Project: Vulnerable Groups And Security Sector Reform: LGBT Case Study04Nov2013
Conference on Public Policies and Improving Life Quality of LGBT Population
Civil society organization's conference titled ''Supporting development of public policies in the field of rights protection and improvement of life quality of LGBT citizens'' will be held on Monday, 4th of November, in Belgrade. Main topics at the Conference will be access to justice and rule of law, security, violence prevention and fight against violence, prohibition of discrimination, education and socio-economic stability, and LGBT vulture and identity.
Among the participants and speakers at the Conference will be representatives of the Forum for Ethnic Relations, Labris – organization for lesbian human rights, Institute of Social Sciences, Belgrade Centre for Human Rights, YUCOM, Center for Euro-Atlantic Studies, Civil Rights Defenders, Youth Initiative for Human Rights, Gayten-LGBT, Optimist magazine, Free Zone Festival, and Public Policy Research Centre.
Svetlana Djurdjevic-Lukic will Centre’s representative and she will speak on security, violence prevention and fight against violence.
In 2011 Center published the research ''LGBT People and Security Sector Reform in the Republic of Serbia'' that showed attitudes of the LGBT population from Belgrade, Novi Sad and Nis towards police and Armed Forces, and what do they think of their own security in Serbia. The research included interviews with the representatives of the Ministry of Interior and Ministry of Defence as well.