We invite you to sign up for a workshop on (self)empowerment that will be led by a psychotherapist with many years of experience in individual work with LGBT people, Belma Žiga. During the workshop you will be able to gain insights into the different perspectives on coming out, offering you different information connected with the … Continued
In the period from 31st of January until 2nd of February, Sarajevo Open Centre will organise and host Merlinka Festival in Sarajevo Art Cinema Kriterion (Obala Kulina bana 2). International queer film festival Merlinka was organised for the first time in December of 2009 in Belgrade, in order to promote films tackling gay, lesbian and … Continued
Book Promotion: “The Women’s Movement in Bosnia and Herzegovina: In the Words of a Counterculture“ The CURE Foundation, Sarajevo Open Centre, and the Centre for Empirical Research on Religion in BiH organized a book promotion for Dr. Zlatiborka Popov Momčinović’s new book, “The Women’s Movement in Bosnia and Herzegovina: In the Words of a Counterculture“. … Continued
Sarajevo Open Centre, CURE Foundation and Center for Empirical Research of Religion in Bosnia and Herzegovina cordially invite you to the Zlatiborka Popov Momčinović’s The Women’s Movement in Bosnia and Herzegovina – In the Words of a Counterculture book promotion, on Monday, December 30, 12:00, Hotel Evropa, Sarajevo. This book is a result of research … Continued
On Thursday, December 19 2013, the Initiative for Monitoring BiH’s European Integration presented the Shadow Report on the Progress of Bosnia and Herzegovina’s European Integration. The Initiative comprises 17 organizations from the entire territory of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Researcher Vedran Kordić, Tijana Cvjetićanin (UG Zašto Ne?), Saša Gavrić (Sarajevo Open Centre) and Damir Banović (Centre … Continued
Coalition for combat against hate speech and hate crime continues its lobbying for the adoption of the amendments to the Criminal Code of FBiH. On this occasion, Assotiation for Democratic Initiatives (ADI) and Foundation Mediacentre (FMC) have organised a presentation of the work of the Coalition in 2013, on 18th of Decembre in Mediacentre Sarajevo. … Continued
The Heinrich Boll Foundation – BiH, the CURE Foundation, and SOC are implementing the project: “Coming Out! Advocating for the Promotion and Protection of LGBT Rights,” financed by the European Union. Part of the project is a quantitative research project done throughout BiH in order to better understand the reasons behind homophobia/transphobia and discrimination on … Continued
On December 16, 2013, the first regional LGBT conference “Advancing the Rights of LGBT Persons in the Western Balkans” was held in the UN House in Sarajevo. SOC and the Open Society Fund organized the conference on the occasion of International Human Rights day with the goal of presenting national mechanisms for the defense of … Continued
Yesterday, as a part of the regional conference Advancing the Human Rights of LGBT Persons in the Western Balkans, there was an opening of a photo exhibit about LGBT people in BiH entitled “THE (IN)VISIBLE EVERYDAY.” The Ambassador of Norway to BiH, Anne Vibeke Lilloe, opening the exhibit by emphasizing the importance of helping organizations … Continued
Međunarodni dan ljudskih prava obilježava se 10. decembra na dan potpisivanja Univerzalne deklaracije o ljudskim pravima 1948. godine kada je priznato pravo svih ljudi na život, slobodu i sigurnost, bez ikakvih razlika. Povodom obilježavanja ovog dana grupa aktivistkinja i aktivista, građanki i građana organizuje protestni marš – Ljudska prava vani! Na ovaj dan se protestvovalo … Continued