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EC Bosnia and Herzegovina Progress Report: discrimination of LGBT persons still widespread

Yesterday, European Commission issued a so called Enlargement Package which includes Bosnia and Herzegovina 2013 Progress Report. The report has showed the current situation in the EU integration process and its limited progress in reaching political criteria, as well as sectors which need evident improvement. Enlargement Package is a set of European Comission’s documents which … Continued

MODIFICATION OF PROGRAM // Series of Lectures “Someone Said Feminism?”

DUE TO ILLNESS OF LECTURER ADRIANA ZAHARIJEVIĆ, THE LECTURE “WOMEN ON THE EDGE OF CIVIL CONTEXT XIX CENTURY” WILL BE POSTPONED, THEREFORE, ON THURSDAY, WE WILL HAVE A LECTURE ON:   DE (CON) STRUCTION OF GENDER-RELIGIOUS PERSPECTIVE Dr. sc. Zlatiborka Popov Momcinović Thursday, the 17th October 2013th, 18h Art Cinema Kriterion, Sarajevo Lectures IN BCS … Continued

Zero tolerance for violence against LGBT persons – SOC and CURE condemn attack in Mediacentar

As diskriminacija.ba reports, on Friday, October 11, 2013 OneWorld Platform for Southeast Europe (OWPSEE) Foundation and LGBTIQA organisation Okvir, presented seven digital (personal) stories and participatory “Queer Re:act” and “With love, your children” videos, made as part of the Participate 2015 project. In the middle of the presentation, a group of 5 minors tried to … Continued

Political parties and LGBT persons – which ones are supportive?

After research in sectors of judiciary, education and internal affairs, fourth report – Prava LGBT osoba u Bosni i Hercegovini: Političke partije (Rights of LGBT Persons in Bosnia and Herzegovina: Political Parties) – done as a part of project Coming out! Advocating promotion and protection of LGBT rights, financed by European Union and implemented by … Continued

Exhibition Masks are for the Closet opened in Art Cinema Kriterion

Yesterday, on the occassion of International Coming Out Day, exhibition Masks are for the Closet was opened in Art Cinema Kriterion. Organized by Sarajevo Open Centre, Masks are for the closet consist of masks placed in space and in a closet, portraits, intimate records of personal records of feelings of hiding one’s identity, and the … Continued

Press conference: Art as a method of mainstreaming LGBT topics

Sarajevo Open Centre and Internews invite all journalists to the sixth Info session on LGBT topics, which will take place in Sarajevo on Friday, 11 October 2013, at 11 am in Meeting Point coffee shop. Info session is a part of the project we are implementing in partnership with Internews. The goal of these info … Continued