Pregnant women, women in childbirth, and mothers who are engaged under non-employment contracts must have the same rights in relation to pregnancy, maternity leave, and childcare leave as women employed by an employer, which is why it is necessary to continue with changes to the legal regulations, said the Commissioner for the Protection equality, Brankica…
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Rehabilitation is extremely important in the process of improving and advancing the health of people with disabilities and the elderly, but research has shown that a large number of them are discriminated against because they cannot use the services of spas due to the architectural inaccessibility of services and capacities, emphasized the Commissioner for the…
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Commissioner for the Protection of Equality Brankica Janković participated in the eleventh annual Think Tank Korčula School with numerous activists, experts, and politicians from the region who discussed gender equality and sexual and reproductive rights. At the meeting, it was pointed out that major political and ideological changes cause important political and ideological, often unforeseen,…
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Commissioner Brankica Janković was the hostess of the 36th Gathering of Flutists of Serbia “Hey Morava” held in Prislonica, near Čačak. The central event of the Gathering is the competition, where musicians from all over Serbia have the opportunity to demonstrate their skills in playing the flute. This year, Aleksa Miletić was declared the winner…
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A meeting of the Regional Coordination Committee of the Institutional Mechanisms of the Western Balkans was held in Istanbul, aiming to work together to improve equality and empower women in the countries of the Western Balkans. The topic of the meeting was the redefinition of the Regional Action Plan and the definition of common priorities…
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School is an important factor in establishing a value system among young people, but this value system is also being built in other institutions. No one is and cannot be alone in this struggle, especially not teachers in schools, who, due to the abundance of administrative work, often cannot devote more time to their students…
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The protection of human rights and the achieved standards in this area as the fundamental values of all democratic societies, important also in the process of Serbia’s accession to the European Union (EU), was the topic of discussion by members of the European Parliament (EP) who visited the Institution of the Commissioner for the Protection…
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Ambassador and Head of Delegation of European Union to the Republic of Serbia Emanuele Giaufret visited the institution of the Commissioner for the Protection of Equality, where he had discussion with Commissioner Brankica Janković about respect for diversity and the importance of equality as the foundation of every democratic society. During the meeting, they talked…
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On the occasion of the International Day for Countering Hate Speech (June 18), the UN in Serbia, in cooperation with the Commissioner for the Protection of Equality, the Ministry of Human and Minority Rights, the OSCE Mission and the Office of the Council of Europe in Belgrade, organized a debate on countering hate speech, where…
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Commissioner for the Protection of Equality, Brankica Janković, and the Head of the OSCE Mission in Serbia, Jan Braathu, opened a two-day seminar on recognition of discrimination and protection against it, for representatives of the National Councils of National Minorities in Vrdnik. National councils are important partners of our Institution, especially when it comes to…
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