Sarajevo Open Centre is organizing a training called Human Rights do not Recognize Political Ideology, intended for members of political parties who reside in Sarajevo or East Sarajevo. 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 … Continued
Sarajevo Open Centre cordially invites you to the Regional Conference that will take place on the 30th of November 2015 in Sarajevo, as a part of our programme for 16 days of Activism and The International Human Rights Day. The conference Hate crimes – How to Amend the FBiH Criminal Code? is a half-day conference … Continued
www.washingtonblade.com A poll released this week indicates anti-LGBT discrimination and attitudes remain commonplace throughout the Balkans. The National Democratic Institute, the U.S. Agency for International Development, the Gay and Lesbian Victory Institute and Civil Rights Defenders polled 655 lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex people in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia … Continued
Sarajevo Open Centre: Proposed Amendments to the BIH Law on Prohibition of Discrimination Sarajevo, 2015
Damir Banović, Jasmina Čaušević, Slobodanka Dekić, Ryan Finn (2015) Life beyond given norms: Being transgender in Bosnia and Herzegovina Publication is in B/C/S language. Sarajevo: Sarajevski otvoreni centar
Sarajevo: Initiative for Monitoring the European Integration of BIH, 2015.
Through Equality Academy programme, Friedrich Ebert Foundation and Sarajevo Open Centre are trying to make a new platform for political leadership and space for joint actions of representatives, leaders of political parties and civil society organizations.Two modules of the Equality academy and the study visit are already behind us, third module will be held in … Continued
On Saturday, 24/10/2015 the lectures of Module 3 (Culture and Ideology) and of Module 4 (Feminist ethical and political theory) took place, and were led by Nebojša Jovanović, who holds a PhD in gender studies, and Amila Ždralović, MA of sociological sciences and teaching assistant at the University of Sarajevo Law Faculty. The second meeting of the advocacy-activism seminary that is led by Tijana Cvjetićanin also took place.
After a two-month break, the third round of lectures Somebody said feminism? continued with Marcie Lee, woman rabbi and professor at Arizona State University, who spoke about sexuality in Jewish texts By Masha Durkalić Complete article available in B/C/S languages here.
Today on 26th of October, we mark Intersex Visibility Day that aims to raise awareness about intersex people, talking about the obstacles and difficulties that intersex people encounter.