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Serbia, Hungary sign memorandum of cooperation
Belgrade,
27 October 2008
State Secretary at the Serbian Ministry of Labour and Social Policy Snezana Lakicevic-Stojacic and her Hungarian counterpart Rut Edit signed today in Belgrade a memorandum of cooperation on gender equality.
The memorandum has been signed to improve the situation regarding gender equality, to offer help in establishing links between organisations dealing with the position of women and to make joint efforts for supporting expert organisations that deal with women’s issues in countries that are in the pre-accession phase of EU integration.
Lakicevic-Stojacic said that the draft law on gender equality will soon be forwarded to the government and will be in parliament next year.
She said that as an EU member country Hungary can provide valuable help in this area, adding that the issue of gender equality is still to be regulated by law in Serbia, where only 20% of MPs are women.
Edit said that the Hungarian Constitution upholds gender equality and inequality most frequently becomes apparent in the economic sphere, reflected in differences in salaries.
She said that the Hungarian anti-discrimination law, which was passed in 2004, is applicable to any group that might be discriminated against because of religion, ethnic origin, sexual identity, disability etc.
The law establishes 20 forms of discrimination against which complaints can be filed to the authorities, said Edit, adding that penalties are monetary, accompanied by public disclosure of the identity of those responsible for discrimination.
Lakicevic-Stojacic said that the draft law on gender equality will soon be forwarded to the government and will be in parliament next year.
She said that as an EU member country Hungary can provide valuable help in this area, adding that the issue of gender equality is still to be regulated by law in Serbia, where only 20% of MPs are women.
Edit said that the Hungarian Constitution upholds gender equality and inequality most frequently becomes apparent in the economic sphere, reflected in differences in salaries.
She said that the Hungarian anti-discrimination law, which was passed in 2004, is applicable to any group that might be discriminated against because of religion, ethnic origin, sexual identity, disability etc.
The law establishes 20 forms of discrimination against which complaints can be filed to the authorities, said Edit, adding that penalties are monetary, accompanied by public disclosure of the identity of those responsible for discrimination.
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