AUDIT REPORT of the project “Step Up” for implementing period August 01st 2014 – November 30th 2015
AUDIT REPORT of the project “Step Up” for implementing period August 01st 2014 – November 30th 2015
Category: News
1995-2015: Women and Political Life in Post-Dayton Bosnia and Herzegovina
Authors: Marina Veličković, Arijana Aganović and Edita Miftari. 1995-2015: Women and Political Life in Post-Dayton Bosnia and Herzegovina. Sarajevo: Sarajevo Open Centre 2015.
Info session: Between tradition and modernity: homosexuality in socialist Yugoslavia
Sarajevo Open Centre for three years now organizing info sessions for journalists in BiH. Journalists will have the opportunity to meet and talk with the guests from the country and the region, who are on different ways dealing with LGBT issues through theory, practice and activism. Info session: Between tradition and modernity: homosexuality in socialist … Continued
Fourth Merlinka is over – see you in 2017
The fourth Festival of queer film Merlinka in Sarajevo ended successfully in the early morning hours on Sunday, January 31. This year’s festival lasted two days and presented three feature-length films, three regional short films and a recording of the play on the life of Vjeran Miladinovic, after whom the festival was named. All films … Continued
Merlinka Opens Tonight in Sarajevo
Tonight, the fourth Merlinka – the International Festival of Queer Film will open at 7pm. This Festival has been organized for seven years in Belgrade with the idea to promote the movies that tackle lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans*, intersexual and queer topics. This years’ Merlinka in Sarajevo is different because its program is not as … Continued
The decision of the HJPC discriminates women and is not in line with the Constitution of BiH
Few days ago the public has been informed that the High Judicial and Prosecutorial Council in BiH has taken a decision, which prohibits wearing religious symbols in judicial institutions. Taking into account the very deep overlapping of religion and public/political life, such a decision could be seen as positive. Bosnia and Herzegovina, as a secular … Continued
European Commission published List of Actions to Advance LGBTI Equality
In December 2015, European Commission published List of Actions to Advance LGBTI Equality. The document highlights actions in a number of areas where the Commission will be active on LGBTI issues within the EU such as anti-discrimination policy, freedom of movement for LGBTI families, workplace diversity, etc. This document also deals with enlargement and neighborhood … Continued
The cooperation between the Sarajevo Open Centre and the online news portal is contributing to the better understanding of LGBT rights
Sarajevo Open Centre is in the second year of the realization of the Matra program sponsored by the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Bosnia and Herzegovina, which aims to increase the amount of professional reporting on the rights of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans* and intersex (LGBTI) individuals and their rights. The … Continued
The training for the apprentices of prosecutor’s offices and courts: Hate crime – a topic we didn’t hear about in formal education
As a part of the project „Fighting Hate Crime in BiH“, financed by the Permanent Mission of the Kingdom of The Netherlands to the OSCE in Vienna and implemented by Sarajevo Open Centre in partnership with OSCE Mission in BiH, education was held for apprentices of prosecutor’s offices and courts on the subject of bias … Continued
Steps towards equal political participation of women and men
On 26 January 2016 a press conference was held in the Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina, focusing on the issue of political participation of women in government institutions. Samra Filipović-Hadžiabdić, the directress of the Gender Equality Agency BiH, Mirsad Isaković, the president of the Gender Equality Commission of the House of Representatives of the … Continued