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10 December 2015 38th Sitting of the Committee on Human and Minority Rights and Gender Equality
Thursday, 10 December 2015
38th Sitting of the Committee on Human and Minority Rights and Gender Equality
The Committee on Human and Minority Rights and Gender Equality of the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia and the Gender Equality Committee of the Assembly of AP Vojvodina held a joint sitting to mark 10 December, International Human Rights Day, at the Assembly of AP Vojvodina.
Speaking of the position of women in Serbia, the participants stressed that some progress has been achieved in certain areas both legislatively and institutionally speaking, but the ratification of the Istanbul Convention requires significant changes to the national legislation and an efficient implementation of the adopted laws. The participants added that the National Assembly is at this moment deliberating on the 2016 budget proposal which has for the first time introduced gender responsive budgeting into the budgeting process.
Stojanka Lekic, Chairperson of the Gender Equality Committee of the Assembly of AP Vojvodina, and Meho Omerovic, Chairman of the Committee on Human and Minority Rights and Gender Equality of the National Assembly, highlighted the importance of cooperation between the two committees and the need to exchange experiences, especially concerning the spread of the network of gender equality protection mechanisms, education against violence, efficient victim support and protection services, adjustment of laws to international standards, economic empowerment of women and improvement of coordination among the institutions for the purpose of fully achieving human rights and suppressing violence.
The participants were also presented best practice examples concerning gender equality in the Republic and the Province, as well as certain flaws such as the lack of a national SOS hotline.
After the joint sitting, the members of the two committees attended the award ceremony for the Provincial Government’s annual gender equality recognition. This year, the award went to Ksenija Vlaovic, entrepreneur and social activist.
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 - sitting of the Defence and Internal Affairs Committee (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 2)
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10.00 - press conference of the Ecological Uprising Parliamentary Group (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, Central Hall)
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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, Small Hall)
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15.00 - sitting of the Culture and Information Committee (National Assembly Building, 14 Kralja Milana Street, Small Hall)
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15.30 - 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 3)
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16.00 - the National Assembly Speaker meets with the Head of the EU Delegation to receive the EC Report on Serbia’s Progress in 2025 (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, hall 1)
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16.20 - press statements on the delivered EC Report on Serbia’s Progress in 2025 (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, Central Hall)
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17.00 - press conference of the Green-Left Front – Don’t Let Belgrade D(r)own and Movement of Free Citizens (PSG) – Party of Democratic Action of Sandzak (SDA Sandzak) – Party for Democratic Action (PDD) parliamentary groups (National Assembly House, 13 Nikola Pasic Square, Central Hall)