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Commissioner at the “Pro-Femina 2018” regional conference

Commissioner for the Protection of Equality Brankica Jankovic participated at the regional conference of the magazine Lepota i zdravlje “Pro-Femina 2018” and reminded, in the introductory part, of the prevailing opinion that there are still professions which are reserved only for men, especially if they are on high positions and ...

Commissioner gave lecture at the Faculty of Law in Belgrade

Commissioner for the Protection of Equality Brankica Jankovic gave lecture on the role of institution of Commissioner in the combat against discrimination at the Faculty of Law in Belgrade. She presented the legal status, competencies and action mechanisms of the institution to the students, as well as several examples from ...

Warning for the public regarding the violence against women and reporting about Natasa Bekvalac

Commissioner for the Protection of Equality Brankica Jankovic warns that in the last three days only, two women were murdered, while several were physically injured. Appealing to all authorities to fully implement Law on the Prohibition of Domestic Violence, as well as all other available protection measures, in order to stop ...

Warning regarding discriminatory ad published by website Last Minute Ponude

Commissioner Brankica Jankovic condemns discriminatory questions stated in the job advertisement for associates of website Last Minute Ponude, where the candidates were asked to specify their marital status, as well as the number of children and their age. Commissioner reminds that requests to specify marital and family status in the ...

Meeting of Commissioner and OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media

Commissioner for the Protection of Equality Brankica Jankovic met with new OSCE representative on freedom of the media Harlem Desir and discussed the importance of respecting human rights and equality principle in media, as well as the role of institution in the prevention of discrimination in media. Commissioner Jankovic stressed the ...

Commissioner visited Roma settlement in Cukarica

Commissioner for the Protection of Equality Brankica Jankovic visited informal Roma settlement in Cukarica within the campaign “Coffee with…..” and discussed with Roma women about their everyday problems. The position of Roma men and women should not be discussed only on the occasion of International Roma Day or within the Month ...

Announcement on the occasion of the International Roma Day

On the occasion of the International Roma Day, 8 April, Commissioner for the Protection of Equality Brankica Jankovic congratulates to all Roma men and women their holiday and notes that, beside positive improvements during the previous years, the poverty, difficult access to health care, unemployment and significant social distance, unfortunately, ...

State institutions have to stand as an example for the employment of Roma

We all have the responsibility and also the commitment to work on full and real inclusion of Roma national minority, which includes education and employment, and the best example should be given by state institutions, said Milan Nikolic from the expert service of Commissioner for the Protection of Equality at ...

Trade unions are the important factor in the protection against discrimination

Commissioner for the Protection of Equality Brankica Jankovic spoke about discrimination of women at the labor market within the session „Women and the labor market in Serbia – towards establishing of gender balance“, which was organized by the Confederation of Autonomous Trade Unions of Serbia. Commissioner stressed that trade unions are ...

Commissioner at the Committee for Human and Minority Rights session

On the occasion of International Roma Day, Commissioner for the Protection of Equality Brankica Jankovic took part at the session of Committee for Human and Minority Rights and Gender Equality of the National Parliament of Serbia, titled „The Right to Choose Partner and Drawing Attention to Children Marriages in Roma ...