Fourth Series of Lectures SOMEBODY SAID FEMINISM? March-November 2016 Sarajevo Open Centre and the Friedrich Ebert Foundation in Bosnia and Herzegovina will organize 6 lectures in 2016, which will cover the following topics: Antifascist Women’s Front Archive BiH, ideology and language, challenges facing feminism today, feminist critique of political economy, the relationship between religion and … Continued
The fourth cycle of lectures and feminist discussions Somebody said feminism, organised by the Sarajevo Open Centre and Friedrich Ebert Foundation in B&H, started on 15 March 2016 with the lecture by Andreja Dugandžić and Adela Jušić, on the matter of the Report on execution of the first Five-year plan, in the Historical Museum B&H.
At the ninth session of the Gender Equality Committee of the House of Representatives of the Parliament of Bosnia and Herzegovina the Draft Proposal of the Framework Law on Treatment of Infertility by Assisted Reproductive Technology and the Law on the Changes and Amendments of the Electoral Law BiH were discussed. Of the nine members … Continued
The Second module, which is named Feminism for Everyone will take place in Banjaluka from 18-20 March
Council of Ministers of BiH has adopted its Important dates in the field of human rights in Bosnia and Herzegovina marking programme. Ministry of Human Rights and Refugees of BiH was appointed to realise this Programme in the appropriate way and in cooperation with other relevant institutions. You can finf this Programme in BCS in … Continued
In 2015 the Government of Republika Srpska adopted the Annual Operational Plan for Implementation of the Gender Action Plan, which, among other things, includes provisions for promotion and protection of LGBT persons. The Government of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina adopted their Operational Plan in 2016. On 04.03.2016 the Government of the Federation of … Continued
Sarajevo Open Centre is organizing a training for members of political parties. During the training, regional and local experts will present current state of human rights of LGBT persons in Bosnia and Herzegovina, focusing on good regional practices and politics which are improving the position of this marginalized group. The training will be held on … Continued
Different activities were organized in order to mark International Women’s Day in B&H (street activism, media reports, sessions in Parliaments in cooperation with Committees for Gender Equality and civil society organizations, reading of the play SEVEN…).
On TV Show Tema dana on BHRT channel we talked about the amendments to the Law on Protection from Domestic Violence in FBiH. Through these proposed amendments safe houses that care for women victims of domestic violence would become institutions, rather than being managed by women’s civil society organization. Sabiha Husić, Amela Bašić-Tomić, Jasmina Mujezinović and Saša Gavrić addressed this topic from the perspective of civil society members.
Art Kriterion Cinema in Sarajevo is a place that promotes independent art, but also a space where many LGBT art events take place. It has been a target of another attack spurred by homophobia, following the attack on the participants in the Merlinka Festival in February 2014. On Friday, 4 March 2016, there was a … Continued