Author Masha Durkalić Nastavak serije predavanja Neko je rekao feminizam? U utorak, 27. maja, u Muzeju književnosti i pozorišne umjetnosti u Sarajevu održano je predavanje Koliko nekažnjivosti može podnijeti pravda? u organizaciji Sarajevskog otvorenog centra, te uz partnersku podršku Fondacije Friedrich Ebert i medijsku podršku magazina Dani. Predavačica je bila Selma Korjenić, a ovim je … Continued
U kovanici LGBT, slovo T označava trans* osobe čiji spol ne odgovara rodu kojeg oni/e osjećaju. Često je za njih rezervirano najviše stigme, pogotovo u patrijarhalnom društvu poput našeg, gdje su binarne rodne uloge davno određene. U takvim okolnostima, trans* osobe teško ostvaruju osnovna ljudska prava i svakodnevno su suočene sa osudama, diskriminacijom, nasiljem i … Continued
LGBT osobe u BiH svakodnevno se suočavaju sa diskriminacijom, a njihova prava se često krše. Osobe koje se javno deklarišu kao pripadnici ove populacije često su izložene raznim oblicima diskriminacije, prozivkama, a nisu rijetki ni otvoreni fizički napadi. Kad govorimo o pravima LGBT osoba, ona su na nezavidnom nivou, a da takvo stanje zahtijeva hitne … Continued
Sarajevo Open Centre, with the help of our partners Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung in Bosnia and Herzegovina and magazine DANI, from May till November, will organize six lectures and the topics will include: impunity, militarization, motherhood, employment and social rights, contemporary Bosnian and Herzegovinian film art, and solidarity and responsibility of feminist initiatives in BiH. How much impunity … Continued
Sarajevo Open Centre appeals to all citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina to engage in actions to help people in endangered areas. It is absolutely essential in situations like this to show our solidarity and make a contribution in collecting aid for people from flooded areas of Bosnia and Herzegovina. To our knowledge, food, clothing, batteries, … Continued
An e-campaign is underway, as a part of Coming out! Advocating promotion and protection of LGBT rights, implemented by Heinrich Boell Foundation, BH Office, together with partner organization Sarajevo Open Centre and the CURE Foundation, and financed by European Union. The goal of this campaign is to raise the awareness on the violation of LGBT … Continued
A panel discussion on homophobia in the media was held yesterday at the Mediacenter Sarajevo as a part of the program on the International day against homophobia and transphobia (IDAHOT). The discussion was a part of the USAID project “Strengthening independent media”. A map of the recorded instances of violence against LGBT persons in Bosnia … Continued
The web platform lgbt-prava.ba is changing its name to lgbt.ba after more than a year and is thus becoming the foremost BiH LGBT info portal, a virtual space for the public and the LGBT community. We are re-introducing the portal with a completely new design, a familiar domain and content of even higher quality, in … Continued
Sarajevo Open Centre, with the help of our partners Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung in Bosnia and Herzegovina is starting the second round of our lecture series Somebody Said Feminism?, which will last from May to November 2014. The second round will have six lectures, and the themes will be connected to impunity and law, the militarization of everyday … Continued
In BiH, every third LGBT person suffers some kind of discrimination, and it goes unreported in 93.8% of cases. 94.6% of LGBT people have been the victims of physical or verbal violence, while physical violence affects each third LGBT person in BiH. Every fifth LGBT person in BiH has suffered sexual violence. Unfortunately, media reporting … Continued