Protector of Citizens: Annual Report Gender equality Protector of citizens Deputy Prof. Zorica Mrsevic, PhD.

Protector of Citizens: Annual Report Gender equality

Protector of citizens

Deputy

Prof. Zorica Mrsevic, PhD

Activities of the Protector of CitizensSystematic monitoring of situation of gender equalityDealing with the petitionsProjectsRights of sexual minorities

Systematic monitoring of situation of gender equality

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Mobbing, discrimination, labor relations, family violence

National strategy for improvement of position of women and advancement of gender equality

Law on sexual equality

Violations of rights and policy documents

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Protector of Citizens has noticed 1

Increasing number of unemployed women in 2009

Abortion as the main contraception

Third type of discrimination: structural type

Effects of crisis differently affect women and men

Combating domestic violence is also a way of combating publicly committed violence

Marriages in SerbiaCauses of divorces are different for men and for women

Citizens Protector dealing with petitions from domain of gender equality

Administration against whom the procedures were conducted

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Protector of Citizens has noticed 2

Petitions issues

Lacks in functioning of administrations regarding gender equality

Protector of Citizens statements

Discrimination of women in documents of Republic statistic institute – corrected

Protector of Citizens’ dealing with petitions from domain of gender equality

3 PROJECTS:UNIFEM

OSCE

TWINNING

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PROJECTS

UNIFEM – with Vojvodina’s Ombudsman

– anti discrimination provisions, capacity building of local ombudsmen, promotion material

OSCE

– Gender sensitive language in public discourse

– Capacity building of the Citizens Protector’s experts

TWINNING

– Networking of institutions and organizations dealing with gender equality

Rights of sexual minorities

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2009. Violated rights of sexual minorities

Security of LGBT activism: attacks to persons and offices

Right to public assembly

Media statements of Citizens Protector

Hate speech in public and media domains

After par months city and communal services painted some of the graphite

Adequate institutional reaction such as sanctioning the perpetrators and public condemnation of such behavior lacked

Some of the graphite are still visible in the down town areas