ACHIEVEMENTS IN AND PROSPECTS FOR IMPLEMENTING UN SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION 1325 ON WOMEN, PEACE AND SECURITY THROUGH THE NATIONAL ACTION PLANS PRACTICE IN BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
ACHIEVEMENTS IN AND PROSPECTS FOR IMPLEMENTING UN SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION 1325 ON WOMEN, PEACE AND SECURITY THROUGH THE NATIONAL ACTION PLANS PRACTICE IN BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA

Author(s): Muhamed Smajić
Subject(s): Gender Studies, Security and defense
Published by: Institut za strategijska istraživanja
Keywords: equality; gender; sex; security; discrimination; peace and implementation
Summary/Abstract: Based upon a solid legal framework, strong efforts have been madeby the Federal Ministry of Defence and Sports of the Republic of Austria and the Austrian Armed Forces to increase the number of female personnel and to improve work conditions,set againstthe overall aim to empower women.However, implementation within the Ministry and the Austrian Armed Forces has met its obstacles, such asbudgetary cuts and structural challenges. Through targeted measures and awareness-raising, the Ministry and the Austrian Armed Forces continue to strive for an increased number of female personnel and better reconciliation of famiThe adoption of UNSC Resolution 1325 implies a greater presence and participation of women in peace processes, strengthening protection mechanisms and mainstreaming gender equality in the democratic systems. Gender equality activities in Bosnia and Herzegovina have, inter alia, involved the adoption of the Action Plan for the Implementation of UNSCR 1325. Bosnia and Herzegovina is the first country in the region to have adopted such an action plan. This paper presents the practical scale and scope of applying UNSCR 1325 and the National Action Plan in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The implementation of the adopted Action Plan has required the involvement of the state authorities, as well as individual action, which is one of the key factors in this process. The paper includes an analysis of the stages of implementing the Action Plan in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the difficulties and challenges experienced in the process. It sheds light on the effects of implementing the Action Plan and formulates recommendations for its further implementation. Although the commitment to fulfil the NAP objectives has been declared in a planned manner, greater participation of women in security is still undermined by their status in society and prejudices about their involvement in the security sector and their position and role in the decision-making process, which have reflected on all forms of organized structures, companies, local authorities and the highest political authorities. Factors influencing the presence of women in the security sector can be economic and material in character. The stereotype - that security is a man’s job – is another factor preventing greater participation of women in the security sector, wherefore any other opinion meets with the disapproval of the family and coworkers. Therefore, awareness of the equitable participation of women in social life, especially in the security sector, is correlated with the country’s social values, and economic and material constraints. ly and work.

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