MOST WOMEN IN CYPRUS DON'T KNOW WHAT RIGHTS THEY HAVE! OWAAT: One Women At A Time
OWAAT means Cyprus has “Zero Tolerance” of Abuse Against Women.
OWAAT goals are aimed at empowering all abused women to prevent their
violence by protecting their life and privacy. OWAAT objectives guide
women how to place the law in their hands, become self-represented
litigants, and obtain access to court for no contact civil protections
against their abuser.
OWAAT encourages Cyprus courts to support OWAAT goals and objectives by
adopting web-based “Self-help Forms” and instructions for
self-represented litigants to print off, fill-in-the-blanks, e-sign and
e-file in any Cyprus court with proper jurisdiction to grant civil
equitable remedies, and as justice so requires.
OWAAT provides court web-links as model, modern court web-based
management systems. Many EU Member-state courts and all U.S. courts
websites share Self-Help forms and related links to court provided civil
protection complaint and instructions to assist self-represented
litigants.
OWAAT operated Complaint Clinics at the local level. Village of
Kokkinotrimithia and Sisters of St. Joseph’s Convent, Old City, Nicosia,
opened OWAAT Complaint Centers in October 2014. Community volunteers
pool resources for their local OWAAT Complaint Center. Business
leaders and professionals offer valuable time, expertise and specialized
skills. Municipalities and nonprofits donate facilities and computer
technology. Growing networks of OWAAT volunteers sustain Complaint
Centers for abused women in their communities to learn how to assert
their fundamental human rights in court, in their own voice.
OWAAT IS A Sustainable Community-Court Collaboration
"Every woman in Cyprus can free herself from abuse because their
supportive local communities and courts have "Zero Tolerance" of
Abuse."" - Patricia M. Martin, Esq., U.S. Fulbright Scholar – Cyprus, One Woman At A Time (OWAAT)
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