Commissioner for the Protection of equality Brankica Janković would like to warn that certain media report about the murder of a young man in Zemun in an inappropriate and sensational manner. By bringing together the transgender status and the committed murder, and by using offensive expressions and qualifications, they additionally create intolerance and hostility towards…
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In previous days, even months, we are witnessing that media are incresingly publishing cases of abuse and violence against children, exposing their life stories and personal confessions, crossing the boundaries of professional etics and severely violating the rights of children in certain number of media posts, warns Commissioner for the Protection of Equality Brankica Jankovic….
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Commissioner for the Protection of Equality Brankica Jankovic warns that in the last three days only, two women were murdered, while several were physically injured. Appealing to all authorities to fully implement Law on the Prohibition of Domestic Violence, as well as all other available protection measures, in order to stop the increasing trend of…
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Commissioner Brankica Jankovic condemns discriminatory questions stated in the job advertisement for associates of website Last Minute Ponude, where the candidates were asked to specify their marital status, as well as the number of children and their age. Commissioner reminds that requests to specify marital and family status in the employment process are unjustified, intolerable…
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Brankica Janković, Commissioner for the Protection of Equality, condemns press statement of Zoran Đorđević, Minister of Labor, Employment, Veteran and Social Affairs made at today’s conference organized on the occasion of the International Women’s Day, as offensive and inappropriate. Irrespective of the fact that the Minister quoted Jovan Dučić, famous Serbian poet, such views…
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Regarding the emergence of Nazi salutations during the meeting in Belgrade dedicated to Milan Nedic, Commissioner for the Protection of Equality Brankica Jankovic, condemning such salutations in the strongest way, reminds that the Law on the Prohibition of Discrimination forbids the expression of ideas, information and opinions that encourage discrimination and hatred in meetings and…
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Commissioner for the Protection of Equality Brankica Jankovic condemns the banner and insulting statements on national, religious or any other grounds, which were aimed against basketball player Alen Omic at the match Crvena Zvezda – Olympiakos and emphasizes that we must not allow that such individual incidents distort the image of society which has proved…
Read Article → Regarding the posters which promote the lecture of Vladislav Djordjevic, stating „Men, stand still: Feminism as a devastating nation factor in army and other state institutions of the occupied Serbia“, Commissioner for the Protection of Equality Brankica Jankovic warns of the noxiousness of the messages that define the improvement of the position of women as…
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Commissioner for the Protection of Equality Brankica Jankovic condemns the sexist Facebook post of director of Elektrodistribucija in Knjazevac Predrag Stojanovic, recounted in numerous media outlets, which disparage and offend the dignity of women. Stojanovic post has additional weight because, as the holder of the public office, he has an obligation to fight against gender…
Read Article → Commissioner for the Protection of Equality Brankica Jankovic condemns the appearance of graffiti against MP Marinika Tepic, as well as all threats which were addressed to her in the previous days on the social networks. Graffiti that contain threats and inappropriate, sexist and discriminatory messages are intolerable in every democratic society, where all citizens should…
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