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03.12.2007 The Government of Croatia adopted, in its 274th Session, the National Strategy for Prevention of Domestic Violence 2008-2010.

27.11.2007 This year’s campaign You have right! Demand protection from domestic violence, will be implemented as a mutual action of Akcija Zdruzhenska, ESE, National SOS Phone Line for victims, ministry of Labor and Social Affairs and Ministry of Interior.

13.11.2007 Kosovo is on the brink of a new era. Kosovo’s upcoming elections on November 17th give us a chance to prove to ourselves, to women and men from our international coalitions for peace and justice and to the entire international community, our readiness to build a just and sustainable peace and inclusive democracy, says the Regional Women\\\'s Lobby for Peace, Security and Justice in SEE.

23.01.2007 In this article, Lamija Kosovic examines the current ICTs situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina, paying particular attention to the development of a National ICT Policy Strategy, and the responses towards the need to integrate gender concerns by both the women's national machinery and civil society organisations.

09.12.2006 How many of you have heard of the Law on Gender Equality? Do you know what does it mean for men and women to have equal rights in B&H society? It is hard to imagine any serious work on gender equality done without support in a state's legislation, and B&H has just such a Law for three years now.

04.12.2006 Stories and media attention on incidences of violence against women often targets the woman. Stories are sensationalised, sometimes sexualised. Instead of condemning the abuser or perpetrator's action, survivors are narrated to hold at least partial blame for the violence.

28.06.2006 Lidija Korac, sitting member of the B&H Central Election Commission, in her appearance in the “Korak” show on Hayat TV (June 27, 2006, 21:00 hours), allowed herself to say, among other misogynist statements, that “...not creating a family, should be seen as failure (for the women)”.

17.04.2006 How could it happen that today, at the beginning of the 21st Century, in a country that pretends to be (actually claims that it has always been) European, we have attempts within the institutionalized psychiatry, to “treat” homosexuality with hormonal therapy? How can a person, certified as competent by the official system, believe that homosexuality is a biological condition, an illness, that can be treated as physical aberation?

15.03.2006 A real tsunami of events was noted on March 8 this year. Glas Slavonije weekly reports that hundreds of women organized dusk-till-dawn parties at the Firefighters’ Clubs in Petrijevci and Satnica, while the women of Zmajevci treated themselves to a male stripper show. The “RUTA” women association from the island of Cres organized an exhibition of wedding dresses, while the Sabor (Croatian parliament) presented the members of the “weaker sex” with several dozens of chocolates and red roses.

22.02.2006 Jasminka Dzumhur, National Human Rights Officer with UN High Commission for Human Rights in Bosnia and Herzegovina since 2001, works in Sarajevo and shares her time between Sarajevo and Zenica. For years, she had been active in one of the oldest and strongest women NGOs in B&H, Medika from Zenica, and later with the Centre for Legal Assistance for Women, also in Zenica. Human rights, and women human rights in particular, have been her main area of interest for over 11 years.

13.12.2005 To get a realistic picture of gender equality in Kosova, OneWorld Southeastern Portal has interviewed one of top women activists in the field, Ms. Igballe Rogova, Executive Directress of Kosova Womens Network – KWN.

29.11.2005 November 25, 2005 marks the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women .The narratives of these two women attest to the fact that there continues to be victims of domestic violence in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) and that collective efforts have been made to better the situation. The improvements can be partially attributed to the international community’s decision to address the issue forthrightly after the war. Their initiatives encouraged citizens of BiH to tackle this taboo subject as well.

13.05.2005 "Roll it, Snap it, Light it Up – Typically Male”, “Adopts to all Surfaces” are just two advertising campaign slogans putting women and female bodies in direct commercial “use” in Serbia. Sexist to the core, often banal in their context, these advertisements undoubtedly violate gender equality – a woman is identified with a cigarette, car tire, a light bulb. Serbia still lacks the Law on Advertising, but even if it gets it, the women doubt it that it would change anything for the better.

11.04.2005 OneWorld SEE SSLA Editor, Borka Staletovic, comments on the recent attack in Novi Sad, in which an 27-year old girl was attacked and beaten up by a skinhead gang because her short hairstyle looked "lesbian" to them.

02.03.2005 On the legislation in the field of artificial reproduction in the Republic of Croatia, we talked to Goga and Tamara from the CroL (Croatian Lesbians) association. They say that the positions of the experts and the Bishopric Conference are totally opposed, although both sides recognize the problems that the existing legislation failed to regulate, such as the regulation of donations of ovary cells.

11.01.2005 “Luludi”, the Roma Association for Women and Youth, under the auspices of the “You Should Say No: Stop the Gender Based Violence” campaign, conducted a survey on family violene in 12 cities and towns in Macedonia with Roma population.

16.11.2004 A Survey conducted by the UNHCR shows that the refugees and IDPs that have no protection of their Governments, fall in the category of persons most likely to be subjected to inhuman acts, including sexual and gender based violence.

08.11.2004 There has always been some sexual harassment of women in the workplace. Of course, it was rarely mentioned in the past, even less was done to prevent it, protect the women and sanction the perpetrators. According to some estimates, the majority of women have experienced some form of sexual harassment by their male superior officers.

10.03.2004 We discussed the current situation and the activities of women organizations in Bosnia and Herzegovina with Amila Kunosic-Ferizovic, eminent lawyer and activist from Tuzla.

09.03.2004 This discussion paper explores the trends in gender equality work as well as the convergence of work inside the fields of gender and development and women's rights.