Women in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Women in Bosnia and Herzegovina|
Women at the monument for victims of the Srebrenica Massacre that happened in July 1995. This annual memorial ceremony was held in Potočari, Bosnia and Herzegovina on July 11, 2007. |
| Gender Inequality Index[1] |
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| Value |
0.201 (2013) |
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| Rank |
36th out of 152 |
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| Maternal mortality (per 100,000) |
8 (2010) |
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| Women in parliament |
19.3% (2013) |
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| Females over 25 with secondary education |
44.8% (2012) |
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| Women in labour force |
34.1% (2012) |
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| Women in society |
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Women in Bosnia and Herzegovina are European women who live in and are from Bosnia and Herzegovina. According to International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), women of Bosnia and Herzegovina have been affected by three types of transition after the Bosnian War (1992-1995),[2] namely: the "transition from war to peace", economic transition and political transition. The resulting effects include: the lowering of their public and social standing because their focus is to "engage in domestic duties" in their homes. Some Bosnian and Herzegovinian women opted to travel outside the country to search for jobs.[3] The more vulnerable women among the social classes are women from the rural area. They are "more marginalised" because of lower level of education and their inclination to tradition, where they rely on men as "primary owners of land and other assets". They also have been described as with "limited access to land, training, modern farming techniques, finances and equipment", thus earn low wages.[3]
Gender equality
Guided by the constitution of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the country's Gender Equality Law of 2003 was passed to promote and advance the equality between men and women. Laws related to elections, as well as other laws, were amended to be in line with the constitution. As a result the law on election provides that "30% of all candidates must be women".[4]
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