Together with UNFPA – the UN Population Fund, and the company Violeta, we launched a campaign to promote engaged fatherhood and initiate discussions about the barriers that fathers in Bosnia and Herzegovina face in using paternity leave, which is guaranteed to them by law in all levels of government. A 2022 research by the Sarajevo Open … Continued
This policy document offers proposals for amendments to labor laws in Bosnia and Herzegovina the Labor Law in B&H Institutions, FB&H Labor Law, RS Labor Law and District Brčko of B&H Labor Law. The policy paper follows the logic of presenting the currently valid provisions of the labor laws, then lists proposed amendments to … Continued
The aim of this policy paper is to analyze the existing and develop new practices that will enable fathers to have easier access to the legally guaranteed right to use maternity leave. The analysis and recommendations will be based on the research we conducted last year, concerning the obstacles to the use of maternity leave … Continued
On December 8, we presented our recently published research “Father on Maternity Leave” in Sarajevo, with the aim of determining whether and to what extent fathers in Bosnia and Herzegovina use maternity leave, and whether there is space for improving the laws governing this area, as well as public policies that would increase the participation … Continued
The aim of this research is to determine whether fathers use maternity leave and to what extent, and whether there is space for improving the laws governing this area, as well as public policies that would increase the participation of men in family life. The ultimate goal is to increase the participation of women in … Continued
With the aim to improve the current regulation of maternity leave and protection from discrimination (harmonization with the BiH Law on Prohibition of Discrimination), representative in the House of Representatives of the BiH Parliamentary Assembly, Maja Gasal Vražalica, in February 2018 directed the initiative to amend the Labor Law. The amendments aim at improving the recognition, enjoyment and exercising the rights that relate to the maternity/parental leave. Some of the amendments were made in cooperation with Sarajevo Open Centre.
Times of strict gender roles stipulating that women are responsible for kitchen, children and household and men are meant to work hard to earn a living are luckily far behind us. Nowadays women are able to be politicians, work in economy or work for the army and likewise men are cooking, cleaning and changing diapers. – Are they?