The Commissioner for the Protection of Equality, Brankica Janković, volunteers every Friday from 12:00 p.m. to 15:00 p.m. on the info line of the Serbian Red Cross to support elderly citizens in isolation.

During today’s conversation, the elders who responded mostly wanted to share their own experiences about the time they spend during the 24-hour movement ban, where they stated that separation from children, and especially grandchildren, was the hardest for them. The commissioner was mostly asked about the ways to extend the drug prescriptions and the possibilities for extending the driver’s license, as well as about the functioning of measures for care and assistance at home during the state of emergency. Jankovic also answered questions related to a possible all-day movement ban for all citizens and how it would affect the elderly who have no descendants.

Also, there was a number of citizens with disabilities who stated the problem of the functioning of the service of personal assistants in conditions of limited movement, especially those who work in two shifts. The commissioner informed the citizens that since the introduction of the state of emergency, she has sent several initiatives to the Government of Serbia in order to solve the problems faced by single parents, employed parents of children with disabilities, people with rare diseases, women exposed to partner and domestic violence and other vulnerable groups, as well as the Initiative for resolving the manner of payment of various social benefits in this period.