Even though Serbia has a pretty good legal framework, its implementation is lacking. In 2016, Serbia rose from 29 to 32 points on ILGA-Europe Index scale, but in 2017 it went down to 30 points. Hate motivated speech and violence are not dropping. Various cases of hate speech and hate crimes have been recorded. Orthodox … Continued
The main goal of this training was to introduce the judiciary community with the promotion of anti-discrimination and criminal law and practice in the field of human rights protection with emphasize on LGBTI persons as a marginalized social group, important for their work in judicial institutions.
CURE Foundation in 2017 continues the implementation of the project entitled “Utilization of the EU integration process for the improvement of LGBT rights in the Western Balkans” with the financial support of the Sarajevo Open Centre and the State Department of the United States. As part of this project in 2016, we made an analysis … Continued
During May, the participants of the Feminist School Žarana Papić, will attend lectures within the second module – State, Law and Public Policy. Adnan Kadribašić and Natalija Petrić lectured on legal and political review of the institutional framework for gender equality and women’s rights. The realisation of the Žarana Papić School of Feminism is being … Continued
We invite you to the press conference of Sarajevo Open Centre that will take place on Tuesday, 16 May 2017 at 11 A.M. at the square in front of the Parliament of Federation BiH, where we will present the main findings from the Pink Report 2017 – the Annual Report on the state of Human Rights of LGBTI persons in BiH, that gives an overview of the state of human rights of LGBTI persons for the period from January 2016 to April 2017.
Fifth Series of Lectures and Discussions SOMEBODY SAID FEMINISM? March-November 2017 Sarajevo Open Centre and Friedrich Ebert Foundation in Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2017 organise 6 lectures in the scope of the fifth cycle of Somebody said feminism?!, whose topics will be related to rural life, pornography, poverty, music, cyber revenge and trans* women. 23 … Continued
We want to inform you that instead of the planned march for human rights of LGBTI persons that should have taken place on 13 May 2017 in Sarajevo, there will be a protest gathering on the same day toward the Ministry of Transport of Canton Sarajevo, because of the denial of the right to public assembly, but also against violence against LGBTI persons.
During the development of the women’s movement and the institutionalization of women’s rights and gender equality, one very important aspect has been the recognition and growth of women’s leadership within institutions, social and family structures. Leadership of women can be even considered as one of the key issues for gender equality, since leadership and transformative … Continued
How to be a minority within a minority? What does multiple discrimination mean and how does it manifest itself? The consequences of discrimination are felt if you are a woman, the greater the consequences you will feel if you are a woman who loves women. One feels a special form of discrimination if one is … Continued
The Equality Academy programme aims to be a new platform for political leadership and space for joint actions of representatives, leaders of political parties and civil society organizations. Third generation of the Equality Academy is intended for: Town/Municipality councilors of the Counciles/Committees in Bosnia and Herzegovina; Heads of municipalities in Bosnia and Herzegovina; City mayors … Continued