“I see this training as a gift“: For the first time, there was an education for social workers
This is the first time ever that Sarajevo Open Centre educated workers from the field of social protection of human rights of LGBTI persons.
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Representatives of the Canton Sarajevo Ministry of Labor, Social Policy, Displaced Persons and Refugees on the Info Session for the second time
After the first info session that took place, the representatives of the Canton Sarajevo Ministry of Labor, Social Policy, Displaced Persons and Refugees expressed the wish and need to organize another info session for their colleagues.
CAMPAIGN: Recognize Sexual Harassment!
Women, from the earliest age, are often victims of sexual harassment. It happens at school, on the street, at work, in the public city transport, at home, during concerts, in the theatre. Therefore, when someone on the street tells us “You’re so hot”, that is not a compliment, that evokes frear, humiliation and discomfort in … Continued
10 years of SOC: Religion as a part of SOC’s identity
We publish the particular texts from the brochure about 10 years of Sarajevo Open Centre’s work.
Hate crimes in 2016: There is still low level of LGBTI persons’ trust in the institutions
On 16 November 2017, the International Tolerance Day, the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), on its website that serves for reporting on hate crime, published data on the number of hate crimes recorded during 2016. This is the third report for Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Program of Sarajevo Open Centre on the occasion of 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-based Violence and 10 December, International Human Rights Day 2017
Sarajevo Open Centre, as the organization that advocates full respect of human rights and social inclusion of LGBTI (lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans* and intersex) persons and women, joins this campaign, and will implement a number of activities in November and December of 2017.
Towards Responsible and Professional Treatment of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex Persons
Dajana Cvjetković, Vladana Vasić i Saša Gavrić (2017) TOWARDS RESPONSIBLE AND PROFESSIONAL TREATMENT OF LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENDER AND INTERSEX PERSONS. A guide for representatives of institutions on the level of municipalities, towns/cities and cantons in BiH Sarajevo: Sarajevski otvoreni centar
10 years of SOC: From Poetics to Payment Slips, From Culture to Bureaucracy
We publish the particular texts from the brochure about 10 years of Sarajevo Open Centre’s work.
SOC contributed to SDP BiH’s Plan for Youth
BiH Social-Democratic Party has, in September 2017, in the scope of their campaign „We Are Staying Here“, started working on the Plan for Youth – public policy of the SDP Youth Forum, with the aim to, in the period 2018-2022, create conditions that would keep young people in Bosnia and Herzegovina. This is the first time that young people of a certain political party in Bosnia and Herzegovina come out with their plan as a part of the Electoral Programme for the Elections 2018, and that contains tangible, necessary and feasible changes needed for young people’s stay and dignified life in BiH.
10 years of SOC: How LGBTI Rights and Freedoms were Ushered into Institutions
We publish the particular texts from the brochure about 10 years of Sarajevo Open Centre’s work.