Employees of Commissioner for the Protection of Equality participated in Pride parade and supported members of LGBT population in their combat against violence and discrimination by walking through Belgrade city center. Requests for faster resolution of violence cases, simplified procedure for issuing of personal documents to transgender persons and regulation of position of same-sex couples…
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Numerous editors of local television stations, members of association New Networks of Serbia, attended the promotion of journalist manuals „Fight for Equality“ and „Media, Gender and Security“, published by Commissioner for the Protection of Equality, with support of OSCE Mission in Serbia. Commissioner for the Protection of Equality, Brankica Janković, stated at the promotion opening…
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Commissioner for the Protection of Equality, Brankica Janković, spoke at the opening ceremony of a two-day conference “Advisory meeting of blind and poor vision women in Serbia”, organized by Blind Persons Union in Vrnjačka Banja. Commissioner Janković reminded that, according to the number of complaints, persons with disabilities, along with women, are among the most…
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Brankica Janković, Commissioner for the Protection of Equality, is participating at the Second Gender Equality Review Conference in OSCE headquarters in Vienna. Commissioner Janković spoke at the panel „Gender mainstreaming and conflict cycles“ accenting the role of Commissioner for the Protection of Equality in creation of National Action Plan for implementation of the Resolution 1325…
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Role of fathers, husbands and partners is often invisible and still characterized by gender imbalance, especially when talking about taking care of children and housework, said Commissioner for the Protection of Equality, Brankica Janković, at the opening of global meeting of “MenCare” network in Belgrade. She accented that positive inclusion of men in lives of…
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Results of the project „Strengthening of human rights and suppression of discrimination of sensitive groups through supporting implementation of anti-discrimination legal framework“ aimed to determine discrimination indicators in Republic of Serbia for three social groups: women, persons with physical disabilities and older persons were presented at the conference organized by Commissioner for the Protection of…
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Dear members of the Parliament, Your Excellences, distinguished directors of companies and enterprises, representatives of the civil society and the media, esteemed guests, partners and friends, It is my great honor and pleasure to greet you all and thank you for accepting our invitation, demonstrating in such way that we are united around the idea…
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The guidebook for developing anti-discrimination Code of Conduct for Employers containing directives for creation of anti-discrimination policy of employers in Serbia was presented at the conference „We don’t discriminate“, organized by Commissioner for the Protection of Equality, within EU twinning project „Support of improvement of human rights and zero tolerance for discrimination“. Commissioner for the…
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Commissioner for the Protection of Equality, Brankica Janković, spoke at the opening of 4th science conference „Sport events security management“, organized by Faculty of Sport at „Union – Nikola Tesla“ University in Belgrade. Commissioner stated that combating violence in sports has been going on for years now and that in 2013 Government of Republic of…
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On the occasion of 16 November, International Day for Tolerance, Commissioner for the Protection of Equality, supported by OSCE Mission in Serbia, will award the best media articles and reports on combating discrimination and promotion of equality and tolerance with Annual Media Award, for a third year in a row. Contest goal is media promotion…
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