During the two and a half months of the exhibition “Great Women of Serbian Culture”, the contribution of women to our culture and art and women’s creative works of the second half of the 19th and the 20th century were additionally highlighted. Until a little over a hundred years ago, their works were almost unrecognized…
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Complaints about the availability of health services and actions to protect the rights of different vulnerable groups have largely marked the work of the Commissioner for the Protection of Equality since the beginning of the Covid crisis. Although these problems were most pronounced during the state of emergency, the same types of complaints remained the…
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Age discrimination is one of the most common reasons why citizens address the Commissioner for the Protection of Equality, which has become especially visible in the last two years, during the crisis caused by the pandemic, said the Commissioner for the Protection of Equality Brankica Janković at the webinar “Discrimination against the Elderly and Agenda…
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Improving gender equality in the context of the climate crisis is one of the biggest global challenges of today, which is why “Gender equality today for a sustainable tomorrow” is the topic of this year’s “Stock exchange bell for gender equality”. Women are already recognized as more vulnerable to the impact of climate change compared…
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The position of the elderly in Serbia, as well as in Europe and around the world, is complex and often unfavorable. In our society, there are various forms of discrimination against the elderly – for example, in the workplace, when raising loans, etc., and the practice of our institution shows that age, as a basis…
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Thanks to the rapid and powerful development of modern technologies, which is often called the “fourth industrial revolution”, great changes have taken place in the overall socio-political relations and in people’s daily lives. From the point of view of respect for human rights, these changes have brought not only progress, but also new challenges, while…
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The business world, the economic sphere and the promotion of the protection of rights and equality in the field of labour relations are of great importance for the institution of the Commissioner for the Protection of Equality, but also for society as a whole, because the socio-economic rights that are exercised in this area are…
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Women are often invisible drivers of change, and Roma women have the role of initiators of change in their communities, said Commissioner for the Protection of Equality Brankica Janković at a lecture she gave to Roma women within the “100 for the Future” project. She supported and encouraged Roma women to become more engaged and…
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We live in a time and years when the last direct witnesses of the Holocaust – one of the most terrible crimes in the history of mankind – will die, which makes our obligation to remember the victims and preserve the anti-fascist tradition even greater, the Commissioner for the Protection of Equality Brankica Janković said…
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The Commissioner for the Protection of Equality, Brankica Janković, participated in the gathering on the occasion of the opening of the Privacy Week, dedicated to the International Personal Data Protection Day, observed on January 28. Emphasizing that privacy is not a privilege, but a right, the Commissioner said at the opening that the violation of…
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