Although the Law on Prohibition of Discrimination was passed in 2009, no lawsuit for the discrimination of LGBT persons was filed to date, despite the high levels of social exclusion and inequality of that minority in the Bosnian society, as indicated by the results of a recent poll, reports lgbt.ba, which spoke to Sasa Gavric, the executive director of the Sarajevo Open Center.
The Commission for Gender Equality of the House of Representatives of the Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina yesterday (Tuesday, 9/22.) held a thematic debate on gender equality and political participation in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The guests were welcomed by Mirsad Isaković, Chairman of the Commission, and Samra Filipović-Hadžiabdić, Director of the Agency for Gender … Continued
Isaković: From 135 ministers, only 23 are women
Announcement: Second, revised and updated edition of the book “Women Documented. Women and Public Life in Bosnia and Herzegovina in the 20th Century”
Initiative for monitoring the European integration of BiH, a coalition of thirty CSOs, organizes a presentation and discussion about observations from Alternative Progress Report 2015 on the progress of Bosnia and Herzegovina in the process of EU integration and about EU reforms approach to Bosnia and Herzegovina. It represents the current state of the EU … Continued
The Commission for Gender Equality of the House of Representatives of the Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina, in cooperation with the Agency for Gender Equality and the Sarajevo Open Centre, organizes thematic debate on Gender equality and political participation in BiH. On that occasion, we talked with Dalila Mirović, Programmme Coordinator at Sarajevo Open … Continued
The training took place on the 15th September in Bihać.
SOC has launched another initiative for protection of women’s rights and ensuring the integration of gender equality at local level. Last week, we have sent a letter to the Ministry of Justice, Administration and Labour Relations of the Bosnian-Podrinje Canton Goražde, specifically to the Minister Radmila Janković, with proposals to amend the draft of the … Continued
Sarajevo Open Centre has sent a letter yesterday (September 8) to Dragan Čović, Chairman of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina in which it welcomes the decision of the Presidency to accept the invitation of the President of People’s Republic of China Xi Jinping and the Secretary General of United Nations Ban Ki-moon to participate … Continued
The 17th session of the House of Representatives of the Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina will be held on 16th September 2015. On the agenda of this session will be the Proposal of Amendments to the Law on Sports in Bosnia and Herzegovina.