Association SOS Help Line and Commission for Petitions, Human Rights and Equal Opportunities of the National Assembly,

in cooperation with Association Amnesty International Slovenia, Society KLJUČ – Centre for Fight against THB, Association against Violent Communication and 
Association Women’s Counseling Service, are

INVITING YOU TO THE

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
IN RELATION TO DEVELOPMENT AWARENESS.

Violence against women or gender based violence exists in every country in the world as a pervasive violation of human rights, a major impediment to the achievement of gender equality and goals of development and peace. Women are exposed to different forms of violence: domestic violence, trafficking with women, sexual exploitation and other violations of sexual and reproductive rights, violence in armed conflicts, violence in the form of different traditional and cultural practices, etc. Gender based violence was systematically used as a deliberate weapon of war in numerous recent conflicts (Kosovo, Bosnia, Congo, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, etc.). Systematic rapes, sexual slavery and forced pregnancy of Muslim women in Bosnian conflict are still firmly grounded in our consciousness.  

At the conference we will highlight different issues in the field of violence against women, typical for Slovenian as well as other societies around the world: domestic violence, violence against women in connection with migration and trafficking with women, and the position of victims on the labor market. 

The conference will take place on March 7th 2008 in the National Assembly of the Republic of Slovenia, Šubičeva ulica 4, Ljubljana. It will start at 9 AM and finish at 4 PM.

If you wish to attend the conference, we kindly ask you to fill in the enclosed registration form and return it to the address drustvo-sos@drustvo-sos.si, or Association SOS Help Line, P. O. Box. 2726, 1001 Ljubljana, no later than February 20th 2008!

We are looking forward to meeting you!

Mag. Majda Potrata							Maja Plaz 		
President of the Commission for				President of the Association 
Petitions, Human Rights 				SOS Help Line
and Equal Opportunities of the National Assembly

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE:
VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN 
IN RELATION TO DEVELOPMENT AWARENESS

National Assembly of the Republic of Slovenia
Ljubljana, March 7th 2008

REGISTRATION FORM

Please return this form to the address drustvo-sos@drustvo-sos.si 
or to the address Association SOS Help Line, P. O. Box 2726, 1001 Ljubljana,

NO LATER THAN February 20th 2008.

First name:		
Last name:		
Working position:		
Organization:		
Address of the organization:		
E-mail:		
Telephone / Fax:		

Mark the panel discussion you want to participate in during the afternoon part of the conference: 
□ Domestic violence
□ Violence against women and migration
□ Trafficking with women and the position of victims on the labor market

Do you have special requests for the access to the conference rooms (any form of disability)? If yes, please specify below.
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Please, choose your lunch option: 
□ Vegetarian lunch
□ Lunch with meat