Fifth Series of Lectures and Discussions SOMEBODY SAID FEMINISM? March-November 2017 Sarajevo Open Centre and Friedrich Ebert Foundation in Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2017 organise 6 lectures in the scope of the fifth cycle of Somebody said feminism?!, whose topics will be related to rural life, pornography, poverty, music, cyber revenge and trans* women. 23 … Continued
During the development of the women’s movement and the institutionalization of women’s rights and gender equality, one very important aspect has been the recognition and growth of women’s leadership within institutions, social and family structures. Leadership of women can be even considered as one of the key issues for gender equality, since leadership and transformative … Continued
The Equality Academy programme aims to be a new platform for political leadership and space for joint actions of representatives, leaders of political parties and civil society organizations. Third generation of the Equality Academy is intended for: Town/Municipality councilors of the Counciles/Committees in Bosnia and Herzegovina; Heads of municipalities in Bosnia and Herzegovina; City mayors … Continued
Alić Enesa is a member of the General Board of the Women’s Association of the SDA party. She is the president of the Committee on Gender Equality of the City Tuzla. Babić Ana is a member of the SBB BiH party. She is the President of the Assembly of Canton Sarajevo and a Delegate in … Continued
On Saturday, 08/04/2017, the first set of lectures at this year’s Žarana Papić School of Feminism, with the third generation of students, took place. In the scope of the Module 3 – Introduction to feminisms: History, terms, theory, Jasmina Čaušević, MA of social sciences in the field of gender studies, talked about the history of … Continued
On Saturday, 15/04/2017 the lectures of Module 1 (Culture and Ideology) took place, and were led by Nebojša Jovanović, who holds a PhD in gender studies. More about the content of the lectures is available in the B/C/S language. The realisation of the Žarana Papić School of Feminism is being financially supported by the Swedish … Continued
On Saturday, 22/04/2017 the lectures of Module 1 (Culture and Ideology) took place, and were led by Nebojša Jovanović, who holds a PhD in gender studies. More about the content of the lectures is available in the B/C/S language. The realisation of the Žarana Papić School of Feminism is being financially supported by the Swedish … Continued
Times of strict gender roles stipulating that women are responsible for kitchen, children and household and men are meant to work hard to earn a living are luckily far behind us. Nowadays women are able to be politicians, work in economy or work for the army and likewise men are cooking, cleaning and changing diapers. – Are they?
The Initiative for introducing gender sensitive language in the Parliament of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina was adopted on the 19th session of the House of Representatives of the FBiH Parliament. 70 MPs voted affirmatively for this Initiative. The Initiative is a product of joint collaboration of Sarajevo Open Centre, Foundation Friedrich Ebert and … Continued
Bullying is a specific form of violent or other negative behavior of young people. It includes verbal and physical violence, social isolation, sexual harassment, and some forms of economic violence such as theft or extortion. Statistics on this problem are devastating, especially when it comes to bullying of lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans* and intersex (hereinafter: LGBTI) children.