Women's Security in Local Communities
Women's Security in Local Communities

Author(s): Sabahudin Harčević, Lajla Leko
Contributor(s): Aida Kržalić (Translator), Benjamin Plevljak (Editor), Denis Hadžović (Editor)
Subject(s): Politics, Gender Studies, Security and defense, Family and social welfare
Published by: Centar za Sigurnosne Studije
Keywords: women; security; local communities; survey: 2023;
Summary/Abstract: The Centre for Security Studies (CSS) has the honor to present a publication „Security of women in local communities“ which unifies findings and the results of research conducted within the six-month project "Improvement of Women's Safety and Security in Local Communities - AwareBiH". This project is financially supported by the Government of Canada through the Canada Fund for Local Initiatives (CFLI). The aim of this project is to sensitize society, especially representatives of the security sector, as well as the legislative and executive authorities on the perception of security from a woman’s perspective. This would contribute to greater visibility and the introduction of a gender perspective in security, especially when it comes to policy creation and the process of its implementation. The project included three key activities. The first project activity was related to research, precisely, surveying a representative sample of women from Sarajevo, Banja Luka and Mostar. The questionnaire was focused on factors influencing the respondents' feeling of safety in their local communities. In addition, the research included women's perceptions of police officers and other relevant security issues. As part of the first activity, online interviews of women in BiH have been conducted, through which we asked them to make a recommendations on how they consider their fellow citizens can contribute to a better feeling of safety in their local communities/places of residence. The second activity included writing a report on the findings of the conducted research. The third activity included a public campaign aimed at presenting the findings of the conducted research. In summary, the project seeks to contribute to the improvement of women's safety in local communities, pointing out issues that affect women's safety based on their experiences and presenting the results of the analysis to the key actors and the general public. We would like to thank the Government of Canada for the financial support of the realization of this project through the CFLI.

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