B.a.B.e.

B.a.B.e.

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Formation	1994
Type	Non-Profit
Legal status	NGO
Headquarters	Zagreb
Region served	Croatia
Official language	Croatian language
Website	www.babe.hr

B.a.B.e. is non-governmental organization based in Zagreb, Croatia that promote and protect women's rights.

Activities

Some of B.a.B.e. activities include demanding accountability of public officials for not punishing violence and crimes,^[1] advocating a stronger role for women in politics,^[2] researching discrimination in the employment of women who are members of the Serbian national minority,^[3] defending rights of sexual minorities,^[4] and recognition of rape as a war crime.^[5]

In 2010, a UNESCO document called B.a.b.e. perhaps the most active group in Croatia carrying out analyses of female representation in the media.^[6] It also helped create the South Eastern Europe Legal Initiative (SEELINE) which involves 10 countries from the region.^[7] The UN Fund to End Violence against Women selected B.a.B.e. project as one of 22 (out of 2573 NGO applications) accepted in 2011.^[8]

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