Category: News

SOC Executive Director is one of the winners of the New Executives Fund grant

We are honored to announce that Emina Bošnjak, the Executive Director of SOC, is one of the 12 winners of the New Executives Fund grant that is assigned by the Open Society Foundations, and that is meant to support new leaders of the non-profit organisations all over the world, from Malawi to Brazil. From 15 to 17 November she participated in the two-day event in London that was dedicated to this year’s winners’ mutual acquaintance, and to mutual counseling and learning. Now, in front of her is the period in which she will implement a set of activities, in order to translate the vision of the organisation into reality.

LGBTI community events: Sexually Transmitted Diseases

On 3th of November in Sarajevo Open Centre we had an opportunity to learn something more about sexually transmitted diseases, its prevention and opportunities for having a happy, fullfilling life of people with sexually transmitted infections. Dejan Filipović, who is a peer educator, in an interesting and relaxed manner shared with us extremly important information … Continued

LGBTI community events: Transgender Transition

It often happens that certain letters in an acronym LGBTI stay silent, or shadowed by louder and more visible identities. Due to Transgender Awareness week we organised event on 18th November in 2017, in which transgender persons shared with us their personal experience, needs and wantings. Temporary the most visible transgender activists in Bosnia and … Continued

Reaction to the appointment of Haris Zahiragić to the Steering Committee of the University of Sarajevo: UNSA – institutionalized homophobia and transphobia under the guise of education and human rights protection

All the complaints and requests sent to the Ethical Committee, all the students’ and civil society’s warnings were devaluated. Another punch was set to the high education of Canton Sarajevo by enabling people who actively violate human rights of minorities to create education policies. Once more, the message has been sent that LGBTI students of all UNSA faculties have no place there.

LGBTI community events: Workshop for Bisexual and Gay Men

Through the work of the Sarajevo Open Center with the LGBTI community, we have realized that it is imoprtant to dedicate some time to the isolated community of bisexual and gay men. What was particularly worrying for our team is the patriarchal pressure that gay and bisexual men are exposed to and, in most cases, … Continued