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14 April 2015 Participants of the meeting
Tuesday, 14 April 2015
Women’s Parliamentary Network Organises Meeting on Single Parenting in Serbia
Today, at the National Assembly House, the members of the Women’s Parliamentary Network held a topical meeting on single parenting in Serbia.
WPN coordinator, MP Gordana Comic thanked the participants of the gathering, hoping that the discussion and conclusions would contribute to the adoption of mechanisms which could change and improve the status of single parents in Serbia. She added that she was happy that the National Assembly was taking active part in the process, which is one of its crucial roles.
The keynote addresses focused on the activities of the executive as regards the amendment of laws that should recognise single parenting and the problems single parents come up against when attempting to exercise their rights. The participants also presented statistical data on single parenting and payment of child support, as well as proposals to amend the law as regards improving the child support system, with a special focus on the establishment of a child support fund.
In the ensuing discussion, single parents shared the specific problems they come up against, which are more than child support and exercising the right to financial support and focus on recognition by the law and institutions of the system. They also drew attention to the difficult position and discrimination against single parents, especially in small communities, and agreed that the definition of single parent needs to be expanded to include all those who truly are parents.
The WPN members said that they would give their full support to the adoption of the amendments and modifications to the existing laws so that the submitted amendments might help open dialogue with the relevant ministries and improve the position of single parents in Serbia.
Today’s topical meeting was co-organised by the WPN and the Belgrade Fund for Political Excellence, with the support of SIPRU and the Finnish Embassy in Serbia.
Activities
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9.00 - sitting of the of the Committee on Finance, State Budget and Control of Public Spending (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 2)
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9.00 - sitting of the of the Committee on Education, Science, Technological Development and the Information Society (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 2)
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11.00 - sitting of the Health and Family Committee (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 3)
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12.00 - sitting of the Culture and Information Committee (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 4)
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13.00 - sitting of the Committee on the Economy, Regional Development, Trade, Tourism and Energy (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 3)
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13.00 - sitting of the Defence and Internal Affairs Committee (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, Small Hall)
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14.00 - the National Assembly Speaker meets with a delegation of the Italian Parliament’s Committee on EU Policies (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square)
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14.00 - sitting of the Environmental Protection Committee (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 3)
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14.00 - sitting of the Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management Committee (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 4)
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15.00 - the PFG with Italy, the Holy See and the Sovereign Order of Malta meets with the delegation of the Italian Parliament’s Committee on EU Policies (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 2)
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16.00 - the European Integration Committee Chairperson meets with a delegation of the Italian Parliament’s Committee on EU Policies (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 2)
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16.00 - institute of parliamentary questions on the last Thursday of the month (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square)