UČEŠĆE ŽENA U POLITIČKOM ŽIVOTU BOSNE I HERCEGOVINE; GRAĐANKA I POLITIČARKA
PARTICIPATION OF WOMEN IN POLITICAL LIFE OF BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA; CITIZEN AND POLITICIAN

Summary/Abstract: The subject of this paper is the participation of women in political life in BiH society. More precisely, the paper strives to examine the level of women’s participation in the political sphere. The prerequisite for sustainable development, democratization, and the consolidation of democracy is the inclusion of women in the political life of the community, but this should not be accomplished by laws, research results, statistical indicators, but rather by acting in practice. Therefore, this paper includes an analysis of normative acts – both domestic and international –, on the basis of which a comparison with the current situation in post-war BiH will be made. Gender equality will also be examined on the international level by looking at political participation of women in the world. The extent to which women are represented in politics is reflected in the mandates received in the elections, and in BiH, since the war to this date, these data are alarmingly low. This is an indicator of the traditional traits of society in which women and their gender roles are largely reserved for the private sphere, while politically relevant functions and decision-making processes – both those in political parties and in the state – remain in the hands of men. The methods to be used in the paper are the analysis of the content of documents, statistical analysis of electoral results, and the study of literature dealing with gender equality issues and the participation of women in the political life of BiH. The methodological and technical part will include qualitative and quantitative analysis of content that includes a statistical analysis on the basis of which the percentage of women’s (low) representation in the political institutions of BiH will be calculated.

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