Technology, the Internet and social networks can be powerful tools in the fight against gender-based violence, as confirmed by numerous applications and algorithms that are already being used around the world with the aim of prevention, stated the Commissioner for the Protection of Equality, Brankica Janković, on the occasion of the International Day Elimination of…
Read Article →
Commissioner for the Protection of Equality Brankica Janković is participating in the Third Moscow International Conference on Combating Xenophobia, Anti-Semitism and Racism “Let’s Protect the Future”, organized by the Russian-Jewish Congress with the support of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation. At the invitation of the organizers, the Commissioner participated “online” in…
Read Article →
The Commissioner for the Protection of Equality, Brankica Janković, congratulated the children in Serbia on World Children’s Day, emphasizing that regardless of the fact that a lot has been done to improve the position of children, the last two years have been extremely difficult for everyone, especially children. Wanting to draw public attention to society’s…
Read Article →
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…
Read Article →
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…
Read Article →
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…
Read Article →
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…
Read Article →
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…
Read Article →
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…
Read Article →
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…
Read Article →