Category: News

Working-class women, then and now – discussion on the occasion of International Women’s Day

The political system and the current social moment, in which the workforce functioned, changed significantly. The working class, unfortunately, is no longer a class, but a nostalgic syntagm, devoid of any power. Is the situation so black and whether there are any places of resistance and hope, we will hear in the discussion: Working-class women, then and now organized by the Friedrich Ebert Foundation in BiH and the Sarajevo Open Centre on the occasion of International Women’s Day, on Thursday, March 7.

Pubic Call For the Enrolment of the Fifth Generation of Students in the Žarana Papić School of Feminism in 2019

This year, the Žarana Papić School of Feminism offers the academic-activist educational programme, with the aim to provide the students with the feminist education about the practices, theories and concepts needed for the professional and critical public work and activism in the national, international governmental and nongovernmental organisations, through the three theoretical-practical modules. The School consists of three obligatory theoretical-practical modules that the students will be attending from April to June.

Call for participation at the Equality Academy 2019

After successful realization of the Equality Academy in 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018. Friedrich Ebert Foundation and Sarajevo Open Centre are proud to announce a public call for participation on the fifth generation of the Equality Academy – platform for political leadership and space for joint actions of representatives, leaders of political parties and civil society organizations.

BHRT THINKING BOX- MERLINKA IN SARAJEVO

Watch our program coordinator Lejle Huremović in the youth show “Thinking Box” where she presented this year’s content of the International Queer Film Festival – Merlinka in Sarajevo.

Strategic approach to LGBTI persons

In order to strengthen local organizations working on LGBTI human rights,Sarajevo Open Centre has signed a contract on sub granting Tuzla Open Centre and Cetre for Youth KVART.

Criminal offenses based on hate crime

We are proud to announce that a module on criminal offenses based on hate crime at the Police Academy (FBiH). The training will last for two months and all cadets for the rank of policeman and for the rank of the younger inspector will pass it