Full Coverage: Croatia

27.03.2007 The STOP to RISKY SEX EDUCATION civic coalition organizes the “Sex Education Week” that started yesterday, March 26 and will last until Saturday, March 31.

27.03.2007 Aiming to inform and raise the sensibility of parents/families in order to achieve better understanding and acceptance of LGBTIQ persons in their immediate surroundings, the LORI lesbian organization from Rijeka launches a campaign for acceptance and non-discrimination of sexual and gender minorities in the family.

26.03.2007 Between June 27 and June 30, 2007, Zagreb will host the Zagreb Pride 2007 social-political event. This will be the sixth Pride in Zagreb in a row, an event that gathers lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, transsexual, intersexual and queer persons. The Pride Parade, the central event will be held on June 30 (Saturday). The Organization board of Zagreb Pride 2007 has already initiated the activities and invites all interesting persons to join the Board.

23.03.2007 Provoked by the recent statements by the Speaker of the Sabor (Croatian Parliament) and the Prime Minister that the Government doesn’t plan to call for a referendum on Croatian entry into the NATO alliance, as well as the general communication strategy adopted by the Government on that issue, the Peace Studies Centre and Peace, Non-Violence and Human Rights Centre from Osijek prepared an open letter to Croatian political leadership.

19.03.2007 Journalists from Croatia and other countries in the region gathered yesterday, March 18, in Karlovac, for a three-day forum aiming to improve the quality of reporting on the problem of waste management in Croatia.

16.03.2007 The Centre for Peace Studies (CMS) announces the 6th Youth MIRamiDA – Peace Building Training for Youth Activists from Croatia. The training takes place in Pula, April 13-20, and the deadline for application expires on March 23, 2007.

15.03.2007 The CESI Education, Counselling and Research Centre, in partnership with the Open Media Group (OMG), starts the implementation of the National Campaign for Prevention of Gender-Based Violence. The campaign aims to raise youth awareness about this problem and prevent gender-based violence.

12.03.2007 On the occasion of March 8, the International Women’s Day, the Croatian Women Network, in cooperation witht he Women Section of the Association of Independent Trade Unions of Croatia and the Women Committee of the Croatian Independent Trade Unions, organized a protest march, starting at former factory “Nada Dimic” and ending the walk at “Kamenita vrata” (Stone Portal), as a warning to deteriorating position of women in the labour market.

06.03.2007 The MAJA MILES Award, presented annually by the Croatian Women Network for achievement in gender sensitive journalism, for 2007 will go to Orlanda Obad from Jutarnji List and Irena Frlan from Novi List, for their systemic and quality promotion of gender and sexual minorities’ equality in the media. The Award is presented on March 8, the International Women’s Day.

06.03.2007 The Serb Democratic Forum (SDF) issued a public statement yesterday, to protest the inadequate housing provisions for Serb returnees into areas under special care by the state. The manners and practice of housing provisions for Serb returnees, claims SDF, are cause of great concern and discriminatory.

06.03.2007 The Republic of Croatia and EU signed yesterday, March 5, 2007, the Joint Inclusion Memorandum (JIM). The JIM defines the strengths and weaknesses of social policies designed to fight poverty, as well as challenges and priorities of future social policies.