WHERE ARE WOMEN IN GOVERNMENTS?
WHERE ARE WOMEN IN GOVERNMENTS?
REPRESENTATION OF WOMEN AND MEN IN THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH IN BIH
Author(s): Author Not SpecifiedSubject(s): Gender Studies, Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence, Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, Governance, Government/Political systems, Evaluation research
Published by: Sarajevo Open Centre
Keywords: women; government; representation; executive branch; gender equality; BiH; FBiH; RS; cantons;
Summary/Abstract: Women are traditionally underrepresented in the governments in Bosnia and Herzegovina (hereinafter BiH) and none of the 14 governments in BiH (The Council of Ministers of BiH, entity, cantonal and the Government of the Brčko District of BiH) to date has been appointed in such a way that the goal from Article 20 from the Law on Gender Equality in BiH – consolidated version (“Official Gazette of BiH”, No. 32/10) was fulfilled. There are two women appointed in the current convocation of the Council of Ministers of BiH, four in the Government of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (hereinafter the Government of FBiH) while there is one woman prime minister and three ministers appointed in the Government of Republika Srpska (hereinafter the Government of RS). In the governments of the cantons there are no women appointed as prime ministers of the cantonal government, while the percentage of women ministers in cantonal governments was around 17.5%1 (the number of women ministers varies from 0% to 25% depending on the canton). The most drastic example is the government of the Zenica-Doboj Canton (hereinafter ZDC) where there is not even one woman appointed.
Journal: Human Rights Papers
- Issue Year: 2015
- Issue No: 11
- Page Range: 1-22
- Page Count: 22
- Language: English