14 NGOs from CEE at the European Social Forum in Paris

The French network of feminists, Les Penelopes, has invited 14 social organisations from 12 CEE countries to participate in the European Social Forum.

With the financial support of Enawa, IIAV (The Netherlands), the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Global Fund for women, the Conseil général 93 and Comité d’initiatives français and the great CRID contest.

The organisations are mainly women’s rights protecting organisations among which are:

 Ajli Bajramovic, Medica Zenica – Bosnia and Hertsegovina
 Christina Haralanova, Internet Rights Bulgaria Foundation
 Jivka Marinova, Bulgarian Gender Research Foundation
 Sretenka Limov, DESA – Croatia
 Janette Groffors, International network for roma women, Hungary
 Dace Beinare, Crisis Centre "Skalbes", Lithuania
 Natalia Sineaeva, International Helsinki Citizen’s Assembly, Moldova
 Arzu Abdullayeva, International Helsinki Citizen’s Assembly, Azer
 Agnieszka Grzybekbaijan, OSKA - National Information centre of women, Poland
 Mirjana Dokmanovic, Centre for women for democracy and human rights, Serbia and Montenegro
 Olga Gajicova, Aperio, Czech Republic
 Kata Farkasova, Alliance for Women, Slovakia

The partners from other places were following:

 Meriem Belaala, (SOS-Femmes), Algeria
 Katarina Fero, WIDE, Austria
 Barbara Washman, ATTAC, Austria
 Judy, Marcela, Adam and Ève, (Alternatives), Quebec, Canada
 Lin McDevitt-Pugh and Mina Saadadi, IIAV / Enawa, the Netherlands.
 Martha Mac Devith-Pugh, EMcDevitt Communications, the Netherlands.