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Meet the ensemble of SEVEN: Darijana Katić carries over the story of Marina Pisklakova Parker

The reading of the play SEVEN is being organized by the Sarajevo Open Centre and Medica Zenica.

The reading of the play SEVEN will take place on 26 November in the Chamber Theatre 55 Sarajevo at 3 P.M.

The realisation of this event is being supported by the US Embassy in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Swedish Government via the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) and Hedda Produktion AB.

Video: Invisible Women

20th of November is an annual observance day to remember all the transgender and transexual people who have been murdered as a result of transphobia – Trans* Day of Rememberance. Sarajevo Open Centre is kicking off online campaign with the promotion of this short video clip dedicated to violence against trans* women, also within 16 … Continued

Meet the ensemble of SEVEN: Alma Kratina carries over the story of Mukhtar Mai

Alma Kratina was born in 1966. She graduated from the Veterinary Faculty in Sarajevo. She specialised in veterinary practice. She founded and chaired the Association “Dalija” in Zenica, founded with the aim of improving the status of women with a low material status, through the projects of empowerment and education.

Alma Kratina: “Everyone has their part of civil and human responsibility in the struggle against the gender based violence.“

Programme of the Sarajevo Open Centre on the Occasion of “16 Days of Activism against Gender-based Violence” Campaign and 10th of December – The International Human Rights Day

Over the past twenty four years, the global campaign on 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-based Violence was dedicated to public advocacy and coordinated activities that support ending gender based-violence on local and international level. The Campaign was launched on the first Institute for Women’s Global Leadership in 1991 at Rutgers University Dates, 25th of … Continued

Revolutionary play SEVEN in Sarajevo on 26 November 2015

Sarajevo Open Centre and Medica Zenica announce the scene reading of the revolutionary documentary play SEVEN in Sarajevo.

SEVEN is a revolutionary documentary play based on the interviews with seven women’s rights activists, from all the parts of the world, and whose hard life stories and struggles represent an incredible source of inspiration. The women are: Ferida Azizi (Afganistan), Inez Mccormack (North Ireland), Marina Pisklakova-Parker (Russia), Annabella de Leon (Guatemala), Mukhtar Mai (Pakistan), Mu Sochua (Cambodia) and Hafsat Abiola (Nigeria).