Role of women in BiH media (Women community HDZ BiH “Queen Katarina Kosača”) Cover Image

Uloga žena u medijima u BiH (Zajednica žena HDZ Kraljica Katarina Kosača)
Role of women in BiH media (Women community HDZ BiH “Queen Katarina Kosača”)

Author(s): Ivana Sivrić, Marina Mikulić
Subject(s): Gender Studies, Media studies
Published by: Filozofski fakultet Sveučilišta u Mostaru
Keywords: discrimination; women; media; marginalization; politics; society; equality; community; elections

Summary/Abstract: The main media task is presenting of reality. It is a process of shaping and sharing a specific meaning within a culture. Following that thought it is clear that the prevailing view of women in the community greatly depends on the media presentation. The Gender Equality Law regulates and protects gender equality and guarantees equal possibilities to all citizens in public and private spheres of society and prevents direct and indirect discrimination based on sex. Full equality is based in all spheres of society in the area of education, employment, labor, social welfare, culture and media. Women associations exist just as implementation of their visions and ideas in the communities where they live and work. Women Community HDZ BiH “Queen Katarina Kosača” aims to promote gender equality as the main criteria of democracy, advocating for a better quality of life in the family which is the foundation of a happy and healthy society.

  • Issue Year: 2/2013
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 404-419
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: Croatian