Partners - Center for Equality Advancement
The mission of the CEA is to raise public awareness and by pre-empting discrimination against gender, ethnicity, disability and sexual orientation, protect human rights and promote democratic values in the society.
Objectives: CEA aims to promote democratic values and mainstream equality and diversity in society.
Main Projects / Activities:
CEA works in the field of gender mainstreaming, monitoring of policies on gender based violence, women’s leadership, access to gender justice, tolerance building and quality of equality policies.
- The center permanently conducts training seminars on gender equality policies, women’s leadership and empowerment for Lithuanian and international target groups. RCurrently CEA experts have conducted cycle of seminars for Lithuanian public policy actors which provided enhanced knowledge on gender mainstreaming and transformative understanding of gender equality policies.
- CEA has rich experience in organizing study tours for diverse international groups.
- Currently CEA is enrolled in the project to build the in-depth understanding and practical application of competences in implementation of reconciliation of family and work life. By conducting the seminars and trainings for employers and municipal administration the aim is to develop family friendly culture in working environment and the model of services and consultations needed for the families to reconcile family obligations and employment needs.
- In the field of violence against women CEA implements the project to build self-confidence and empower victims of domestic violence through the collective activities to overcome traumatic experience.
- CEA organizes public campaigns, petitions and other advocacy work to promote women’s rights, non-discrimination and democratic values.