In order to strengthen the established regional cooperation and exchange of experiences in the area of common interest, Tatjana Jokanović, Assistant Commissioner for the Protection of Equality visited Višnja Ljubičić, Croatian Ombudsperson for Gender Equality. They discussed competences and activities of two institutions, position of LGBT population and challenges related to the implementation of gender…
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Commissioner for the Protection of Equality, Brankica Janković, attended the conference “Justice in transition toward European integration: challenges and opportunities for efficient protection of human rights”, within the project “Strengthening of educational activities and organizational capacities of Judicial Academy” of a consortium led by the British Council. Topics discussed at the conference included issues of…
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Commissioner for the Protection of Equality, Brankica Janković, has signed the Female Platform for Development of Serbia, which defines development goals in different areas of social life, aimed at focus directing development towards improvement of everyday life quality of women and men in Serbia, over a period 2014-2020. Commissioner said that she and her colleagues…
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Commissioner for the Protection of Equality, Brankica Janković, met with Saša Gajin from the Center for Comparative Legal Studies, Jovana Vuković from Regional Minorities Center and Biljana Braithwaite from AIRE Centre. They discussed the forthcoming cooperation with institution of Commissioner regarding the project “Providing legal assistance in cases of discrimination”, supported by European Union and…
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The first training for representatives of local governments entitled “Protection against discrimination – identifying and preventing discrimination in the work of the local self-government bodies” was organized in Belgrade by the Commissioner for the Protection of Equality and the Ministry of Public Administration and Local Self-government, in cooperation with Standing Conference of Towns and Municipalities….
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Brankica Janković, Commissioner for the Protection of Equality, emphasized the significance of including women in the decision making process in the field of security, adding that the Ministry of Defense and Serbian Army noted rising number of women in all categories. “First of all, it is essential to establish a new strategic action frame, by…
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Brankica Janković, the Commissioner for the Protection of Equality met with Nenad Vujić, Director of Judicial Academy. After evaluating the results of common activities performed so far, the Commissioner and the Judicial Academy Director spoke about extending cooperation in the area of training judges and prosecutors on the implementation of anti-discriminatory regulations, primarily of the…
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Trade union activity of women is of crucial importance for the improvement of their position in society, especially in the field of labor and employment. Experience of the Commissioner for the Protection of Equality indicates that most of discrimination complaints pertain to this area, said Brankica Janković at the opening of „Empowering Women from Regional…
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Brankica Janković, Commissioner for the Protection of Equality, announced today the changes of the Law on the Prohibition of Discrimination that should improve protection of all citizens and also estimated that discrimination in Serbia is much more existent than reported. At the debate called „Implementation of the Law on the Prohibition of Discrimination“ , organized…
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Fifth grade students of the International School in Belgrade visited the institution of Commissioner for the Protection of Equality yesterday in order to learn about mechanisms of protection against discrimination and respect of human rights. Through conversation with Antigona Andonov, Chief of Staff and Advisers Ivana Filipov and Tamara Vlaškalin, students learned about discrimination, how…
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