The Commissioner for the Protection of Equality, Milan Antonijević, and representatives of the Swiss Cooperation Office visited the municipality of Trstenik, where they had the opportunity to become more closely acquainted with the activities carried out with this municipality within the program “PRO – Local Governance for People and Nature”. This also includes the establishment…
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Discrimination and social distance towards persons living with HIV are most common in the areas of health care, work and employment, and the provision of services, said the Commissioner for the Protection of Equality, Milan Antonijević, at the opening of the symposium “HIV Today: Everything We Need to Know”, held to mark the International AIDS…
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“Gender-Based Violence in Emergency Situations” was the topic of a two-day training held at the Training Centre in Plandište for professionals working with migrants. One of the lecturers was Milica Simić, Independent Adviser at the Commissioner for the Protection of Equality. The aim of the training was to provide participants with an in-depth understanding of…
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The Commissioner for the Protection of Equality, Milan Antonijević, participated in the regional dialogue “Women Lead: Economy, Alliances and the Future of Integration”, which was held in Montenegro. Discrimination against women often represents a pattern that persists thanks to prejudice and “invisible” barriers that continue to shape power relations in our societies. Gender equality, therefore,…
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Commissioner for the Protection of Equality, Milan Antonijević, met with the Ambassador of Turkey to Serbia, İlhan Saygılı, who, together with his associate, visited the institution of the Commissioner. Antonijević and Saygılı discussed the empowerment of women, measures aimed at the rights of the child and persons with disabilities, as well as possible cooperation in…
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The spring gathering with our youngest partners, high school students and members of the Youth Panel for Equality, began with the “Circle of Tolerance” workshop. Some of them had been with us before, while others joined us today for the first time. Among them was Commissioner Milan Antonijević, who emphasized in the discussion that discrimination…
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Intergenerational cooperation means much more than the exchange of experience. It builds relationships of mutual understanding and trust, strengthens the community and improves lives. On the occasion of the International Day of Intergenerational Solidarity, a new cycle of the AGE+ project was launched in Šabac, connecting generations through various joint activities and learning, thereby strengthening…
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Equality is not a privilege, but a right, which is why we “listen” to citizens in all parts of Serbia in order to learn more about the problems they face and work on overcoming them, said Commissioner Milan Antonijević, who, on the occasion of the International Day of Intergenerational Solidarity, visited Šabac with his associates,…
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Where to direct resources, how to remain relevant and achieve real impact were among the central topics at the meeting of heads of independent equality bodies, members of the EQUINET network, held in Vienna, in which Commissioner Milan Antonijević took part. The development of EQUINET’s new strategy comes at a very important moment and can…
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Commissioner for the Protection of Equality, Milan Antonijević, met with representatives of Austria’s Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs, Health and Consumer Protection, with which our institution has had successful long-standing cooperation, primarily in the field of protecting the rights of older people. The meeting addressed opportunities for continuing joint activities, and one of the main…
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