Within the project “Regionalising LGBTI inclusive psychosocial support and access to mental health services in Bosnia and Herzegovina”, two-day training on peer-to-peer counseling and provision of inclusive psychosocial support and mental health services for LGBTI persons was held in Zenica on July 12 and 13, organized by Sarajevo Open Centre. The training was attended by … Continued
Hate speech based on any ground is common in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Apart from political discourse, it is mostly present in media content, especially in the online world. The absence of legal sanctions and prosecutions sends a message to citizens that hate speech is a regular and usual thing. A recent study pointed out that … Continued
2019-2020 Alternative Report on the Application of Bosnia and Herzegovina for the European Union Membership: Political Criteria is the result of the work of the members of the Initiative. The report refers to the political criteria for EU membership and also contains Special Reports on the local elections in Mostar held in 2020 and the … Continued
Within the project “Regionalising LGBTI inclusive psychosocial support and access to mental health services in Bosnia and Herzegovina”, a two-day training on peer-to-peer counselling and provision of inclusive psychosocial support and mental health services for LGBTI persons was held in Prijedor on July 1 and 2, organized by Sarajevo Open Centre. The training was … Continued
Since the last report that covered the three-year period from 2016 to 2019, the changes that have taken place have not significantly affected the improvement of the quality of life of women in Bosnia and Herzegovina in the fields and areas covered within this report. Quite the opposite happened: at the end of 2019, the … Continued
Two one-day trainings on LGBTI inclusive psychosocial support and mental health services were held in Zenica on June 10 and 11 as part of the European Union-funded project “Regionalising LGBTI Inclusive Psychosocial Support and Access to Mental Health Services in Bosnia and Herzegovina,” hosted by Sarajevo Open Centre. The participants were employees of the mental … Continued
For several years, the Sarajevo Open Centre has focused on sensitizing police officers, prosecutors, judges, and lawyers, as well as increasing LGBTI people’s trust in the police and the judiciary. We have been working on educating representatives of the entire judicial chain through various projects and activities since 2013, because we believe that increasing legal … Continued
‘This has never been a thing here!’ – a sentence summarizing the lack of historical awareness about the LGBTIQ (queer) community, is one of the main arguments for denying its equality in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Young queer people, on the other hand, often feel that no one in their environment has been a queer before … Continued
As part of the project “Regionalising LGBTI inclusive psychosocial support and access to mental health services in Bosnia and Herzegovina”, funded by the European Union, two one-day training sessions on LGBTI inclusive psychosocial support and mental health services will be held in Zenica on June 10 and 11, organized by Sarajevo Open Centre. Trainings will … Continued
Two one-day trainings on LGBTI inclusive psychosocial support and mental health services were held in Mostar on May 19 and 20 as part of the European Union-funded project “Regionalising LGBTI Inclusive Psychosocial Support and Access to Mental Health Services in Bosnia and Herzegovina,” hosted by the Sarajevo Open Centre. The trainings were attended by employees … Continued