Head of the Department for Cooperation and European Integration, Jelena Kotević, participated in a meeting organized by Belgrade Pride dedicated to strategic planning to improve the position of members of the LGBT population. On that occasion, Kotević presented some of the research results on the attitudes of citizens and representatives of public authorities towards discrimination…
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Commissioner for the Protection of Equality, Brankica Janković, had a constructive meeting in Bujanovac with representatives of the National Council of Albanian National Minorities. Council president Nevzad Lutfiu, secretary Driton Bilali, and associate Lemane Mustafa participated in the conversation. This was one of the opportunities to discuss problems and potential cases of discrimination against our…
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For us, the media is a very important partner in the business of building a society tailored to the citizens, in which everyone has equal chances, especially today, when many values that were established recently have been called into question, and citizens everywhere in the world are exposed to sensationalism, fake news and hate speech,…
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The Commissioner for the Protection of Equality, Brankica Janković, together with the representatives of the Kolubara District Women’s Association (ŽUKO), held a workshop for the students of the Center for Professional Development in Leskovac on the topic of equality in property inheritance. Janković introduced high school students to the work of the Commissioner’s institution and…
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The Commissioner for the Protection of Equality, Brankica Janković, and the Institute for Comparative Law Director, Dr. Vladimir Čolović, signed an agreement on scientific and professional cooperation in protecting equality and the fight against discrimination. Cooperation will be realized through the organization and implementation of joint programs, preparation of professional seminars and conferences, mutual exchange…
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Commissioner for the Protection of Equality, Brankica Janković, and her associates met with the Human Rights Ambassador at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands, Wim Geerts, the Ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to Serbia, Joost Reintjes, and the representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands, Hester van Ommeren,…
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Representatives of women’s civil society organizations from Montenegro visited the institution of the Commissioner for the Protection of Equality to become more familiar with its competences and activities. Commissioner Brankica Janković presented the most important mechanisms for protection against discrimination and some of the more important projects that the institution implements in cooperation with partners…
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In 2023, the Commissioner for the Protection of Equality conducted educational workshops on protecting against workplace discrimination, which included over 400 union representatives and employees in the automotive, electrical, and textile industries. At the workshops in Subotica, Novi Sad, Valjevo, Kragujevac, and Niš, the training participants learned more about the Commissioner’s mandate and role, the…
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It is important that all information about support programs concerning the employment of the less employable categories of the population, especially women, who are often discriminated against on the labor market, be easily accessible to all citizens, said Commissioner for the Protection of Equality Brankica Janković at the presentation of the booklet “Support programs for…
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Commissioner for the Protection of Equality, Brankica Janković, and representatives of the Kolubara District Women’s Association (ŽUKO) held the first in a series of joint workshops for high school students on the topic of equality in property inheritance at the Polytechnic School in Požarevac. In our society, prejudices, stereotypes, and beliefs still put women in…
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