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02/05/2015

One Woman At A Time (OWAAT) - Cyprus Launches Website For Abused Women To Learn Human Rights And Self-help Access To Court For Emergency Protection No Contact Orders To End Abuse

 

One Woman At A Time (OWAAT) - Cyprus

Visit the new One Woman At A Time (OWAAT) website at www.owaat-cy.com to learn how this U.S. Fulbright Scholarship program in the Republic of Cyprus implements its aim at empowering abused women to know what human rights they have and be guided how to self-help as self-represented litigants who can place the law in their hands to obtain emergency no contact protections to prevent domestic partner, intimate partner or family member abuse. 

 

OWAAT - Cyprus women learn how to file a civil claim for emergency protections at court and prepare to testify in court to assert why a protection order is necessary to no longer be linked to persons who make unwanted contact with them, at home or work, at rest in private or public places, online, via text or email, in violation of their fundamental human rights of enjoyment of life, privacy, equality in marriage, and freedom of association, and other human rights and freedoms. 

 

OWAAT - Cyprus women can access online via the OWAAT website simplified human rights information and fill-in-the-blank forms available in downloadable pdf format, including instructions and other court provided forms for them to complete by hand. 

 

OWAAT - Cyprus women attend workshops to discuss their specific issues and to be guided how to file a self-represented civil claim seeking court access and emergency protections from violations of human rights and to prevent abuse. 

 

Protection orders issued in the Republic of Cyprus after January 11, 2015, are recognized and enforced by all European Union Member-state courts. 

 

OWAAT means Cyprus has Zero Tolerance For Abuse Against Women, but provides a blueprint for any community in the world seeking to pool resources, conduct community-court collaboration networks and initiate volunteer outreach programs aimed at empowering abused women to self-help to gain access to court and seek protections to prevent their abuse. 

 

OWAAT is funded by a U.S. Fulbright Grant through May 2015 and implemented by Patricia M. Martin, Esq., U.S. Fulbright Legal Research Scholar, One Woman At A Time Project.

 

Take Time To Listen to "What is One Woman At A Time, OWAAT",  interview by Christina Demetriades, MyCy Radio, Cyprus at http://listenagain.mycyradio.eu/index.php?id=3142 

 

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