Essays about: "Daniela Cudic"

Found 2 essays containing the words Daniela Cudic.

1. 1. Approaches to political gender equality in Bosnia-Herzegovina

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Daniela Cudic; [2018]
   Keywords : gender equality; Bosnia and Herzegovina; women in politics; female underrepresentation; NGO; bottom-up approach; top-down approach; policy implementation; awareness-rising; gender-responsible budgeting; women in governments; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : How can the low representation of women in politics in Bosnia-Herzegovina be understood and what can a different approach add to already existing approaches to make Bosnia-Herzegovina more gender equal in terms of political representation of the genders? There has been established a Gender Equality Law that demands a 40% gender quota of political representation, but the gender representation has only reached a number of 26% at most. It can fairly be claimed that the top-down approach itself is deficient in this area based on the amount of laws and regulating documents that have been determined by the state to improve the gender inequality issue. READ MORE

3. 2. Gender Equality Deficienacy - Underrepresentation of women in decision-making levels in Bosnia and Herzegovina

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Daniela Cudic; [2017]
   Keywords : gender equality; Bosnia and Herzegovina; female underrepresentation; gender quota; peace building; capacity building; post-conflict country; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : Why are there only 21% female politicians in the highest decision-making body, the Parliamentary Assembly, in Bosnia & Herzegovina, when there has been established a law that requires a 40% quota of gender representation in these positions? Because of all the laws and regulating documents that have been determined by the state to improve the gender inequality issue, it can fairly be claimed that the top-down approach is deficient in this area. That is why I am going to analyse the importance of NGOs in gender equality development and therefore focus on a bottom-up approach as a theory. READ MORE