Having commenced in January 2016, Project FIRST: Capacity Building for First Points of Contact for Victims of Domestic and Gender-based Violence was a two-year initiative, implemented simultaneously in four countries and has sadly come to [...]

In the first week of December 2017, the AIRE Centre took part in the EU NGO Anti Trafficking Platform meeting, which took place in Brussels, organised by the EU Anti Trafficking Coordinator’s Office, Dr. Myria [...]

On December 6 2017, Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler officially opened Janie’s House, a shelter for abused girls in Atlanta. His charity Janie’s Fund, which is named after Aerosmith’s hit song, “Janie’s Got a Gun,” opened the house in partnership [...]

The AIRE Centre participated in Hibiscus Initiatives’ internal staff training on domestic and gender-based violence as part of the UK FIRST Network. Hibiscus Initiatives is an organisation that works in the voluntary sector with 1,000 [...]

As part of Project FIRST- The AIRE Centre has published a blog on “The Justice Gap” on the difficulties faced by EEA nationals who have been victims of domestic violence at the hands of their [...]

Legal Project Manager, Markella Papadouli and Legal Project Assistant, Ralitsa Peykova attended the 3-day conference on “Domestic and gender based violence: Taking steps for violence free lives”, that took place in Zagreb between 29 November [...]

We are only one day away from the beginning of the final international conference "Domestic and gender based violence: Taking steps for violence free lives”, that will take place in Zagreb between 29 November and [...]

Domestic violence is a serious social problem of epidemic proportions. It affects women in majority, but also men, old and young, heterosexual couples and homosexual couples alike. According to the FRA-European Union Agency for Fundamental [...]

On the 15th of November, The AIRE Centre was invited to participate in Queen Mary’s Meet & Greet session to talk about the work of the organisation. Our legal project assistant, Adriana Tidona, spoke about the [...]

By Saadiya Chaudary, a Solicitor and Legal Project Manager at the AIRE Centre   It has been 69 years since the Universal Declaration on Human Rights was proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly in [...]

One of the main aims of project FIRST is to empower victims of domestic and gender-based violence to speak up and step out of the shadows. To that end, we are hoping that this video (created [...]

In the scope of FIRST project project partners have designed also a promotional brochure. The AIRE Centre, partner from United Kingdom has produced two brochures, a more detailed version with comprehensive information about different forms [...]

The AIRE Centre compiles a list of indicators for potential domestic and gender based violence in the framework of the FIRST EU project. According to the United Nations Statistics Division, “at least 119 countries have [...]

By Ralitsa Peykova “…Unfortunately the only option at present seems to be for you to start looking for work…” This one sentence sums up a lengthy legal advice given to Maria* last month, a [...]

The AIRE Centre has recently held three well-attended training days and a day of consolidating all the information through completing an e-learning programme, as part of the UK FIRST Network. The training days were organised [...]

Within the framework of the “First Project- Capacity Building for First Points of Contact for Victims of Domestic and Gender-based Violence”the project partners designed and produced a Handbook "Psychosocial support to victims of domestic and [...]

Project partners have worked hard in the past few months to establish the FIRST national networks of first points of contact in their countries. We are happy to be able to form four national networks [...]

In the period from May to November 2016, the FIRST project was presented in Slovenia to more than 80 participants coming from schools, public administration institutions, as well as private companies from both foreign [...]

Project partners are actively developing the FIRST e-toolbox that will be available in the beginning of 2017. The pilot toolbox is now in the process of testing and review.

The e-learning program concept of the FIRST project is in place. The FIRST e-learning program will be divided in two key modules: Module for the training and education of professionals working at first points of [...]

In Croatia, Bulgaria, United Kingdom and Slovenia there are a range of services available to victims of domestic and gender based violence. Most of the existing services are provided by different governmental institutions and non-governmental [...]

One of the project activities was to perform the field analysis in each partnership country in order to determine the level of awareness of the general public regarding the issues of domestic and gender-based violence, [...]

Project partners have examined the country-specific legal framework, policies, and procedures in the field of domestic and gender-based violence in their respective countries, namely Bulgaria, Croatia, Slovenia, and the United Kingdom. The result of the [...]

FIRST project aims to increase the level of awareness of the general public regarding domestic and gender-based violence. Raising awareness goes hand in hand with providing relevant, accurate, and comprehensive information. For this reason, project [...]