Results Have Been Achieved in Many Areas
Results Have Been Achieved in Many Areas

Author(s): Besima Borić
Subject(s): Politics, Gender Studies, Education, State/Government and Education, Social Norms / Social Control
Published by: Fondacija CURE
Keywords: BiH; gender studies; feminism; results; reforms;
Summary/Abstract: Besima Borić is a politician, social democrat, committed leftist, and activist. She is a retired professor of her native language and literature with a long teaching career in elementary and high schools. Besima has served as a councilor in the Vogošća Municipal Council, a representative in the Sarajevo Canton Assembly, a member of the House of Representatives of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and a minister in the Sarajevo Canton Government from 2001 to 2002. Twenty years ago, she founded the first women’s association in Vogošća, Korak više (“A Step Forward”). From 2002 to 2006, she coordinated the Gender Equality Task Force under the Stability Pact for BiH (GTF BiH). Through her work, she developed a model of cooperation with civil society organizations and trade unions in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the region. Besima frequently writes about social democracy, social policy, gender equality, and the contributions of women to State Antifascist Council for the National Liberation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (ZAVNOBiH). She is a highly regarded figure in activist circles, always ready to lend her support.

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