Commissioner for Protection of Equality Brankica Jankovic points out that the cartoon in today’s issue of NIN weekly magazine is inappropriate and insulting in many ways, in context of long-standing sexual violence in on of youth acting schools in Belgrade. Rape, sexual harassment and all other criminal acts against sexual freedom, recognized by criminal justice…
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A woman from Aleksinac who was killed by her ex-husband and the latest case when man has wounded his partner and her daughter in Požarevac, along with all the victims of the family and partner violence this year, are a warning to everyone that drawing of public attention to this huge social problem cannot and…
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Commissioner for Protection of Equality Brankica Jankovic warns that leader of PSG (Free Citizens Movement) Sergej Trifunovic crossed all public speech boundaries when he insulted an older lady in the most brutal way in one of his tweets. Such sexist and ageist insulting deserve most serious condemnation. Commissioner reminds that public speech must not contain…
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Commissioner for Protection of Equality Brankica Jankovic strongly condemns tweets from Informer newspaper editor in chief about journalist Zaklina Tatalovic, stating that they represent an example of sexism that is absolutely impermissible in public communication, whose targets are women journalists and other women from public professions. Commissioner highlights that such attitude towards women must not…
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Comments on the physical appearance of prof. Darija Tepavcevic Kisic PhD, who have been present on social networks for several days, especially on Twitter, are insulting and reinforce sexist stereotypes that women in office cannot have professional competencies, but those positions are the result of their appearance, warns Commissioner for Protection of Equality Brankica Jankovic….
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After number of complaints by citizens and frequent appearance of unacceptable and offensive speech and stigmatization of persons with COVID-19 viruses, as well as persons at higher risk of disease, such as the elderly and citizens of the Republic of Serbia returning from abroad, which is especially present at social networks, Commissioner for Protection of…
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Commissioner for Protection of Equality, Brankica Jankovic, condemns the attacks on journalists and the police at the protest of high school students in Leskovac due to the alleged announcement of the Pride Parade. Recalling that discrimination against persons of different sexual orientation is still present in our society, Commissioner stresses that such incidents show how…
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Commissioner for Protection of Equality, Brankica Jankovic, condemns the attack on the premises of the Pride Info Center in Belgrade and reminds that all violence is prohibited, especially when it is a consequence of discrimination against any social group, in this case the LGBT population. In recent months, there have been frequent incidents targeting the…
Read Article → Commissioner for Protection of Equality, Brankica Jankovic, warns that with the performance of mixing liquids of different colors, the leader of Dveri, Bosko Obradovic, encourages fear and the creation of a hostile environment towards migrants and people of different skin color and ethnic origin. The Constitution of the Republic of Serbia prescribes the right to…
Read Article → Commissioner for Protection of Equality, Brankica Jankovic, strongly condemns the comment on the social network Twitter, in which the underage daughter of the President of Serbia was insulted in an inadmissible and shameful way. The public space is flooded with insulting statements and discriminatory attitudes, and it is becoming more and more prominent on social…
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