May 2010

WITHIN THE PROJECT "101 REASONS TO VOTE FOR WOMEN", TPO FOUNDATION HELD THREE EDUCATIONAL WORKSHOPS

Between April and October 2010, in 36 cities and 105 rural areas we are looking for answers to the question, why vote for women?
13 organizations from 11 cities look for answers that will change the level of awareness on the position of women in BiH!

Within the project "101 Reasons to Vote for Women," TPO Foundation held three educational workshops in May 2010. The topics were on active citizenship and women's human rights. 20 women of different age and profession attended the first workshop, which was held on 22nd May in Hrasnica. 26 women was on the second workshop that was held the day later in Tarcin. Workshops were held by Zilka Spahić Šiljak and Lamija Kosović. Evaluations that were done by participants after both workshops showed that there was a significant step forward in terms of women's awareness on the topics of women's human rights and active citizenship. Women learned that only active participation in society can bring about positive changes for them and their human rights. They also learned that education is one of the core elements for promoting and enhancing human

rights of women.
The third workshop was held on May 29 in Trnovo. 30 women attended the workshop, which was led by Maida Hasečić  i Sedžida Hadžić. The evaluation results showed that women learned not only about their human rights, but also about the necessity to organize and actively participate in the community in order to achieve their rights.
Finally, all three workshops contributed to women's understanding of their responsibility to vote and, consequently, be politically active.
In cooperation with NGO ''Korak vise'' the fourth workshop was carried out in Vogosca on June 14 2010, with 23 participants and associates from this organization. Sedzida Hadiz and Maida Hasecic served as trainers and the information about the workshop was broadcasting at the TV station Vogosca in the program Vogoscanska hronika