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UNDP.  Roundtable "Women and Governance in Eastern Europe and CIS” Azra Alajbegović, delegate in the House of Representatives of the Parliamentary Assembly BiH Sarajevo, 11 November 2008. Women as political leaders in BiH.

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  1. UNDP  Roundtable "Women and Governance in Eastern Europe and CIS” Azra Alajbegović, delegate in the House of Representatives of the Parliamentary Assembly BiH Sarajevo, 11 November 2008

  2. Women as political leaders in BiH • Women are actively working in the political parties, but few of them are involved in party leadership. • Reasons for this are manifold: • Patriarchal tradition; • Female role in the family; • Inability of transferring the household duties to housemaids for economic reasons; • Enormous psycho-physical energy is invested in taking care of the primary and secondary family members; • Specific mental framework of women; • Readiness to give up political and other career for the sake of motherhood that for many women is a priority issue in their life

  3. Women in the political parties and decision-making positions Women make a significant portion of political party membership, but there are few women on the governing positions within the party structures

  4. Evaluation of participation of women in the constituency • 52 % of constituency in BiH is female • Main question : • Do women vote for other women and, if no, why???

  5. Participation of women in the civil society/ civil platforms • Women are very active in the civil society sector, but the segments of civil society are not interconnected which results in partial and non-systemic activities

  6. Accessibility and implementation of the Gender Equality Lawand other gender equality mechanisms • Accessibility of the Gender Equality Law correlates with the woman’s education level and social status. • The Law is not implemented in its entirety due to specific traditional opinions and attitudes concerning women’s abilities and the specific male-female relations in general.

  7. Are women’s organizations involved inthe preparing of the draft laws concerning issues related to women’s political participation or to achieving gender equality in general • Draft laws sometimes become the subject of public discussion • My experience teaches me that women engage in public discussions extremely rarely • They usually state the traditional opinion “this is for someone else, let others read and decide..., I can’t take the responsibility, and alike„

  8. What are the most important women’s organizations involved in the issues of gender equalityand women’s rights in BiH? • Women’s organizations do not fully cooperate with women from the legislative sector (personal experience) • In all eight years of my councillor mandate there were only fewphone calls, contacts, instances of requesting or offering assistance • Dynamics of relations within female population is complex and disadvantageous to the promotion of women and women’s rights.

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