Museum of Literature and Theatre Arts BIH, 12.03.2015.
Within celebration of International Women's Day, on March 12, 2015 TPO Foundation in cooperation with Museum of Literature and Theatre Arts of Bosnia and Herzegovina during the exhibition "Nicija zemlja" dedicated to the revolutionary writer and poet Vera Obrenovic-Delibasic, implemented an open classroom whose guests were second grade students of IB Middle Years Programme of Second Gymnasium Sarajevo while the lecturer was representative of the Agency of the United Nations for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women in BiH, Anne-Marie Esper Larsen.
Moderator of open classroom and project coordinator Melika Šahinović welcomed the attendees and introduced them with the programs of TPO Foundation and activities within International Women's Day. Lecturer Esper Larsen presented the importance of UN Security Council Resolution 1325 - Women, Peace and Security and reflected it on the position of women in Bosnia andHerzegovina who are in addition to the horrible

suffering that they experienced during the war, still in a difficult economic and social position. Esper Larsen stressed systematic rape, which the UN Resolution 1325, after the events in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Rwanda, has been included in international criminal law as one of the most serious war crimes.
After an introduction to the topic, discussion was opened with students who shared their opinions on the topics of political, economic, and social participation of women in our society, stereotypes and barriers faced by women. Some felt that women should be more united and fight for their goals while others believed that enough space for acting of women in society is still not allowed and a variety of activities and initiatives that support the empowerment of women are of great need.
TPO Foundation would like to thank the UN Women representative Anne-Marie Esper Larsen and Professor Tarik Hadžiahmetović for realization of the open classroom and special thanks for exceptional active participation and interest of students of IB Middle Years.