In the days when Latvia celebrates its centenary anniversary our friends abroad often ask us what they should wish for, what does Latvia need for its next 100 years? Here in Latvia and MARTA Centre, we ask ourselves- what can we each do for Latvia to make the next century more dignified for people and more successful and united for the...
2018. gada 15. novembris Read more MARTA Centre in collaboration with the Embassy of Sweden in Latvia, the Swedish Institute, the Nordic Council of Ministers and the Government Offices of Sweden invite you to an international conference “RESPECTABLE LIFE – CHOICES in NORDIC AND BALTIC COUNTRIES. Effective policies against sexual...
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2018. gada 8. februāris Read more 16 DAYS AGAINST GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE From 25th of November to 10th of December 2017 As every year, starting on 25th of November 2017 – the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, the UN 16-day long Activism Against Gender-based Violence has also been launched. The 16-day marathon...
2017. gada 3. decembris Read more This Spring and Summer season has been exceptionally busy for the service team at MARTA Centre, as every week they provided professional assistance for roughly 40 women and their children.Read more …
2017. gada 21. septembris Read more TURN YOUR FACE TOWARD THE SUN, AND THE SHADOWS WILL FALL BEHIND YOU/ProverbRiga, August 2017Initially the idea of organising MARTA’s summer holiday camp was considered too risky by both – MARTA’s experts and future participants due to possible professional and emotional risks and limited funding available. However, now...
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Violence against women has no specific age. Most often elderly women do not talk about violence that they have experienced; statistics show that globally in 80 % of cases women do not report to anyone about the experience.MARTA’s discussions with Latvian medical workers - doctors, general practitioners, doctors from emergency...
2017. gada 14. jūlijs Read more MARTA has sent letters to Latvian Parliament members to ask them to support an amendment in the Latvian Criminal Law. This amendment would allow to prosecute perpetrators of domestic violence even without the victim’s complaint and to impose harsher penalties.Here you can see the translated text of the letters that have been sent...
2017. gada 14. aprīlis Read more Centre MARTA has received an invitation to support our Irish colleagues in their request for their Parliament to pass the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill today, on the 14th of February. It recognises prostitution and wider sexual abuse as both a cause and consequence of inequality between women and men, and shifts the power balance in...
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On the 21st of January women across the globe organized themselves in a March in solidarity with the American women’s rights activists. On this day a march was organized also in Riga. The aim was to condemn the intolerance expressed by the new President of the United States, Donald Trump, as well as to demonstrate the unity and...
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