ACTIVITIES IN 2014
2014 has been a rich year for the activities undertaken, visibility in the country and among international stakeholders. Further in the text please find some of the selected activities:
QUEERING HUMAN RIGHTS REGIONAL LGBT CONFERENCE BELGRADE, SEPTEMBER 29- OCTOBER 1 Gender equality, inherent to sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR), is one of International Planned Parenthood Federation’s (IPPF) core areas. In this regard SRH Serbia, an Associate Member of IPPF EN, together with its regional partners, IPPF EN Member Associations from Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Republic of Macedonia desires to organize a regional Conference with its civil society partners to ensure this remains a political priority across the region. With the development of the Post2015 framework advancing at fast track, the review process of the ICPD Program of Action (PoA) coming to an end and the currently ongoing review of the Beijing PoA, this is a critical moment to advance regional priorities on SRHR and gender equality and ensure their integration into the new Post-2015 framework. Having this said, SRH Serbia, with the assistance of Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit, as part of the funding for the SRH Serbia’s project Scale-up for the future – Building sustainable Human Rights Based Centre for LGBT community in Southern and Eastern Serbia, is planning a
regional Conference titled Queering Human Rights with the objective to build partnerships to promote and advocate for regional priorities in the field of SRHR and gender equality. Mutual collaboration grounds are seen among the region, but different circumstances require restricted approach that addresses regional characteristics. Moreover the Conference will look into how these regional policies are linked to the national level and aim to update advocacy knowledge to enforcing these at national level. Thus the two-day Conference has taken place in Belgrade, in the period from September 29 October 1, grasping over 100 participants from countries of the region, as to correspond with the Belgrade Pride Week that ends on Sunday 28 September with a Pride March.
ROMA WOMEN UNEMPLOYMENT The behavior of the labor market gatekeepers has a very real impact on the opportunities that are made available to unemployed Roma trying to re-enter the labor market. But there is no comprehensive understanding amongst labor market gatekeepers – employers, human resource personnel and labor office officials – that their behavior is one of the major contributors resulting in systemic exclusion from employment for vast numbers of working-age Roma. Discrimination is not widely acknowledged as a major factor behind Romani unemployment, and when the issue is raised there is often strong resistance to discuss the subject or denial that
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