At the ninth session of the Gender Equality Committee of the House of Representatives of the Parliament of Bosnia and Herzegovina the Draft Proposal of the Framework Law on Treatment of Infertility by Assisted Reproductive Technology and the Law on the Changes and Amendments of the Electoral Law BiH were discussed. Of the nine members … Continued
The Second module, which is named Feminism for Everyone will take place in Banjaluka from 18-20 March
Different activities were organized in order to mark International Women’s Day in B&H (street activism, media reports, sessions in Parliaments in cooperation with Committees for Gender Equality and civil society organizations, reading of the play SEVEN…).
On TV Show Tema dana on BHRT channel we talked about the amendments to the Law on Protection from Domestic Violence in FBiH. Through these proposed amendments safe houses that care for women victims of domestic violence would become institutions, rather than being managed by women’s civil society organization. Sabiha Husić, Amela Bašić-Tomić, Jasmina Mujezinović and Saša Gavrić addressed this topic from the perspective of civil society members.
Sarajevo Open Centre and the Friedrich Ebert Foundation in Bosnia and Herzegovina will organize 6 lectures in 2016 which will cover the following topics: Antifascist Women’s Front Archive BiH, ideology and language, challenges facing feminism today, feminist critique of political economy, the relationship between religion and feminism and reproductive rights.
Federation of BiH has been urged to adopt regulation to combat hate crimes since 2010, when Republika Srpska and Brčko District adopted it, and it is high time to do so.
Group of authors The Orange Report 2016 – Annual Report on the State of Women’s Rights in Bosnia and Herzegovina Sarajevo: Sarajevo Open Centre, Helsinki Citizens’ Assembly (hCa) Banja Luka
Sarajevo Open Centre, with the sponsorship of Višnja Ljubičić, Ombudswoman for Gender Equality of the Republic of Croatia, is organizing a study visit Croatian Integration in the EU and the Rights of LGBT people to take place on March 2-4, 2016 in Zagreb, Croatia. The goal of the study visit is the exchange of experience … Continued
Sarajevo Open Centre, as an organization which advocates the full respect of human rights and the social inclusion of LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans*) persons and women will relocate the struggle for gender equality and human rights to the Parliament of the Federation of BiH as a part of its planned activities for the … Continued
The idea and the symbolism of 8th of March is linked to the beginning of industrialization and 1857 when the textile workers in New York organized themselves to draw attention to poor working conditions and low wages. The police dispersed the demonstrations, which resulted in the establishment of the first women’s labor syndicate. In the … Continued