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 Population“. The session was opened…
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Commissioner for the Protection of Equality Brankica Jankovic took part at the conference “Women in sustainable energy – leadership for change” where she spoke at the panel about policies and initiatives for strengthening of women’s role in the green economy. WISE SEE expert network was presented at the conference, consisting of more than 150 women…
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The principle of equality constitutes the basic value of every democratic society, while the suppression of all forms of discrimination is one of the most important tasks of any government, said Brankica Janković, Commissioner for the Protection of Equality at the conference on judicial and quasi-judicial implementation of the Law on the Prohibition of Discrimination…
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Commissioner for the Protection of Equality Brankica Jankovic met with seventh and eighth grade pupils from elementary school “Svetozar Markovic” in Belgrade at the meeting „Girls speak“, held within international campaign „Inspiring girls“ organized by Center for Research, Transparency and Responsibility. This campaign that is being held simultaneously in several cities worldwide has a goal…
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Commissioner for the Protection of Equality Brankica Jankovic took part in the walk along Kney Mihajlova street within campaign “The rights of Roma women are also human rights”, which draws attention to the right for choosing of partner and underage marriages as violations of rights of children and women. The walk was organized by Roma…
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Commissioner for the Protection of Equality Brankica Jankovic had a meeting with the Manager of United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) Graeme Tyndall, regarding the implementation of program “The improvement of good governance and social inclusion at the local level in Serbia (Swiss Pro)”. The program goal is contribution to the more responsible, transparent…
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Commissioner for the Protection of Equality Brankica Jankovic took part at the regional conference “Implementation of Council of Europe Istanbul Convention – challenges and forthcoming steps” which was organized in Sarajevo by the Ministry of Human Rights and Refugees of BiH and Agency for Gender Equality of BiH. In her addressing, Commissioner reminded that Serbia…
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On the occasion of 8 March, Commissioner for the Protection of Equality Brankica Jankovic, UN Resident Coordinator in Serbia Karla Hershey, Ambassador of Australia Julia Feeney, Ambassador of Brazil Isabel Cristina de Azevedo Heyvaert, and USA Deputy Chief of Mission Kurt Donnelly visited Lucani. The goal of the visit was to mark the International Women’s…
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Commissioner for the Protection of Equality Brankica Jankovic took part in the panel „The Role of Women in the Change of Business Environment“ within 25th Kopaonik Business Forum. For the first time, the topic was the influence of women to changes of business environment, while Commissioner spoke about the significance of economic empowerment of women…
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Commissioner for the Protection of Equality Brankica Jankovic spoke at the opening of the conference „Processing of hate crime and hate speech in Serbian legislation and the European standards“ which was organized by Lawyers’ Committee for Human Rights in Belgrade. Meeting was dedicated to the national legislative framework, rights of hate crime and hate speech…
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