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Combating Honour-Related Violence and Forced Marriages: Flying Team Against Violence

The social development organization MOVISIE International (Netherlands), in partnership with the Mediterranean Institute of Gender Studies, is coordinating a project entitled Combating Honour- Related Violence and Forced Marriages Flying Team against Violence, funded by the European Commission Daphne III Programme.

The project’s main aim is to enhance knowledge, and to develop and implement good practices on a grass roots level in relation to the prevention and combating honour-related violence (HRV), forced marriages (FM) and abandonment. 

The project also aims to create a European network of organizations working on these issues.
The project partners are:
1. Stichting Kezban - Netherlands
2. Stichting Helpdesk - Netherlands
3. ALMAeuropa - Sweden
4. Türkish-Deutscher Frauenverein e.V/PAPATYA - Germany
5. Mediterranean Institute of Gender Studies (MIGS) - Cyprus

We are happy to announce that the project kick-off meeting will take place in Utrecht, Netherlands on 28-29 March 2011. 

For a full description of the project’s objectives and activities please visit MIGS website here.

For more information please contact Christina Kaili at christina@medinstgenderstudies.org .

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The Mediterranean Institute of Gender Studies is a non-profit NGO affiliated to the University of Nicosia.