Women and girls are frequently exposed to serious forms of violence, especially physical and verbal violence, violence in the family, psychological violence, sexual violence and rape. These and other forms of violence against women are a serious breach of women’s human rights and are the main obstacles to achieving gender equality.[i] Statistics show that one … Continued
By not accepting the amendments to the Law on the Council of Ministers of BiH on the session that took place on 24th of May, political parties clearly showed us what they think about gender equality. But first, let’s take few steps back. During the last year Sarajevo Open Centre conducted two studies about gender … Continued
On Tuesday, 17 May the lectures of the Module 1 (Introduction to feminisms: history, terms, theory) and Module 2 (State, law, equality: de iure and de facto) at this year’s Žarana Papić School of Feminism took place. Sandra Zlotrg, linguist, lector, professor of Bosnian, Serbian, Croatian language, talked about the feminist linguistics. Adnan Kadribašić, lawyer, talked about the institutionalization of gender equality: gender mainstreaming, gender-responsive budgets, as well as about the, so called, positive measures and quotas.
Women in party bodies Women are underrepresented in the main bodies of the key political parties in BiH. Extreme examples are two parties (SDA and SDS) in which the party president and all the vice-presidents are male. In other political parties women hold at least one vice-presidential seat, which amounts to representation of 10-20% (depending … Continued
Judges and prosecutors have emphasized how important it is to educate the local judicial practitioners about the human rights of LGBTI persons, and that these educations regarding LGBTI human rights are very useful for their work.
On Saturday, 14 May the lectures of the Module 1 (Introduction to feminisms: history, terms, theory) at this year’s Žarana Papić School of Feminism took place. Selma Kešetović, MA in gender studies and a writer, talked about the diversity and disputes within the feminist theory and practice.
The 1995 Constitution of Bosnia and Herzegovina, The Resolution on Politics of Health for all Citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina,[i] and the Gender Equality Law in Bosnia and Herzegovina all set standards and offer guidelines for organization of a healthcare system that will provide adequate help and protection to all citizens, aiming to improve the … Continued
Tuesday, May 17 we will mark the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia (IDAHOT). The same day the House of Representatives of the FBIH Parliament will meet. Guest speakers at the Parliament will be Ivan Jakovičić, member of European Parliament, and Lars – Gunnar Wigemark, EU Ambassador in BiH.
Proposal of measures for the implementation of the Recommendation
CM/Rec(2010)5 of the Committee of Ministers to member states on measures to combat discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation or gender identity
Education – what do the statistics say? The latest available data on education of women was published by the Agency for Statistics BiH, like in previous years, and it has demonstrated the following: 36,939 students completed their primary education in 2014/2015, 18,246 of who were girls; 43,991 students completed their secondary education in 2014/2015, 21,402 … Continued