GENDER ISSUES IN MONTENEGRO, DEFENCE SYSTEM AND THE ARMED FORCES OF MONTENEGRO
GENDER ISSUES IN MONTENEGRO, DEFENCE SYSTEM AND THE ARMED FORCES OF MONTENEGRO

Author(s): Mehmedin Tahirović
Subject(s): Gender Studies, Security and defense, Military policy
Published by: Institut za strategijska istraživanja
Keywords: Gender Policies; UNSC Resolution 1325; NATO; Montenegro; the Ministry of Defence; the Armed Forces of Montenegro
Summary/Abstract: The UN Security Council adopted Resolution 1325 on “Women, Peace and Security”, on October 31, 2000 in order to promote and protect women’s rights in the world, and particularly in armed conflicts where women and children appear as the biggest victims of these events. Bearing in mind the strategic commitment of Montenegro to adjust its security policy with the EU and NATO during the process of European and Euro-Atlantic integration, it is important to emphasize the alignment of gender issues in the Montenegrin defence system with NATO Committee on Gender Perspectives, which takes care of establishing the equal status of women in the defence system of the Alliance’s member states. The Constitution of Montenegro defines that the state guarantees equality of women and men and developthe policy of equal opportunities. In Montenegro, there are three institutional mechanisms for achieving gender equality: Gender Equality Committee of the Parliament of Montenegro; the Department for Gender Equality Ministry of Human and Minority Rights and the Protector of Human Rights and Freedoms of Montenegro. Three priority areas related to gender equality are in the focus and in the policy agenda of the Ministry of Human and Minority Rights, all together being in line with the commitments and achieving EU standards, are: the political participation of women, combating violence against women and women’s economic empowerment. Duties and activities of the Ministry of Defence in the field of gender equality, arising from the Action Plan for Gender Equality, which is a development document for implementation of gender equality. In order to raise awareness of the gender perspective in the defence system, in the process of Euro-Atlantic integration of Montenegro, through the implementation of NATO’s Partnership for Peace program, a special Partnership Goal –GenderPerspective, was established in 2003, which specifies continuation implementation of UNSC Resolution 1325 in the defence system, in accordance with the recommendations of the NATO Committee on Gender Perspectives for the implementation of Resolution 1325.

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