Activities

►In period from 11 to 13 June 2008, United Women Banja Luka organized the workshop with title “Equal Representation and Portrayal of Women and Men Politicians in Media of Bosnia and Herzegovina“. Workshop was organized as a part of the project “Gender Equality in Bosnia and Herzegovina – Informed Public Opinion and Gender Sensitive Media”, supported by Evangelischer Entwicklungsdienst - EED Germany.
Key objective of the workshop was to increase gender sensibility of media in order to provide equal space for presentation of male and female candidates of political parties during upcoming campaign for local elections in BiH in 2008.
Women and men workshop participants agreed to send proposal to the Central Election Commission of Bosnia and Herzegovina to change Bylaw about Media Presentation of Political Subjects During Election Campaigns, in order to secure equal participation of male and female candidates in pre-election campaign.
Women and men workshop participants also proposed amendments for Bylaw, to add article that would oblige political subjects to respect and fully implement the Election Law of Bosnia and Herzegovina during pre-election campaign, especially the Article 4.19 of the Law, as well as Law on Gender Equality of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Participants of the workshop also supported the initiative for sending appeal to all electronic and printed media in Bosnia and Herzegovina to pay attention on equal representation and portrayal of male and female candidates during pre-election campaign.
There were 24 women and men participants at the workshop, representatives of various political parties, civil society organizations and media in Bosnia and Herzegovina
 

►In period from 20 to 22 March 2008 in Banja Luka, United Women Banja Luka organized a workshop "Gender Equality and Prevention of Domestic Violence and Violence Against Women - Challenging Stereotypes" about professional media reporting on issues of domestic violence and gender based violence in Bosnia and Herzegovina, with sharing experiences from the region, namely Croatia and Serbia, by women activists of women's associations.
There were 28 (twenty- eight) women and men participants at the workshop – seven male journalists and seven female journalists from electronic and printed media in Bosnia and Herzegovina, one female politician, one female representative of official institutions, ten female activists and two male activists of nongovernmental organizations that are working on gender equality issues and women’s human rights in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, and Serbia.

Objectives of the Workshop:

-To provide opportunity for women and men journalists to have a dialogue with activists of nongovernmental organizations and expand their knowledge on issues of domestic violence and gender based violence;

-To increase awareness and sensitivity for linkage of gender equality and gender based violence and responsibility of women and men journalists in reporting about these issues;

-To open a space for exchange of experiences in prevention of domestic violence and violence against women, share examples of good practices and challenges in cooperation with official institutions in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the region;

-To develop recommendations for gender sensitive media reporting about domestic violence and violence against women in order to improve public policies and media policies, and work together on elimination of gender based violence in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Workshop Report Prevention of Violence Against Women Challenging Stereotypes March 2008 BiH  ( W;100KB)
 

Recommendations on Reporting on Violence Against Women and Gender Based Violence BiH March 2008 (W;44KB)