National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia / Activities / Activity details
Tuesday, 2 April 2013
13th Sitting of the Committee on Human and Minority Rights and Gender Equality
At the sitting held on 2 April, the members of the Committee on Human and Minority Rights and Gender Equality reviewed the Gender Equality Directorate Activity Report for the period January – December 2012.
The representatives of the Gender Equality Directorate, Dr Natalija Micunovic and Dragan Knezevic, said that the Directorate organises conferences, projects, roundtables, is involved in various research, and one of its key goals is to strengthen the position of women in society. The Gender Equality Directorate will continue with its work on the economic empowerment of women, protection from violence, protection of groups who suffer multiple discrimination, on strengthening the role of women in the media, as well as on promoting the healthcare for women, added the Director of the Directorate, Dr Natalija Micunovic.
The Committee members unanimously accepted the Report, with the request that the Ministry of Labour, Employment and Social Policy submit data on the projects and the funds spent on them as soon as possible.
The Committee Chairman went on to present the activities planned for April 2013 to the Committee members, which include a Committee sitting, a roundtable on the efficiency of the cooperation between the Commissioner for Information of Public Importance and Personal Data Protection and the Committee, as well as a seminar organised by the Women’s Parliamentary Network.
The sitting was chaired by the Committee Chairman, Meho Omerovic.
Committees related to this activity
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9.00 - sitting of the Committee on Spatial Planning, Transport, Infrastructure and Telecommunications (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 3)
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9.20 - press conference of the NEW DSS – POKS (NADA) Parliamentary Group (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, Central Hall)
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9.30 - sitting of the European Integration Committee (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 4)
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9.30 - press conference of the Ecological Uprising Parliamentary Group (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, Central Hall)
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9.30 - sitting of the Defence and Internal Affairs Committee (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 2)
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10.30 - sitting of the Foreign Affairs Committee (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 4)
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12.00 - public hearing of the Culture and Information Committee on the topic: Public interview with the proposed candidates for Regulatory Authority for Electronic Media Council members (National Assembly Building, 14 Kralja Milana Street, office 53)
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15.00 - the PFG with Italy, the Holy See and the Sovereign Order of Malta meets with the Italian delegation to the Central European Initiative Parliamentary Dimension (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 2)