As part of the UNIGEM project, video materials were created with the aim of informing the public about procedures for reporting violence, as well as the prevention of violence itself. Through these three short videos, citizens can get information about how gender-based violence represents discrimination, what to do when violence occurs, and how to prevent the occurrence of violence. The video material was created with the support of academician prof. Nedžad Korajlić PhD from the Faculty of Criminology and Security Studies of the University of Sarajevo and prof. Amila Ždralović […]
In the period from October 26th to November 23rd, 2023, the TPO Foundation was part of the Regional Data Challenge initiated by the Association Sigurna mjesta from Zagreb. The safecity application was presented during online sessions with the aim of encouraging anonymous reporting of street harassment. The Safecity application originated in India in 2012, created by Elsa Marie D’Silva. Since then, the application has expanded worldwide, translated, and localized by representatives of the Association, Ivana Šalinović and her colleagues. They undertook the translation due to the lack of tools for[…]
In a bid to foster intellectual discourse on gender issues, an online promotion of the collaborative anthology titled “Gender and Globalization” took place on the 28th of November via the Zoom platform.
The global campaign “16 days of activism against violence against women and girls” is celebrated every year, from November 25 to December 10. On this occasion, the member of the Council for Gender Equality of the University of Sarajevo, Prof. Amila Ždralović, PhD, from the Faculty of Law of the University of Sarajevo was a guest on the BHRT show “Jutro za sve”. The TPO Foundation focused this year’s campaign on the fight against femicide, and Prof. Ždralović just focused the conversation on femicide in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The fight[…]
On Wednesday, 22 November 2023, the TPO Foundation and the University Gender Resource Center (UNIGeRC) opened this year’s 16 Days of Activism Campaign as part of the UNIGEM project, which will focus on the fight against femicide. On the occasion of the start of the campaign, which will last from 25 November to 10 December 2023, a panel on violence prevention was held. Panelists were Dr. Alma Kratina, a member of the Federal Parliament of BiH, Prof. Dr Amila Ždralović, from the Faculty of Law of the University of Sarajevo,[…]
With the aim of stimulating intellectual discussion on gender issues, we are pleased to announce the online promotion of the anthology “Gender and Globalization.” This anthology is a testament to the collaboration of 19 partner universities across Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Croatia, and Serbia. The promotion of the anthology will take place online via the Zoom platform on November 28th, starting at 6 pm. The content of the anthology was created by participants from the Winter School “Gender and Globalization” with the support of their mentors, and it explores the[…]
Yesterday, at 18:00, a panel titled ‘Law and femicide – a comparative overview of legal solutions and systemic responses in the region (BiH, Montenegro, Croatia and Serbia)’ was held via the Zoom platform. The panel is part of this year’s ‘16 Days of Activism’ Campaign and it was organized by the TPO Foundation in cooperation with the University Gender Resource Center (UNIGeRC) as part of the UNIGEM project. Persons from the region took the role of panelists, i.e. there was one person from each country where the UNIGEM project has[…]
As part of the UNIGEM project, during the preparation period for the 16 Days of Activism, a two-day training on gender equality topics using the P4C method – Critical Thinking was held for teachers of the Second Gymnasium. The training was conducted by Elmana Cerić, a teacher from the Second Gymnasium in Sarajevo. In the period from November 6 – 7, 2023, the first training module P4C was held for the teaching staff of Second Gymnasium Sarajevo. During the two-day training, the participants were introduced to the P4C approach as[…]
On Monday, November 13, 2023, the TPO Foundation and the Faculty of Sports and Physical Education (FASTO) in Sarajevo signed an Agreement on cooperation and business and technical understanding with the aim to implement common interests and establish various types of cooperation in the field of common interests. Cooperation will encompass: project activities; testing, measurements and evaluation; planning and programming of specific processes; personnel exchange; cooperation and social action; education, including informal forms of education; the organization of seminars, conferences and scientific research workshops, and other activities in accordance with[…]
On Monday, October 30, 2023, in the Center for Interdisciplinary Studies of the University of Sarajevo, within the scope of the University and Gender Mainstreaming (UNIGEM) project, a promotion of the editions on the economy of care and a panel discussion was held. On this occasion, these books were promoted: ‘Initial Study on the Economy of Care’, ‘Feminism and Religion in the 21st Century’ and ‘Ethics of Care in the Age of Precarity’. The promoters were professors Dr. Jasna Kovačević, Dr. Maja Arslanagić Kalajdžić and Dr. Melika Husić Mehmedović, and[…]
