The Commissioner for the Protection of Equality, Brankica Janković, gave a lecture to students of the School of Human Rights, where she presented the role and competencies of the institution of the Commissioner for the Protection of Equality. Young students had the opportunity to find out what are the most common forms of discrimination are,…
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The Commissioner for the Protection of Equality, Brankica Janković, opened the traditional manifestation “Three Borders without Borders” in Priboj, organized by the women’s association “Let’s Save the Village”, in which singing groups competed in performing original songs and among which there are many girls and boys – guardians of tradition from Serbia. Montenegro and Republika…
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Dialogue is the most important segment of political culture, whose level of development is measured by the quality of dialogue, said the Commissioner for Protection of Equality Brankica Janković at the thematic social dialogue “Culture of Dialogue – Civil Society and Media”. The quality of dialogue implies the purpose of the conversation, the relevance of…
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The Commissioner for the Protection of Equality, Brankica Janković, attended the celebration of the European Day of Remembrance for Roma and Sinti victims of the World War II, organized by the Romag Association. It is important that, as a society, we remember the persecution and killing of all innocent people, regardless of their nationality. Future…
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The Commissioner for the Protection of Equality, Brankica Janković, met with Danijela Golić, the founder of the “Summit of Women Leaders”. The meeting was dedicated to agreements and plans on strategic partnership aimed to empower women leaders. Janković and Golić discussed a number of topics concerning women on the path to empowerment and success as…
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The Commissioner for the Protection of Equality, Brankica Janković, participated in the constitutive session of the Council for the Rights of the Child, where she announced a Special Report on Discrimination against Children, which should be presented in the Parliament on the eve of the World Children’s Day. The Commissioner pointed out that the institution…
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The global pandemic has affected sexual and reproductive health, and there are problems on this topic in Serbia that need to be approached with much more attention, said Commissioner for Protection of Equality Brankica Jankovic at the conference held on the occasion of World Population Day, which singled out health as one of the most…
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The emergency situation we are living in due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which is also a kind of hybrid war against the invisible enemy, showed that women are those who were at the first line of defense, who were overcoming social barriers, breaking stereotypes and bearing additional burden, said Commissioner for Protection of Equality Brankica…
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Discrimination against women has been most expressed in the field of work and employment for years, which is a consequence of decades of patriarchal attitudes and gender stereotypes related to the role of women in society – and that is not something that can be changed overnight, by one law, said Commissioner for Protection of…
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Although women’s sexual and reproductive rights are part of human rights, their violations often occur because of ingrained social attitudes toward women’s sexuality and they are consequences of a patriarchal concept of the female role in the family, said Commissioner for the Protection of Equality Brankica Jankovic at the panel “Consent, bodily autonomy and the…
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