1995-2003: POST-DAYTON STRUGGLE FOR EQUALITY
1995-2003: POST-DAYTON STRUGGLE FOR EQUALITY

Author(s): Arijana Aganović
Subject(s): Politics, Gender Studies, Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, Political history, Recent History (1900 till today), Government/Political systems, International relations/trade, Transformation Period (1990 - 2010)
Published by: Sarajevo Open Centre
Keywords: women; political life; BiH; Dayton accords; post war period; equality;
Summary/Abstract: This chapter covers women’s participation in the political processes and public life in Bosnia and Herzegovina in the period between the signing of the Dayton Peace Accords and the adoption of the Gender Equality Law in 2003. These two events will offer a temporal framework for the following chapter. The signing of the Accords marked the future of political life in Bosnia and Herzegovina while the adoption of the Gender Equality Law marked a turning point in the process of establishment of institutional mechanisms for combating gender inequality.

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