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Political participation of LGBTI people still an impossible reality
06/02/2020 - Albania
Tirana, 4 February 2020 - Open Mind Spectrum Albania (OMSA) in cooperation with theMinistry of Health and Social Protection of Albania and supported ...
Slovenia receives 9 SOGIESC recommendations within 3rd Cycle of UPR
06/02/2020 - Slovenia
The Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review held its thirty-fourth session from 4 to 15 November 2019. The review ...
NEW CRIMINAL VERDICT FOR A HATE CRIME IN SERBIA
04/02/2020 - Serbia
This article contains a statement from our member organisation Da se zna! On February 4, 2020, the Court in Smederevo ...
Croatia Gay Couple Foster Care Application Rejected: Court Decision Ignored
29/01/2020 - Croatia
This article has been taken from Total Croatia News portal. The author is Forrest Stilin. You can access it here. The ...
Blocking EU accession negotiations will negatively impact LGBTI rights
27/01/2020 - Albania
On 27 January 2020, ERA and ILGA Europe sent a joint-letter to European Union institutions as well as to the governments ...
Landmark decision for transgender rights in Kosovo
21/01/2020 - Kosovo
The Basic Court in Pristina made a landmark decision in December 2019, affirming the right to change both name and ...
New recommendations for Bosnia and Herzegovina from the United Nations
25/11/2019 - Bosnia and Herzegovina
This fall, United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child (UN CRC) made its concluding observations on the combined fifth ...
Homeless trans woman brutally attacked in Tirana
13/11/2019 - Albania
On 12 November 2019, Anxhela a trans woman living in Tirana was brutally attacked by five men in their 20s. As ...
Attack on Tiffany club in Ljubljana, Slovenia
01/11/2019 - Slovenia
On Friday, 1 November 2019, at 6 am, after the club was closed, a group of bullies attacked the Tiffany ...
ERA – LGBTI Equal Rights Association for Western Balkans and Turkey awarded seven grants for LGBTI Arts projects
27/09/2019 - All Countries
ERA – LGBTI Equal Rights Association for Western Balkans and Turkey in cooperation with member organizations - Da Se Zna! and Come ...
Research: A Comparative Analysis of the Socioeconomic Dimensions of LGBTI Exclusion in Serbia
26/09/2019 - Serbia
The World Bank has published the report: "A Comparative Analysis of the Socioeconomic Dimensions of LGBTI Exclusion in Serbia" which ...
UPR outcome of Albania – no law on same sex partnership?
26/09/2019 - Albania
On 19 September 2019, during the 42nd United Nations Human Rights Council, Albania provided information on whether 197 recommendations received ...
TRANS MAN ATTACKED IN MONTENEGRO
03/09/2019 - Montenegro
On 28 August 2019, a trans man was attacked in town of Kolašin, Montenegro. The attackers knocked on the door ...
Kosovo Court of Appeal takes historic decision on legal gender recognition
28/08/2019 - Kosovo
On August 22nd Centre for Equality and Liberty (CEL) of Kosovo and Centre for Social Group Development (CSGD) announced the historical ...
Lesbian PM Or Not, Serbia Blocks Gays’ Path To Parenthood
27/08/2019 - Serbia
Source: https://www.rferl.org/a/lesbian-pm-or-not-serbia-blocks-gays-path-to-par... Note: This article has been written and reported by Ron Synovitz in Prague with additional reporting from Belgrade by ...
Apply for Capacity Building “Organisational development and internal governance for LGBTI organisations”
06/08/2019 - All Countries
ERA - LGBTI Equal Rights Association for the Western Balkans and Turkey is happy to invite you to apply to ...
The new Law on primary education in North Macedonia provides protection for LGBT persons
02/08/2019 - Macedonia
The new Law on primary education of North Macedonia is a step forward in the protection against discrimination and violence ...
New Criminal Code in Kosovo strengthens protections for LGBTI persons
22/07/2019 - Kosovo
The new Criminal Code of Kosovo, published in the Official Gazette on 14 January 2019 and entered into force on ...
OTVORENI POZIV ZA MALE GRANTOVE U OBLASTI LGBTI UMETNOSTI I KULTURE
19/07/2019 - Serbia
OTVORENI POZIV ZA MALE GRANTOVE U OBLASTI LGBTI UMETNOSTI I KULTURE Mlade osobe (18-24 godina) koje žive na teritoriji Republike Srbije se ...
UN renews crucial mandate for protection against violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity
12/07/2019 - All Countries
“This is another historic victory, not only for communities of diverse sexual orientations and gender identities, but for humanity as ...
“Chemsex and the city” – Support don’t punish
10/07/2019 - All Countries
Authors: Irena Molnar & Amarildo Fecanji On 26 June 2019, on the occassion of the Global Day of Action within the ...
Urgent action is needed to address HIV among GMT in the Balkans
08/07/2019 - All Countries
ERA – LGBTI Equal Rights Association for the Western Balkans and Turkey, with the support of Open Society Foundations, is ...
National Conference in Skopje to advance LGBTI rights and strengthen regional cooperation
08/07/2019 - All Countries
On 27-28 June ERA and its member organisations in North Macedonia in cooperation with the Ministry of Labour and Social Politics of the Republic ...
LGBTI activists mobbed and attacked in North Macedonia
01/07/2019 - Macedonia
By: Amarildo Fecanji On the afternoon of Saturday, 29 June, seven LGBTI activists from North Macedonia, Albania and Bosnia and Herzegovina ...
What does 2019 EU Enlargement Package say on LGBTI rights?
24/06/2019 - All Countries
Each year the European Commission adopts its "Enlargement package" - a set of documents explaining its policy on EU enlargement. ...
Understanding SDGs: Regional webinar provides information to ERA members
11/06/2019 - All Countries
In collaboration with the UN Human Rights team in Serbia and United Nations Free & Equal, ERA organised on 18 ...
Trainings on storytelling, podcasting and filmmaking target young people in Serbia
11/06/2019 - Serbia
In the last two months, ERA in cooperation with its two member organisations in Serbia, Da Se Zna! and Come ...
Two-day training on financial management targets ERA members in the Western Balkans and Turkey
11/06/2019 - All Countries
Background On 23 and 24 May ERA in cooperation with IGLYO hosted a two-day training on financial management in Belgrade, Serbia ...
The 2nd wave of the European survey of lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, intersex, and also non-binary, and other gender non-conforming people.
29/05/2019 - Croatia
Besides occasional news reports about discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and intersex (LGBTI) people, there is very little comparable ...
