Brankica Janković, Commissioner for the Protection of Equality, congratulates International Labor Day, May 1, stressing that we have to work further on improvement of workers position, having in mind that, through years, discrimination happened mostly in this area, according to Commissioner’s reports. Equal opportunities for all, the exercise of the right to work and improve…
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On the occasion of European Day of Solidarity between Generations, Brankica Janković, Commissioner for the Protection of Equality, was handled the award by Belgrade Gerontology Center seniors for contribution to improvement of older persons living conditions. Sculpture „Tree of cooperation between generations“ was made within creative workshop during the 4th OK Festival, presenting the symbol…
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Brankica Janković, Commissioner for the Protection of Equality, congratulated all Roma men and women their holiday, International Roma Day, noting that it presents the opportunity to once again draw attention to problems that members of Roma population encounter in their everyday life. Although there are certain improvements, Roma national minority is still one of the…
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Brankica Janković, the Commissioner for the Protection of Equality, submitted the 2016 Regular Annual Report to the National Assembly of Serbia. The largest number of complaints pertains to discrimination on the grounds of disability and gender, making one quarter of total number of claims received. These are followed by complaints related to discrimination on the…
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Commissioner for the Protection of Equality Brankica Janković welcomed the decision of the Ministry of Justice to appoint 17 certified sign language court interpreters and said that this would improve the position of citizens with disabilities and help them exercise their rights and strengthen their access to services. This is an improvement that will have…
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Brankica Janković, the Commissioner for the Protection of Equality congratulates International Women’s Day to all women in Serbia, stressing that despite positive developments, women in our society are still not equal in many aspect of social life. Discrimination of women is most obvious on the labor market, in the area of health services, because of…
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Regarding the beginning of the presidential election campaign, Brankica Janković the Commissioner for the Protection of Equality called on all participants in the election process to demonstrate high level of tolerance and comply with the laws and Constitution of the Republic of Serbia. I would like to emphasize the importance of acting in accordance with…
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The Commissioner for the Protection of Equality continues to support all efforts exerted towards promoting the position of the LGBT population living in Serbia as persons of different sexual orientation still face numerous challenges in their everyday life: hate speech, violence and threats. This is the reason this independent institution, apart from acting on complaints…
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On the occasion of the 3rd of December, International Day of Persons with Disabilities, Commissioner Janković pointed out that women with disabilities are exposed to discrimination in all spheres of public and private life, facing barriers in education, health and social care and are poorer and less employed than men with disabilities. Commissioner stated that…
Read Article → On the occasion of the World AIDS Day, the Commissioner for Protection of Equality Brankica Janković underlined that in most cased, persons living with HIV and AIDS are stigmatized in their everyday life and that they face discrimination in all aspects of life, from education and employment to health and social care. Misunderstanding and ignorance…
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