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Overview of the lectures at the School of Feminism: 7 May 2016

On Saturday, 7 May the lectures of the Module 2 (State, law, equality: de iure and de facto) at this year’s Žarana Papić School of Feminism took place. Natalija Petrić, lawyer, talked about the international legal and political standards in the area of domestic violence (violence against women), especially about their implementation in Bosnia and Herzegovina, as well as about women’s rights in the system of UN, with a special emphasis on CEDAW.

The Orange Report 2016: THE LEGISLATIVE AND INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK FOR GENDER EQUALITY

The Constitution and the key laws The Dayton Peace Agreement recognizes the prohibition of discrimination on the basis of gender and it stipulates direct application of the European Convention on Human Rights and the CEDAW Convention. Unfortunately, despite the civil society initiatives the Constitution still does not recognize gender equality as a basic constitutional value … Continued

The Orange Report 2016: PRIORITY MEASURES TO BE UNDERTAKEN

Improving the legal framework for gender equality in the Executive and in the Legislature The existing legal provisions – the gender quota for at least 40% of the less represented gender on the electoral lists (Article 4.19, Electoral Law BiH), the general and sanction-free provision on equal participation of women and men in the Government … Continued

The Amendments on the Law on Council of Ministers of BiH have been adopted

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 … Continued

Overview of the lectures at the School of Feminism: 26 April 2016

On Tuesday, 26 April the new series of lectures at this year’s Žarana Papić School of Feminism, with the second generation of students, took place. In the scope of the Module 1 – Introduction to feminisms: History, terms, theory, Adriana Zahrijević, feminist, philosopher and translator, talked about the history of the movement – the beginnings of the feminist movements in the context of the demands for the political and other freedoms. In the scope of the Module 2 – State, law, equality: de iure and de facto, Adnan Kadribašić, lawyer, talked about discrimination on grounds of sex, gender, sexual orientation and other circumstances.

Press release: Gender Equality and 50% Gender Quota on hold!

Sarajevo Open Centre, as the civil society organization that for many years has been cooperating with the political parties, parliaments and governments, expresses its disappointment with the BiH Parliamentary Assembly’s House of Representative’s decision not to vote for the amendments of the BiH Electoral Law that were proposed by the Comitee for Gender Equality. The … Continued

Street action EQUALITY NOW! was held

Representatives of the civil society organizations, political parties and Representatives of the House of Representatives of the Parliamentary Assembly of BiH attended the street action EQUALITY NOW! which was held today. This action is organized in order to draw attention on the Law on the Changes and Amendments to the Law on the Council of … Continued