The end of October and the beginning of November was marked by final workshops related to the reduction of peer violence. Namely, Sarajevo Open Centre, starting with the end of 2017, has been implementing the project “Reducing peer violence/bullying”, with the support of the German Embassy (German Cooperation). Among other activities, we realised workshops with … Continued
The Foundation of Local Democracy spoke with a representative of Sarajevo Open Center (SOC), the organization which has been changing society through activism for years.
What does it mean to be a Human Rights Defender and how much they deal with discrimination and feelings of insecurity at work and perhaps out of work, Vladana Vasić will tell us.
The Friedrich Ebert Foundation and Sarajevo Open Center, by launching Equality Academy, aimed to create a new platform for political leadership and the space for joint activities of deputy leaders, leaders of political parties and civil society organizations in BiH. The fourth generation of the Equality Academy is intended for the councilors of municipal / … Continued
Sarajevo Open Centre, with the financial support of the Permanent Representative of the Kingdom of Netherlands to the OSCE in Vienna, in cooperation with OSCE in BiH, on 18 and 19 October 2018, held the joint two-day education for police officers of the Canton Sarajevo Ministry of Interior (MoI) and prosecutors within the Canton Sarajevo Prosecutor’s Office. The training, named Prejudice as motives of hate crimes tackled these crimes, focusing on minority groups that are especially targeted by these hate crimes in BiH – lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and intersex (LGBTI) persons, Roma people, returnees, as well as religious and sacral objects.
Read the Hana Kazazović text from the cyberBosanka on peer violence (only on BCS language). The text was created within the project “Reducing bullying in BH schools”. This project is supported by Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
PRESS RELEASE Sarajevo Open Centre: We are ready to help the FBiH government respond to the demands of same-sex couples Sarajevo Open Centre (SOC) greets the efforts of the Government of FBiH, especially those of Federal Ministry of Internal Affairs, to provide legal protection and recognition of same-sex couples and their families in FBiH. We … Continued
Sarajevo Open Centre, starting with the end of 2017, has been implementing the project “Reducing peer violence/bullying”, with the support of the German Embassy (German Cooperation). Among other activities we have organised and plan to organise, we realised workshops with parents, psychologists and NGOs as well, in Sarajevo (12-13 October), on the issue of the … Continued
Every year on this day LGBTI activists are reminding us of the need to create safe space for lesbians, gays, bisexuals, trans and intersex people, the space in which they can live their authentic lives without the fear and hiding.
In September, Sarajevo Open Centre published the publication for medical professionals and healthcare workers on providing services and support to trans persons in the transition process, in scope of the “Positive Action Programme for MSM & Transgender People” project that is supported by ViiV Healthcare UK Ltd.
10 YEARS LATER: A WALK IN OUR SHOES 10 years of activism from the first Sarajevo Queer Festival until today The first Queer Sarajevo Festival (QSF) was supposed to be held from 24 to 28 of September 2008. The Festival was organized by the Association Q. The idea of QSF was to show the everyday … Continued