The Museum of Literature and Performing Arts of Bosnia and Hercegovina and the Sarajevo Open Centre invite you to join us on the 29th of June 2017 at 8 pm at the opening of the exhibition “The Sephardic Woman in Bosnia”.
Progress on LGBTI equality still exists in Europe, but not with the speed or spread that is required to achieve real equality. On the 17th of May ILGA-Europe launch the 2017 Rainbow Europe package, to coincide with International Day against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia (IDAHOT). As ILGA-Europe worked to put the 2017 Rainbow Europe package … Continued
On Tuesday, 17 June 2017 the last lectures and discussions at this year’s Žarana Papić School of Feminism took place. The lecturers this time were sexual violence during the war researcher Gorana Mlinarević and Assistant professor from the Law Faculty, gender and social law researcher. Gorana Mlinarević talked about the cases on which the attendants … Continued
On June 14th 2017, the European Parliament adopted three of its annual reports for candidate and potential candidate EU countries. In those reports MEPs have assessed the rights of LGBTI people in Macedonia, Serbia and Kosovo, and recommended the countries to improve the situation.
Last year, Elvedin and his partner Michael got married. Unfortunately, not in Bosnia and Herzegovina, but in New York. They asked their guests that instead of buying them wedding gifts, they donate and support the work of Sarajevo Open Center for which we are immensely grateful. Elvedin was also kind to answer us few questions. … Continued
Miloš Urošević, an activist from the Belgrade from organization Women in black, told attendants and attendees of this year’s Feminist School, Žarana Papić, on Saturday, June 10th, about the ideas and goals of radical feminism. Urošević, the radical feminist himself, first contextualized the radical feminist movement, stressing that he belongs to the second wave of … Continued
Sexual orientation has been noted as a fairly new concept in human rights law and practice and a point of stark contention in daily political discourse. The guiding principles of the human rights approach on sexual orientation relate to equality and non-discrimination. Non-existing legislation for protection of sexual minorities has posed to be an issue … Continued
During last weekend, the participants of the Žarana Papić School of Feminism had a chance to attend lectures done by Bojana Đokanović and Elmaja Bavčić. The two opened the third and the last module of the School of Feminism, which is to open a range of question on feminist theory and theory of feminism. They … Continued
On 21st and 22nd of April we had the opportunity to learn about forms, colors, structures, light and darkness, the concept of art and engaging photography. As a part of socializing for the LGBTI community we organized a course that enabled the development of this art form for beginners, as well as for more advanced … Continued
During May, the participants of the Feminist School Žarana Papić, attended lectures within the second module – State, Law and Public Policy. Adnan Kadribašić and Miroslav Živanović lectured on legal and political review of the institutional framework for gender equality and women’s rights and on drafting policy proposals and effective communication in the area of … Continued