Tag: #HumanRights

9th March 2021 Skopje, North Macedonia

Vildan Drpljanin

Lawyer and Project Manager, Helsinki Committee for Human Rights

The COVID-19 labour crisis and its impact on women workers

Results of the ‘Improved productivity through better labour legislation in North Macedonia’ Project “Globally, women will likely experience a significant burden on their time given their multiple care responsibilities as school closures and confinement measures are adopted, possibly leading to reductions in working time and permanent exit from the labour market. In some contexts, and […]

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9th December 2020 Skopje, North Macedonia

Даниела Стојановска Џинговска

Дипломиран специјален едукатор и рехабилитатор и Советник за ортопедски помагала на Генералните Директори на Фондот за здравствено осигурување на РСМ

Единствената попреченост е лошиот став, но попреченоста е во општеството, а не во личноста

Попреченоста започнува тогаш кога лицето со сензорна,физичка или интелектуална попреченост ќе се соочи со предизвиците во социјалната/општествената заедница. Образованието е првата социјална средина за секое дете вклучително и за децата со попреченост и тие за прв пат излегуваат од својата семејна безбедна и сигурна околина. Пристапот до образование е неопходен за градење на општество на […]

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21st August 2020

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by Matt Field

British Diplomat

PRIDE (In the Name of Love)

Last September, I counted myself lucky to join hundreds of others in the first ever PRIDE march in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Despite security concerns beforehand, it was a happy and joyful event, a celebration showing that this country is a home and open to all. This year there will be no physical event – a […]

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17th May 2020 Skopje, North Macedonia

Dominic Otway

Deputy Head of Mission, British Embassy Skopje

Inclusion in uncertain times – IDAHOBIT

Two things struck me when I was asked to write this week’s blog marking the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia (IDAHOBIT) on 17 May.  First, it reminded me how much the world has changed since February. I’m thinking of then because it was the last public event I hosted, the day before the first […]

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31st January 2017

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by Sian MacLeod

UK Ambassador to Serbia

The Human Dimension

Human rights and fundamental freedoms are integral to the concept of comprehensive security embodied by the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe. This year this UK has taken on the role of chairing OSCE Human Dimension Committee. This is one of the main pillars of the organisation. How governments treat their people, and we […]

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18th October 2016 Geneva, Switzerland

Mark Matthews

Ambassador and Deputy Permanent Representative of the UK to the UN & Other International Organisations in Geneva.

FCO Conference on Preventing Violent Extremism: How Freedom of Religion or Belief can help

Violent extremism is of course nothing new, but today we are confronted by the rapid growth of a particular form of it which is linked by its perpetrators to the tenets of one of the world’s great religions, Islam. It is worth just pausing for a moment to consider that violent extremism is not new, […]

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15th September 2015

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by Greg Dorey

Diplomat

International Day of Democracy: Space for Civil Society

“Democracy” can be defined as a universal value based on the freely-expressed will of people to determine their own political, economic, social and cultural systems and their full participation in all aspects of their lives. For countries to build successful and stable democracies, the existence of a strong and freely operating civil society is crucial. […]

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