Commissioner for Protection of Equality, Brankica Jankovic, met with the representatives of the movement Opre Roma Serbia. They informed her about the details of the tragic event in the informal Roma settlement in the Belgrade municipality of Cukarica last Friday, when six children and one man suffered severe burns from an electric shock, from which,…
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Commissioner for the Protection of Equality, Brankica Janković, submitted to the National Parliament The Regular Annual Report for 2020, a year undoubtedly marked by the current situation caused by the pandemic, when most complaints were filed due to discrimination on grounds of health and age, which was expected. Following are complaints on grounds of ethnicity,…
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Having in mind the importance of protection against any form of violence in the labor market, especially protection of women who belong to one of the most vulnerable groups, Commissioner for the Protection of Equality Brankica Jankovic supported the initiative of the Federation of Independent Trade Unions of Serbia to ratify Convention No. 190 of…
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Commissioner for the Protection of Equality, Brankica Jankovic, met with the president of the Association of Pensioners of Serbia, Andrej Savic, and the president of the EB of the Third Age Movement, Momcilo Talijan, with whom she discussed the position of senior citizens in Serbia. Age is one of the most common grounds for filing…
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On the occasion of the International Women’s Day, March 8, the Commissioner for the Protection of Equality, Brankica Jankovic, organized a visit to the municipality of Priboj, which was awarded the prize for the “City / municipality of equal opportunities” in 2019. The Ambassador of Australia, Ruth Stewart, and the Deputy Ambassador of Great Britain,…
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Women’s entrepreneurship in rural areas and local communities should be strengthened, because there is a growing number of women who decide to take matters into their own hands, to combine their skills, knowledge, natural resources and traditions to start a joint business, said Commissioner for Protection. Equality, Brankica Jankovic, at the conference “Empowerment of women…
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Commissioner for the Protection of Equality, Brankica Jankovic, sent a Recommendation to the Ministry of Health to review and analyze all the effects of the potential abolition of the Institute for Health Protection of Students in Serbia and its merging with health centers, after addressing of organizations that deal with protection of human rights. Such…
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Social and economic disturbances caused by the global COVID-19 pandemic had a huge impact on the growth of existing and the emergence of new inequalities in societies around the world, says Commissioner for Protection of Equality Brankica Jankovic, on the occasion of World Day of Social Justice. Commissioner points out that the measures taken by…
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Commissioner for Protection of Equality Brankica Jankovic sent a recommendation to the Ministry of Labor, Employment, Veterans and Social Affairs and the Ministry of Health to consider amending the existing ban on visits and restrictions on movement in residential institutions for the elderly, after appeals from citizens and associations dealing with the protection of the…
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Commissioner for the Protection of Equality, Brankica Janković met with the newly appointed Head of the OSCE Mission to Serbia, Jan Braathu, with whom she discussed respect for diversity and the importance of equality as the foundation of any democratic society, as well as mutual long standing, fruitful and continuous cooperation. Extending her best wishes…
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