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11/02/2015
Human Rights in Bosnia and Herzegovina: 150 civil society organizations call the government to accep the recommendations of the UPR

On behalf of the 150 civil society organizations in BiH, today in Sarajevo TRIAL, MyRight and Justice Network presented some of the key recommendations of the Universal Periodic...

06/02/2015
Third round of lectures and feminist discussions Somebody said feminism? begins soon

Sarajevo Open Centre, in partnership with Friedrich Ebert Foundation, in March of this year, before the International Women's Day, starts a new round of lectures and feminist...

05/02/2015
Successful cooperation with the Ministry of Interior Affairs of Sarajevo Canton regarding the Festival Merlinka

Festival was visited by more than 400 people from across the country and the region, as well as representatives of the diplomatic community in our country, and not a single...

05/02/2015
Aida Obuća: Women must be much bolder and engage more in political and public life

Aida Obuća was born in 1975. She is a lawyer and one of the few women in Bosnia and Herzegovina that perform a very important and responsible role – she is the president of the...

29/01/2015
Press Release: Sweden supports local ownership in the struggle for LGBT and women´s rights in BiH

The Embassy of Sweden today signed an agreement with Sarajevo Open Centre in support of the organization’s Strategic Plan 2014-2017. Sarajevo Open Centre has the last years...

16/01/2015
“Regarding Susan Sontag” Opens Third Merlinka in Sarajevo

From January 30th until February 1st, Sarajevo Open Centre is organising and hosting the International Festival of Queer Film Merlinka at the Art Cinema Kriterion in Sarajevo....