The Ministry of Labor and Social Policy at the Resource Center for Gender Responsive Policymaking and Budgeting held Training on non-discrimination, rights and legal tools for preventing and protecting against discrimination, as well as an Information Session on free legal assistance. The training and the information session were realized together with the Council of Europe with the support of the European Union. At the training, introductory speeches by representatives of the Equal Opportunities sector as well as representatives of the ROMACTED program and the Horizontal Instrument for the Western Balkans and Turkey.
During the training, the following topics were covered: Defining normality, equality, stereotypes and prejudices; What is discrimination? Bases and types of discrimination; Freedom of expression versus hate speech;
At the end of the training, the Informative session on the right to free legal aid was conducted, where the basic information on free legal aid, conditions and procedures in which the right to free legal aid is exercised, as well as the question of who are the providers of free legal aid, were shared.