the guardian assigned to her by the court, except in case of insecurity and/or threat to life and health minors when a person can ask for help independently

Assistance in financing regular expenses is approved by the Foundation Council within 15 days from submitting an application for financing with all the necessary documentation, and assistance in financing emergency expenses are approved by the Foundation Council within 24 hours of submitting the request.

Fill out the application form and send to fondzazene@solidarna.hr.

SOLIDARNA has financially and mentoring supported women entrepreneurs in their growth and development through the so far Brave program. Women’s economic empowerment is the process by which women and girls move from a position of limited power, voice, and choice at home and in the economy to have the skills, resources, and opportunities necessary to access and have equal access to markets. In addition to direct support for women, we are also focused on cooperation with employers in the development of internal processes and models with the aim of ensuring gender equality in the workplace.

Education and prevention represent a separate program area of the Women’s Fund because we believe that long-term changes come from systematic, science-based education of young women, but also of men. We want to make an extra effort and, in cooperation with schools all over the Republic of Croatia, enable the availability of all relevant information so that the next generation can already see positive developments. So far, we have worked with students on the topic of domestic and sexual violence, and human rights, but also with companies where we have educated employees about partner violence or helped them develop internal procedures in cases of sexual violence at the workplace.