This year’s International Day Against Racial Discrimination is marked in the shadow of the COVID-19 virus pandemic and measures to combat it, said Commissioner for Protection of Equality, Brankica Jankovic, who pointed out that the current situation has shown all the vulnerability of modern society globally and set unprecedented challenges, among which are preserving and…
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In 2019, the most complaints were filed due to discrimination on grounds of disability. In the second place are complaints on grounds of gender, followed by those on grounds of health status, while the number of complaints on grounds of age and membership in political, trade union and other organizations remained the same. Complaints because…
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With aim to promote the significance and role of women in society, as well as women’s contribution to culture, Commissioner for Protection of Equality Brankica Jankovic opened the Nobel Women Salon as the permanent art exhibition at the Adligat Book Museum, on the occasion of International Women’s Day. Improving the gender equality through changes in…
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Discrimination on the labor market is still very present and each year the largest number of complaints are received from citizens precisely because of the discrimination they have experienced at work or during the employment process, said Commissioner for Protection of Equality Brankica Jankovic at conference in Cacak “The Second Chance for Women 45+ in…
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Commissioner for Protection of Equality, Brankica Jankovic gave recommendation to all municipalities and cities to take measures and activities to ensure greater participation of women and young people in all spheres of political and public decision-making at the local level, bearing in mind the upcoming elections at all levels. Jankovic reminds that the Commissioner’s analysis…
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On the occasion of World Holocaust Remebrance Day, Commissioner for Protection of Equality Brankica Jankovic says that remembrance of the events that manifest the greatest human suffering in the 20th century is not only an obligation to the past, but also a pledge for the future. Millions of innocent people died so that we would…
Read Article → Commissioner for Protection of Equality Brankica Jankovic welcomes the decision of the Ministry of Trade, Tourism and Telecommunication to establish a working group that would consider all aspects of potential prohibition for shops to work on Sundays. Commissioner Jankovic says that it was good to have such a quick reaction to our suggestion, reminding that…
Read Article → Commissioner for Protection of Equality Brankica Jankovic sent a recommendation to all municipalities and cities to take all necessary actions and measures in order to ensure the establishment and provision of a personal escort service to children in need of this service. After appeals from citizens from this and previous years, Jankovic gave a recommendation,…
Read Article → Commissioner for Protection of Equality Brankica Jankovic submitted to the National Parliament of the Republic of Serbia a Special Report on Discrimination in the Field of Labor and Employment, on the occasion of ten years of implementation of the Law on the Prohibition of Discrimination, bearing in mind that the largest number of complaints by…
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Commissioner for Protection of Equality Brankica Jankovic spoke at the meeting held on the occasion of new master studies “Law and Gender” that would be developed and implemented within strategic partnership between the Faculty of Law at Belgrade University and consortium of experts from the faculties from Italy, Sweden, Germany and Spain, called LAWGEM. Emphasizing…
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