AMANDMANS ON CONSTITUTION OF BOSNA AND HERCEGOVINA FROM GENDER PERSPECTIVE
Autors: Besima Borić i Lajla Zaimović-Kurtović

The constitutional reform that would correspond to the complex political, economic and social conditions in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the situation of human rights, specifically gender equality, and the requirements of the road towards the EU, certainly, requires the adoption of an entirely new text of the Constitution of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The current text does not provide opportunities for significantly improving the Constitution through the amendment because there is a need for a larger number of amendments, which would lead to the fact that they overcome their scope of existing text of the Constitution. However, considering that in BiH more likely to change step by step, we shall give the suggestion of possible amendments to the text of the Constitution, which would greatly enhance gender equality in BiH.

THE CONSTITUTION AND GENDER: ANALYSIS OF POSSIBILITIES OF GENDER SENSITIVE REFORM OF THE CONSTITUTION OF BIH
Autors: Besima Borić and Lajla Zaimović-Kurtović

The policy document “The Constitution and Gender: Analysis of Possibilities of Gender Sensitive Reform of the Constitution of BiH" was developed by Besima Borić and Lajla Zaimović-Kurtović within the project „The Contribution of Constitutional Reform in Bosnia and Herzegovina - Equal Opportunities for Women and Men in Politics”. The basic idea of the study was to review and to provide insight into the existing initiatives for the constitutional reform in Bosnia and Herzegovina, to define gender aspects of the constitutional reform and to explore and indicate all initiatives and projects that are aimed at such a context of constitutional reform, and finally to make recommendations for a gender-sensitive reform of the Constitution of BiH

The document “Amendments on Constitution of Bosnia and Herzegovina from Gender Perspective” prepared within the TPO project “The Contribution of Constitutional Reform in Bosnia and Herzegovina - Equal Opportunities for Women and Men in Politics” is presented to the public within the joint “Women’s Initiative for Constitutional Reform”. Within this Initiative, the Amendments to the Constitution of BiH together with the Platform of women's priorities for constitutional reform are presented to the media, international community, civil society (Bratunac, Modrica, Sarajevo, Banja Luka, Tuzla), and the Commission for Gender Equality of the House of Representatives of the Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina. >> VIŠE..

Within the Women’s Initiative for Constitutional Reform on November 19, 2013 the round table was held in Bratunac. At the round table the members of the Initiative presented the document "Platform of Women's Priorities for Constitutional Reform and Amendments to the Constitution of Bosnia & Herzegovina from a Gender Perspective" .
The members of the initiative presented to the participants five priorities within the reform process of the Constitution of BiH, as well as gender-sensitive Amendments defined within the initiative. >> VIŠE..

On October 24, 2013 at the round table held in Modriča, the members of the Women’s Initiative for Constitutional Reform presented the document"Platform of Women's Priorities for Constitutional Reform and Amendments to the Constitution of Bosnia & Herzegovina from a Gender Perspective" .
The members of the initiative presented to the participants five priorities within the reform process of the Constitution of BiH, as well as gender-sensitive Amendments defined within the initiative. >> VIŠE..

On October 22, 2013 at the meeting of the Commission for Gender Equality of the Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the members of the Women’s Initiative for Constitutional Reformpresented the document "Platform of Women's Priorities for Constitutional Reform and Amendments to the Constitution of Bosnia & Herzegovina from a Gender Perspective" .
The members of the initiative presented five priorities within the reform process of the Constitution of BiH, as well as gender-sensitive Amendments defined within the initiative.
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(Sarajevo, October 8th, 2013) Today at the press conference held in Sarajevo, the members of the initiative „Women citizens for Constitutional reform” presented the document „Platform of Women's Priorities for Constitutional Reform and Amendments to the Constitution of Bosnia & Herzegovina from a Gender Perspective“. The joint initiative stemmed from the following projects: „Contribution to constitutional reform in BiH – Equal opportunities for women and men in politics”, funded by the Swiss Embassy, and „Woman and law today”, (funded by „Kvinna till Kvinna,” Sweden. Event was attended by representatives different media.
Members of the initiative believe that the reform of the Constitution of BiH must not represent the consensus of political actors only, but also the consensus of all citizens discussing essential issues to define the future framework for a common life. With respect to this goal, the constitutional reform process must equally include women and men.
The members of the Initiative “Women Citizens for Constitutional Reforms” have defined five priorities within the reform process of the Constitution of BiH, and have created gender-sensitive Amendments on this basis.>> VIŠE..