On 28th session of the House of Representatives of the Parliamentary Assembly of BiH on the first reading the Amendments on the Law on Council of Ministers of BiH have been adopted. This Amendments were forwarded in the parliamentary procedure by the Committee for Gender Equality of the House of Representatives of the Parliamentary Assembly of BiH. The Amendments were initiated by Sarajevo Open Centre and Agency for Gender Equality of BiH. The Proposal predicts 40% gender quota for the Council of Ministers of BiH.

Sarajevo Open Centre have been working on this issue very intensive. The Amendments are based on Sarajevo Open Centre’s Analysis about representation of men and women in executive branch in BiH, which you can find here.