The Commissioner for the Protection of Equality honored November 16, the International Day for Tolerance, with an annual conference, organized in cooperation with the OSCE mission The year behind us and this current year are different from the previous ones, as we live in a time when the challenges are greater and the circumstances more…
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Climate change and environmental protection are the main topics of this year’s World Forum for Democracy held in Strasbourg entitled “Can Democracy Save the Environment”, at which the Commissioner for the Protection of Equality, Brankica Janković, spoke about the role of the young and the oldest citizens, in the first place concerning intergenerational justice, solidarity…
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The Commissioner for the Protection of Equality, Brankica Janković, met with the Secretary General of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, Helga Schmid, with whom she discussed the importance of equality as the foundation of any democratic society. Special mention was made of gender equality in the field of security with an emphasis…
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Commissioner for the Protection of Equality Brankica Janković participates in the Fifth Regional Conference of Equality Bodies of Southeast Europe in Ljubljana, with representatives of Croatia, BA, Northern Macedonia, Slovenia, Montenegro, Albania, OSCE, as well as the Director of the European Network of Equality Bodies (EQUINET). The main topics discussed are vaccination, different treatments of…
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Commissioner for the Protection of Equality Brankica Janković met with Canadian Ambassador Giles Norman to discuss the importance of respecting human rights and protection mechanisms against discrimination, continuation of cooperation in active promotion of gender equality through women’s entrepreneurship, as well as numerous other activities. Janković presented to the Ambassador the most important activities that…
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Equality Commissioner Brankica Jankovic participated in the two-day final conference of the OSCE Economic and Environmental Forum on “Promoting Comprehensive Security, Stability and Sustainable Development through Women’s Economic Empowerment”, held in Prague. Addressing the participants, the Commissioner presented the achieved level of gender equality, especially in the political field, which also affects the economic empowerment…
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Commissioner for the Protection of Equality Brankica Janković met with Blerta Cela, Deputy Regional Director of the United Nations for Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment (UN Women), with whom she discussed the achieved standards in the field of human rights and gender equality, as well as projects jointly implemented in the past by the Commissioner…
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Regarding the media announcement of the Military Trade Union, which expresses dissatisfaction with the opinion that the Ministry of Defense did not violate the provisions of the Law on Prohibition of Discrimination and the announced lawsuit against the Commissioner for the Protection of Equality, we emphasize: The Commissioner makes decision on the basis of facts…
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The Commissioner for Protection of Equality Brankica Janković met with the coordinator of the Initiative for Economic and Social Rights A11 Danilo Ćurčić and representatives of this organization Milica Marinković and Vladimir Šahović, with whom she talked about protection against discrimination and promotion of human rights of vulnerable and marginalized social groups. Cooperation with the…
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The issue of gender and security, ie the comprehensive inclusion of women, must be a high priority in future policy making, because women have a different perspective in perceiving different challenges, said Commissioner for Protection of Equality Brankica Jankovic in Kragujevac at an evaluation meeting of focus groups on the implementation of Resolution 1325. Women,…
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