Tag: politicalparticipation

Meet the Participants of the Equality Academy 2016

Babić Ana is a member of SBB BiH. She is the President of the Assembly of Canton Sarajevo and a Delegate in the House of Peoples in the Parliament FBiH. Berjan Vinka is the President of the Women’s Collective of the Municipal Board of SDS Istočna Ilidža. She is a representative in the Municipal Assembly … Continued

Steps towards equal political participation of women and men

On 26 January 2016 a press conference was held in the Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina, focusing on the issue of political participation of women in government institutions. Samra Filipović-Hadžiabdić, the directress of the Gender Equality Agency BiH, Mirsad Isaković, the president of the Gender Equality Commission of the House of Representatives of the … Continued

40% of Women in the Council of Ministers of BiH

On the suggestion of Sarajevo Open Centre and Agency for Gender Equality of BiH, BiH Parliamentary Assembly’s Committee on Gender Equality sent into the parliamentary procedure the Draft of Amendments to the Law on the Council of Ministers. These amendments predicts that the Council of Ministers must be composed by at least 40 percent of both … Continued