Tag: discrimination

The Football Federation of North Macedonia (FFM) condemns the nationalistic slur toward the footballer Ezgjan Alioski by the Austrian national football team player Marko Arnautovic, after scoring a goal during the match against North Macedonia. The Federation informed that it has submitted an official complaint to UEFA requesting a punishment for the Austrian footballer player Marko Arnautovic. "As the "House of...

The Romani pupils that are enrolled in first and second grade in the 2020/2021 school year were granted a total of 638 scholarships. These are part of the project in North Mscedonia financed by the European Union "Regular classes: Action for an inclusion of the Romani in elementary education." This project was implemented by the Foundation Open Society Macedonia, Association...

With 61 votes in favor and without any votes against or withheld, the Parliament of the Republic of North Macedonia yesterday adopted the decision for the election of the seven members of the Commission for Prevention and Protection against Discrimination. Previously, the Association ESE and the Network for Protection Against Discrimination insisted that the manner of placing party personnel in...

The Government has sent to the Parliament of north Macedonia the new draft Law on Prevention of and Protection against Discrimination, which aims to improve the legal framework and adjust it to the EU's legislation and the international standards about protection from discrimination. The new law should cover all government bodies, the bodies of the local self-government, legal entities with...

The President of the country, Stevo Pendarovski has signed decrees promulgating 18 laws that had not been signed by former President Georgi Ivanov, stated the presidential cabinet. Among the signed decrees, were the proclamation of the Law on the Prevention and Protection against Discrimination, then the Law on the Termination of a Pregnancy, known as the Abortion Law. Pendarovski also...

By placing the "Romany wheel of fortune" at the center of Skopje, which had the problems written on it that the Romany people face with in North Macedonia, the Women's Initiative of Shuto Orizari marked the International Romany day. "We decided to mark the International Romany Day by giving the opportunity to our fellow citizens to turn the Romany...

Today, Parliament adopted the Law on Prevention and Protection against Discrimination, after it was discussed in a session on Friday. Fifty-two MPs voted for the law, three were abstentions, and no one was against. The debate on the anti-discrimination bill, which was fast-tracked through Parliament, went against the views of the government and the opposition regarding the benefits of this...

Remembering not only the need to continue supporting the Roma, but also steps are being taken backwards. The Helsinki Committee for Human Rights of the Republic of Macedonia welcomed the International Day of the Roma, but also cautioned that the further integration of the Roma and solving their problems are not making much progress. The Helsinki Committee said that the...

Not even one organization for women, reacted to speeches made by Nikola Gruevski and Daniela Rangelova, President of the Union of Women of VMRO-DPMNE, at the party annual conference yesterday. The event was organized primarily for the Union of Women of VMRO-DPMNE, but not only were the women last in the welcoming speech of their leader, but no-one mentioned their...

Member of Parliament Liljana Popovska of DOM commented today that the Legislative commission of the Assembly is losing its credibility. Popovska said that all of her arguments for amending the Law for prevention and protection of discriminatory practices have been turned down by the Commission. -By doing this you allow LGBTI people to be treated like orphans in their own...

The poster for the announcement of "Moto Festival 2015", whose official and main sponsor is the City of Skopje, again contains homophobic symbol - a sign of the two men in sexual pose crossed over in red - as an index of ban, placed next to the ban for presence of Satanists (symbolically marked by 666) and carrying animals,...

Without full gender equality, there is no democracy or social justice, is the message that is sent by the leftist movement "Solidarity" on the occasion of 8th of March, International Women's Day. - Our society is still hostage to traditional and patriarchal mechanisms of thinking and living. They play a key role in policy-making, adoption of laws and institutional practice,...