Improving the legal framework for gender equality in the Executive and in the Legislature The existing legal provisions – the gender quota for at least 40% of the less represented gender on the electoral lists (Article 4.19, Electoral Law BiH), the general and sanction-free provision on equal participation of women and men in the Government … Continued
Report presentation and discussion EQUALITY NOW! The current state on human rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and intersex (LGBTI) people and priorities for 2016 Tuesday, May 17th 2016. 12-14h Sarajevo, Mediacentar, Kolodvorska 3 Since 2005, May 17 has been marked as the International Day against Homophobia and Transphobia. This day is marked in … Continued
Anti-discrimination Action Plan adopted by BiH Council of Ministers The BiH Council of Ministers, the state government of Bosnia and Herzegovina, adopted on April 26th 2016 its first Anti-Discrimination Action Plan and an Anti-Discrimination Report. Even the Anti-discrimination law from 2009 does oblige the BiH Ministry for Human Rights and Refugees to produce annual reports; … Continued
The fourth cycle of feminist lectures and discussions Somebody said feminism? was continued on Wednesday, 27 April 2016, in the Museum of Literature and Performing Arts in Sarajevo, with the lecture by Adriana Zaharijević – What are we saying when we say the F-word?
Lejla Huremović Towards Positive Practices: BH Media Reporting on LGBT topics in 2015 Sarajevo: Sarajevski otvoreni centar Publication is on B/C/S language.
On 28th session of the House of Representatives of the Parliamentary Assembly of BiH on the first reading the Amendments on the Law on Council of Ministers of BiH have been adopted. This Amendments were forwarded in the parliamentary procedure by the Committee for Gender Equality of the House of Representatives of the Parliamentary Assembly … Continued
On Tuesday, 26 April the new series of lectures at this year’s Žarana Papić School of Feminism, with the second generation of students, took place. In the scope of the Module 1 – Introduction to feminisms: History, terms, theory, Adriana Zahrijević, feminist, philosopher and translator, talked about the history of the movement – the beginnings of the feminist movements in the context of the demands for the political and other freedoms. In the scope of the Module 2 – State, law, equality: de iure and de facto, Adnan Kadribašić, lawyer, talked about discrimination on grounds of sex, gender, sexual orientation and other circumstances.
Since 2005, May 17 has been marked as the International Day against Homophobia and Transphobia. This day is marked in more than 130 countries in the world, and officially recognized by many countries and institutions, including the European Parliament.
Sarajevo Open Centre, as the civil society organization that for many years has been cooperating with the political parties, parliaments and governments, expresses its disappointment with the BiH Parliamentary Assembly’s House of Representative’s decision not to vote for the amendments of the BiH Electoral Law that were proposed by the Comitee for Gender Equality. The … Continued
Sarajevo Open Centre and the Judicial and Prosecutorial Training Centre of FBiH will organise a two-day training for judges and prosecutors in FBiH. The training will be held on the 9th and 10th of May, on the topic of Anti-discrimination and criminal law: combating discrimination and violence against LGBTI people.