Lithuania has an HIV/AIDS epidemic concentrated in two population groups: Injected drugs users (IDUs) and prisoners. However, this issue is not addressed adequately in Lithuania because services for...
Migrants constitute only 1% of the Lithuanian population, which implies that Lithuania is one of the foreigners-unfriendliest societies in Europe. There is a stable increase in nationalistic and...
For the recent decade Lithuania is trailing in the rankings of level of social inclusion, spread of domestic and GB violence as well as welfare or children and other vulnerable groups of society. In...
Human rights advocacy faces serious challenges in Lithuania. Civil society lacks knowledge and tools for effective representation of vulnerable groups. The project aims to develop women's rights...
Sociological research has revealed the community segregation problem in regards to people with mental disabilities and their relatives. The key finding was that the more tension in communication with...
In 2011 Lithuania had 36 residential social care institutions for people with mental disability housing 6061 person, of which over 50 per cent had psychiatric disorders. Depersonalization, rigid...
Lithuania is a source, transit and destination country for women and girls subjected to sexual trafficking. NGOs estimate that 40% of identified Lithuanian victims of trafficking in persons (TIP) are...
Preliminary research has revealed that people living in peripheral areas lack awareness of human rights and ways of their implementation. The local NGOs are mostly active in cultural activities while...
The project aims at improving conditions for vulnerable groups in Lithuanian prisons. The objective of the project is to improve health care service provided, in particular for three different groups...
The training system of Lithuanian prison and probation staff needs to be developed under international standards. The objective of the project is to improve the competences of Lithuanian correctional...
The project is needed to increase application of alternatives to imprisonment. The objective of the project is to increase the number of conditionally released convicts by means of electronic...
Prison overcrowding and high level or re-offending is the main problem of Lithuanian correctional system. The objective of the project is to improve living conditions and the quality of inmates` re...
