INVITATION to a press conference, awards ceremony, and book promotion 12.12.2013, at 18h Art Cinema Kriterion, Obala Kulina Bana 2 Dear journalists and friends, We are happy to invite you to a press conference, awards ceremony, and book promotion on Thursday, December 12 at 6 PM at Art Cinema Kriterion. The press conference and the … Continued
On Monday, 16.12 starting at 17:30h there will be an opening for Irfan Redzovic and Vedad Divovic’s photography exhibit about LGBT people in BiH entitled THE (IN)VISIBLE EVERYDAY. (You can get more information by emailing [email protected]). This year on December 10th – International Human Rights Day – Sarajevo Open Center in cooperation with the Royal … Continued
Last weekend in Sarajevo, the 30.11 and 1.12, we held a training at Hotel Sarajevo called “(Re)Education about Homophobia and Transphobia in High Schools in Bosnia and Herzegovina” as a part of the EU-financed project “Coming Out! Advocacy and Projection of the Rights of LGBT People.” The project is implemented by the Heinrich Boll Foundation … Continued
We are happy to announce a new book and to invite you to its promotion on Friday, 13.12.2013 at 22:00. You can RSVP and get the event’s location by emailing [email protected]. Sarajevo Open Centre, in collaboration with the Royal Norwegian Embassy in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Planet Romeo Foundation, announced a book of personal … Continued
SOC strongly condemns the employees of the Catholic Education Centre “Sveti Franjo” in Tuzla for their discrimination against LGBT people and their unprofessional behavior. Just before the referendum in Croatia, a school counselor encouraged a fourth grade class, which consisted of mostly Croatian citizens, to go to the referendum and vote FOR in an attempt … Continued
In the coming period, on the occasion of December 10, International Day of Human Rights, several events will be organized to raise the awareness of BH society at large that the principles guaranteed by the Universal Declaration on Human Rights cannot be implemented selectivelly. On Saturday, December 7, we are organizing a workshop on human … Continued
Press Council in Bosnia-Herzegovina received 42 complaints and representatives of the civil society organisations to the article „Pederluk među djecom“ (“Faggotry Among Children”), published on November 10, 2013 on saff.ba. The article refers to the “Stand Up” project, dedicated to the prevention of gender based violence, implemented by the „Tuzlanska zajednica“ Foundation. Citizens complainted that … Continued
The SEVEN tour in Bosnia and Herzegovina received great media attention. In the following lines please see some of the press clipping we have prepared. Online press clipping: Online press clipping SEVEN BiH Oslobođenje: Oslobođenje: Seven of them and one from the politics Oslobođenje-Women in politics do not fight for women’s … Continued
Intersexion Directed by Grant Lahood, documentary film, New Zealand, 2012, 68 min. We invite you to the screening of a documentary about intersexion from 2012. Grant LaHood is well-known activist for the rights of intersex people and in his film shows, through interviews with more than 10 people who were born as a intersex, the … Continued
The first module of the training series Gender Diversity and Equality in the Work of Civil Society Organizations will occur on November 13 and 14 in Sarajevo’s Hotel Grand. It is a part of Sarajevo Open Centre’s project Gender Diversity, created in partnership with the Heinrich Boll Foundation. 14 participants from organizations throughout Bosnia and … Continued