Women in Legislative, Executive and Judicial Branch of the Government
Women in Legislative, Executive and Judicial Branch of the Government

Author(s): Lejla Balić, Amila Ždralović
Subject(s): Gender Studies, Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence, Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, Evaluation research, Social differentiation, Sociology of Law
Published by: Sarajevo Open Centre
Keywords: gender; security; law; legislation; women; executive government; judicial government; human rights;
Summary/Abstract: Although the feminist movement should not be restricted solely to the struggle for women’s suffrage (passive and active suffrage, in other words, the right to vote and stand in the elections), acquisition of the status of political entity, regardless of all theoretical discrepancies between different forms of feminism, remains its lasting feature. The first argumentation of necessity of women’s involvement in political sphere was carved out within the framework of the liberal political philosophy on the foundations of its principles of equality of all human beings and was thus formulated as a call for participation of women in political life, on an equal footing with men. However, the actual equality has not been accomplished after women won these rights, and the anticipated societal changes failed to materialise.

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