Edita Miftari (2015)
Human Rights do not Recognize Political Ideology! Political Parties and the Human Rights of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender People
After last year’s elections, Sarajevo Open Centre in cooperation with the Women’s Network of BiH began with advocacy activities towards achieving the target of 40% of women in the executive and legislative branches, according to the Law on Gender Equality. Saša Gavrić, director of the Sarajevo Open Centre, speaks about this initiative, the reactions of the government, future steps of the initiative, as well as the position of the politicians in the fight for gender equality and equal opportunities in politics.
This was just another consecutive year where the women in Bosnia and Herzegovina were subjected to discrimination in exercising both their economic and social rights. In addition to the existing inequality, discrimination, gender-based and domestic violence, and social exclusion of women from marginalized groups (Roma, women from rural areas, LBT women, women with disability…etc), the women faced three key events in 2014: the floods in May, the issue of the right to maternity benefits and maternity leave, and general elections.
By: Jasmina Čaušević, Sarajevo Open Centre Complete article available in B/C/S languages here. PDF edition of issue 42 of Mirovne novosti, where this text was published, can be downloaded here.
In the Museum of Literature and Theatre Arts of Bosnia and Herzegovina on Thursday, March 5, the first lecture in the framework of the third cycle of feminist discussions and lectures “Somebody said feminism?” was held. The first lecture of a new cycle was Cosmo-policy: Diet feminism women’s magazines, and the lecturer was Nenad Veličković.
Within the third series of lecture and feminist discussions “Somebody said feminism?” Sarajevo Open Centre, with the support of the Friedrich Ebert Foundation in Sarajevo, hosted a lecture “Cosmo-policy: dietary feminism women’s magazines” last Thursday.
In the past two years, Sarajevo Open Centre has organized individual trainings, and participated in the program of permanent education for police officers in the community in order to educate them on hate crimes issues, in cooperation with the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Sarajevo Canton.
Vladana Vasić, Saša Gavrić, Emina Bošnjak
Pink Report. Annual Report on the State of the Human Rights of LGBT People in Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2014
Only during these three gatherings, a little less than 50 people attended our events, socializing, exchanging ideas and having fun. Some people joined us for the first time, and hereby we encourage them to continue coming and spending time with the LGBT community, and the SOC team.
Today, Sarajevo Open Centre, INFOHOUSE and Foundation CURE have required from Canton Sarajevo Assembly the direct application of the Gender Equality Law, which stipulates that the executive branch has to ensure equal gender representation, and generally greater visibility and presence of women in the governments. Led by the example of colleagues from Zenica, whose actions … Continued