CENTRUL FILIA
FILIA Center is a feminist NGO which makes women’s voices be heard through community work and advocacy, activism and research. We want a society in which women’s rights and needs are respected. Our main priorities are women’s safety and reproductive health and rights. FILIA was founded in 2000 and developed in the last 20 years as one of the most active feminist NGOs in Romania. FILIA has 14 permanent paid staff members, 6 collaborators, over 20 volunteers and over 20 members. We believe in an intersectional approach that will include the diverse needs and interests of women, in order to promote gender equality in all public and private spheres. We work for gender equality and equality of opportunities, focusing on gender-based violence, as well as work-life balance, discrimination at the workplace and access to health services. Working a lot with volunteers, through non-formal education and raising awareness, FILIA developed active groups of young women and men that promote gender equality and non-discrimination and who are engaged in defending women’s rights. FILIA is member of the informal Network for preventing and combating violence against women involved in advocacy for better policies and in the last seven years was involved in working groups with representatives from relevant ministries, embassies and other stakeholders for improvement of legislation and its implementation.
