Bosnia and Herzegovina

Public Awareness about Discrimination against Women and Gender Related Human Rights Violations in Republika Srpska

This report identifies differences in attitudes between men and women toward discrimination against women and gender related human rights violations. It also focuses on the attitudes of female and male citizens toward the work of the official institutions responsible for the implementation of Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action and Gender Equality Law in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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Media and Gender Equality in Bosnia and Herzegovina

This report describes women's portrayal in media and their limited participation in the creation of media policies in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It also includes results of the media monitoring and assessment held in Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Estonia, Georgia, Hungary, Romania, Serbia and Montenegro, and Uzbekistan. .
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Opportunities and Challenges for Introducing Gender Sensitive Budgeting in the Area of Domestic Violence

This report analyses the budgets of four public institutions working on social protection in Republika Srpska of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It assesses public resources allocated to provide services to domestic violence victims, with a focus on domestic violence shelters.
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Women Today

This report examines the role of women in development processes and stereotypes existing in society against women in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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Engendering Constitutions:Gender Equality Provisions in Selected Constitutions

This study provides analysis of global best practices of engendered constitutions using CEDAW as an analytical framework. It also analyzes existing or in some cases, draft constitutional texts of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro and Serbia according to CEDAW provisions and reviews political party platforms for commitment to gender.
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Women's Centre for Democracy and Human Rights

Women's Centre for Democracy and Human Rights is a nongovernmental organisation aimed at developing democratic society based on human rights, gender equity and social justice. The organization achieve its goals through education, advocacy and research.
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Drafting Gender-Aware Legislation: How to Promote and Protect Gender Equality in CEE and CIS

The handbook provides a comparative overview of gender-aware legislation and practices in Central and Eastern Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States. It also describes a comprehensive approach to influencing legislation and implementation processes, and provide detailed checklists for reference when analyzing legislation and its implementation.
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Constitution Building Processes and Democratization

This study focuses on the activity of revising constitutions which reflects a changed perception of their importance and purposes. Changes start with constitution-making, whether as a form of negotiation or the consolidation of social victory or reform. However, the record of the effectiveness of these constitutions is uneven.
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