November 20th marks the Transgender Day of Remembrance, commemorating transgender persons killed due to transphobia and hatred. This Rememberance Day was started by activist Gwendolyn Ann Smith in 1999 in memory of Rita Hester, a trans woman who was brutally murdered in Boston a year prior, but also for all other persons killed due to … Continued
Sarajevo Open Centre is organizing a training session on November 30th for urologists and gynecologists on the topic “Medical aspects of gender reassignment: providing adequate, trans-specific and inclusive services and support for trans persons in the process of transition.” With this training session, we wish to open discussion and find support for further efforts toward … Continued
A training programme for the personal and activist empowerment of LGBTIQ persons, which lasted five days and took place on Jahorina, was completed yesterday. 14 participants listened to seven lecturers and participated in workshops about LGBTIQ history, activism, and culture, as well as human rights and discrimination, and were empowered in their activist and everyday … Continued
On November 8th and 9th, three events about gender equality in higher education took place at the University of Sarajevo’s Faculty of Law, organized by Sarajevo Open Centre and the Faculty of Law.
Although we first met her as a member of the last generation of the School of Feminism, Aida Hoffman has worked at film.factory, a film school founded in Sarajevo in 2013 by Hungarian director Béla Tarr, as well as making independent films for years with her husband, whom she met on a movie set. Inspired … Continued
Representatives of BiH Civil Society Initative for UPR, an informal coalition coordinated by Sarajevo Open Centre, participated last month at a panel within the pre-session wich is the part of third UPR (Universal Periodic Review) cycle, where they talked about the implementation of the recommendations of the previous UPR cycle and the current human rights … Continued
Emina Bošnjak, Executive Director of Sarajevo Open Centre and Member of the Pride March Organizing Committee talked about the First Pride March in Bosnia and Herzegovina for Bosnia Daily e – newspaper. What’s in store for LGBTI Rights after the Pride March, read below. Don’t worry, nothing’s changed, yet everything is new Slippery slope arguments, … Continued
Rasim Ibrahimagic will represent Sarajevo Open Centre (SOC) and talk about Bosnia and Herzegovina at a panel within the pre-session wich is the part of third UPR (Universal Periodic Review) cycle, that will be held in early October in Geneva. The SOC, together with other civil society representatives in BiH, will talk about the implementation … Continued
The analysis conducted by the Sarajevo Open Centre among the public colleges of social sciences and humanities in Bosnia and Herzegovina showed that through the curriculum at the majority of the universities, gender equality is in some cases studied through teaching units in some subjects, while in other faculties, gender equality is in no way … Continued
The publication presents the results of a study aimed at finding out whether female candidates appeared less in the media during the BiH Election campaign in the 2018 and whether political parties promoted male candidates more. The study seeks to determine the relationship between media relations with political parties towards female candidates and gender imbalances … Continued