Lithuanian Parliament moves closer towards criminalising homosexuality –...
Any move by the Lithuanian parliament to criminalize the promotion of homosexuality would violate the country’s international obligations to uphold freedom of expression and fight discrimination,...
View ArticlePresident Grybauskaite sees gender quotas as last resort
President Dalia Grybauskaite has given a cautious opinion about the idea of setting quotas for women in company boards of politics, saying it should be the last resort. In an interview published on the...
View ArticleLithuanian MPs do not see links between criticism of homosexuality and...
The group of the Lithuanian MPs seeks to establish that the criticism of homosexuality and attempts to change one’s sexual orientation would not be qualified as discrimination or harassment on grounds...
View ArticleLithuanians in Poland feel discriminated over taxes on cultural activity
BNS Lithuanians living in Sejny, a town in north-eastern Poland, on Thursday accused the local authorities of discrimination over the taxes for cultural and educational activities. The Sejny-based...
View ArticleSeimas lawyers: Ban on adoptions by homosexuals would breach international law
BNS The Seimas’ lawyers maintain that the amendments proposed by the Order and Justice party’s MP Petras Gražulis to ban adoptions for homosexual people would run counter to the European Convention for...
View ArticleValues cleaving the EU
The so-called “value Europe” has been a subject of many debates lately, writes Viktor Denisenko for www.myep.delfi.lt. Initially, the EU was formed as an alliance to unify Western Europe countries. In...
View ArticleLithuanian Poles to protest outside German Embassy
BNS Lithuanian Poles will stage a protest outside the German Embassy in Vilnius on Wednesday against discrimination against minorities. Vilnius Division of the Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania,...
View ArticleENAR demands apology from Lithuania’s Interior Ministry for racial profiling
The European Network Against Racism (ENAR), comprising of more than 170 non-governmental organizations, has turned to the Minister of Interior of the Republic of Lithuania and has asked for an official...
View ArticleLithuanian company refuses services to Israeli citizens due to Gaza events
The State Consumer Rights Protection Authority of Lithuania forwarded a claim received from a foreign national to the Lithuanian Office of Equal Opportunities Ombudsperson. [...] The post Lithuanian...
View ArticleLithuanians increasingly knowledgeable how to defend their rights
More than half of Lithuanians know where to turn in case their rights are violated, a recent survey has revealed. [...] The post Lithuanians increasingly knowledgeable how to defend their rights...
View ArticleMore discrimination complaints lodged by men than women in Lithuania
59 percent of complaints received by the Office of Equal Opportunities Ombudsperson of Lithuania last year came from men, figures show, marking the fourth consecutive year when more complaints are...
View ArticleLithuania to spend EUR 1.4 million on fighting discrimination
The Government of Lithuania on Wednesday backed an inter-institutional action plan for promoting non-discrimination and will allocate over EUR 1.4 million for research and promotion of public tolerance...
View ArticleGender pay gap in Lithuania among lowest in EU
The pay gap between men and women in Lithuania was one of the lowest among 28 EU Member States in 2013, data from Eurostat shows. [...] The post Gender pay gap in Lithuania among lowest in EU appeared...
View ArticleLGBT individuals in Lithuania afraid to report discrimination at work for...
Although Lithuania is on the bottom of the European Union (EU) list in terms of the situation of LGBT people, there have been very few discrimination complaints, especially about mistreatment at work....
View ArticleLithuanians grow more aware of discrimination
People in Lithuania have become more forthcoming in reporting discrimination. The Seimas Office of Equal Opportunities Ombudsperson has received 260 complaints so far this year, significantly up nearly...
View ArticleRecord number of appeals to Lithuanian equal opportunities ombudsman
Lithuania’s equal opportunities ombudsman received a record number of complaints in 2015. Since the establishment of the office in 2015 the Equal Opportunities Ombudsman received 265 complaints and 165...
View ArticleLithuanian Professor elected to UN Committee on discrimination for second time
Vilnius University Gender Studies Centre director Professor Dalia Leinartė has been elected as a member of the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women for the second...
View ArticleParliament to discuss impact of ratified Istanbul convention
Lithuania's parliament will Friday discuss the effects of ratification of the Istanbul convention for the Baltic state. [...] The post Parliament to discuss impact of ratified Istanbul convention...
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