May 2013

MEETING BETWEEN WOMEN POLITICIANS AND WOMEN VOTERS BOSANSKO GRAHOVO

Within the project Equal Opportunities for men and women in politics Association Bosansko Grahovo organized meeting between women voters and politicians of the Bosansko Grahovo Municipality on May 16th 2013. The meeting started at 12 pm and ended up at 4 pm with women and politicians socializing at the Forever coffee shop in BG. Introductory speech were given by Danka Zelić, directress of the Association. Chairman of the Municipal Council of Bosansko Grahovo, Dusko Kuprešanin, introduced women with the work of the Municipal Council, the primary and the most important documents of the MC, about members of

the MC, and about the budget of the MC. The Chairman emphasized that the budget for this municipality is very small and not gender sensitive at all. And, he also stressed that the Municipal Council will work in future on the organization of the municipal gender commission and it will work on the local gender action plan.
During the meeting, women asked questions that concern their daily problems, mostly questions related to the health protection, (un)employment, and some private problems and ways how to help socially vulnerable population of Bosansko Grahovo.