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The apprentices of the courts and prosecutors’ offices of Sarajevo and Banja Luka went through training on hate crimes

Sarajevo Open Centre, continuing trainings for police bodies, prosecutors and judges, on 29 and 30 November 2017, in Sarajevo, organised one more training, the topic being “Hate Crimes towards lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) persons – experience from BiH and the Region”, this time for the interns of the Municipality/Basic and Cantonal/District courts and prosecutors’ offices of Sarajevo and Banja Luka.

The Time for Action is Now!

The uproar during the Pride Parade, and the immense support we’ve received afterwards, means Kosovo’s society is ready to make
small but significant changes which will better the lives of LGBT people here.

SOC Executive Director is one of the winners of the New Executives Fund grant

We are honored to announce that Emina Bošnjak, the Executive Director of SOC, is one of the 12 winners of the New Executives Fund grant that is assigned by the Open Society Foundations, and that is meant to support new leaders of the non-profit organisations all over the world, from Malawi to Brazil. From 15 to 17 November she participated in the two-day event in London that was dedicated to this year’s winners’ mutual acquaintance, and to mutual counseling and learning. Now, in front of her is the period in which she will implement a set of activities, in order to translate the vision of the organisation into reality.

Reaction to the appointment of Haris Zahiragić to the Steering Committee of the University of Sarajevo: UNSA – institutionalized homophobia and transphobia under the guise of education and human rights protection

All the complaints and requests sent to the Ethical Committee, all the students’ and civil society’s warnings were devaluated. Another punch was set to the high education of Canton Sarajevo by enabling people who actively violate human rights of minorities to create education policies. Once more, the message has been sent that LGBTI students of all UNSA faculties have no place there.

To be a trans*woman in the patriarchal world means to betray masculinity

The last lecture within the cycle Somebody said Feminism?, on the topic Trans*women and Feminism, was held on November 20th at The Museum of Literature and Performing Arts of BiH, on The Transgender Day of Remembrance. The lecturer was Naida Kučukalić, who – referring to research, knowledge and experience she gained through her vast work, … Continued