All politicians, regardless of mutually opposing views and the heightened rhetoric that is usually present during the election campaign, have the obligation and responsibility to respect the Constitution and the Law on Prohibition of Discrimination, which prohibit hate speech, as well as offensive, harassing and humiliating behavior towards to an individual or a group based…
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Commissioner for the Protection of Equality, Brankica Janković, participated in the international conference marking 30 years of work of the High Commissioner for National Minorities of the OSCE in The Hague. In the panel dedicated to the results and good practice in achieving the active participation of national minorities in social and economic life, Janković…
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Commissioner for the Protection of Equality, Brankica Janković, participated in the two-day regional conference “Population and Development: Ensuring Rights and Choices” in Geneva, where she spoke in the thematic session “Inequalities, Social Inclusion and Rights”. Presenting examples of good practice from Serbia, Janković evoked the adopted initiative of the Commissioner for the Protection of Equality,…
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Rural women face many problems, one of which is unpaid work in the household, because they spend over 21 percent of their time doing unpaid housework. Many of them have neither health nor pension insurance, while only 18 percent of women living in the countryside have a registered agricultural farm, said Commissioner for the Protection…
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The International Day of Older Persons was solemnly marked at the Day Center and Club for Older Persons “Igor Holodkov” in Belgrade with the awarding of prizes and an exhibition of the best children’s works submitted to the competition of the Commissioner for the Protection of Equality “Bridge of Understanding – Intergenerational Solidarity”. With mature…
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Commissioner for the Protection of Equality, Brankica Janković, sent the Government of Serbia and the Ministry of Education a recommendation to take all the necessary measures on time to allocate funds from the budget for the distribution of free textbooks in the territory of all local self-government units for the next school year. Thus, students…
Read Article → The Commissioner for the Protection of Equality, Brankica Janković, sent recommendations to all preschool institutions in Serbia for measures related to the enrollment of children and attending these institutions aimed at improving the equality of all children, regardless of any of their or their parents’ personal characteristics. The recommendation indicated that for a child, once…
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The Commissioner for the Protection of Equality, Brankica Janković, will host the 36th Gathering of Flutists of Serbia “Oj Moravo”, which will be held on July 22 and 23 in Prislonica. At the press conference held on that occasion, the Commissioner said that just as human rights have no gender, nation, or religion but belong…
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The Commissioner for the Protection of Equality, Brankica Janković, and the Director of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) for Serbia, John Kennedy Mosoti, signed a Memorandum of Understanding to continue cooperation related to the protection against discrimination and the promotion of equality, especially social groups that are at greater risk of discrimination. “The cooperation…
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The Commissioner for the Protection of Equality, Brankica Janković, said on the occasion of International Pride Day that despite positive developments, members of the LGBTI+ community still face social distance and various forms of violence and discrimination. We should continuously work to overcome all the obstacles that prevent our LGBTI+ fellow citizens from being equal…
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