WOMEN'S PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT

Coordinator: Erika Papp

Femina Creativa took part in the September 2000 election campaign in Serbia "Get out and Vote". The main aim of the campaign was to mobilize women as the greatest group of abstinence. The organization activists accomplished a successful door-to-door campaign, not only in Subotica, but also in Kanjiža, Novi Kneževac, Horgoš and Bačka Topola and interviewed about 1300 women on elections. Forty activists distributed about 1000 posters in Serbian and in Hungarian, about 5000 stickers, flyers and other campaign material in round tables, concerts, meetings, and in the streets.

When in early October demonstrations began, Femina Creativa initiated the printing and distribution of flyers on human and children's rights and other useful information on citizens' disobedience.

During the December elections Femina Creativa activist Erika Papp coordinated the women's campaign in 6 towns in the region: Horgoš, Kanjiža, Senta, Bečej, Bačka Topola and Novi Kneževac. Some 3000 women were mobilized during the campaign, which was really a part of the countrywide pre-election woman's campaign conducted by the Group for Promoting Women's Rights, Belgrade.

• REALIZED ACTIVITIES