Contributed by: Vanja Mikulic and Irena Milatovic, Montenegro National VAW Monitors

SOS hotline for women and children victims of violence Podgorica has published a report from the training sessions for the members of multi-disciplinary teams (representatives of Ministry of Interior, Centre for social work, Judiciary, Prosecution, Health and Local administration, and members of SOS hotlines) for the municipalities Podgorica, Berane, Bijelo Polje, Ulcinj and Niksic. Training sessions were conducted during the 2003-2005 period.

The report complied members of the trainers’ team Ms. Biljana Zekovic and Ms. Jelena Radulovic, with the following content:

• SOS hotline for women and children victims of violence Podgorica 
• Introduction 
• Available data on violence in family in Montenegro 
• National Program on Violence Prevention 
• Myths which support violence against women 
• Violence in family against women and children 
• Dynamics of abuse in family 
• Common characteristics of the victim and perpetrator of the domestic violence
• Why do woman suffer violence and stays in the violent situation 
• Perception 
• Emotions and aggressiveness 
• Aggression 
• Violence and health 
• Recognition of the violator’s strategy in avoiding the sanctions 
• Strategy of experts when meeting abused women 
• What to avoid when meeting abused women 
• Recognized current problems and methods for its overcoming in practice in each institution.

The report “Inter-professional cooperation – condition for prevention of violence in family” has been published at the end of 2005, with financial help of FOSI-ROM.

Report is attached (Serbian language, PDF, 50 p.).

Source: SOS hotline for women and children victims of violence Podgorica


 SOS_prirucnik-multidisciplinarni_timovi.pdf