Raising Awareness of Gender Equality in the MoI of Canton 10

A one-day workshop entitled "Raising awareness of gender equality in police structures in BiH" was held in Livno today (28/11/2019) in the official premises of MOI of the Canton 10, which was attended by attended by policewomen, members and potential members of the Association. The workshop was organized by the "Policewomen's Network" Association, with the support of the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina.

The focus of the workshop was on understanding the concept of gender issues in general, the different roles and needs of men and women, and topics related to discrimination in the workplace with a focus on gender-based harassment and sexual harassment.

During the lecture, it was emphasized that the security sector must have the capacity to respond to different security needs of men and women, boys and girls, many of which are determined by different gender roles, norms and behavior, and that gender training is an activity of capacity building of police services .

The workshop was assessed as very useful also in terms of additional networking, which will help in the further work and implementation of the Mission of the Association.

This is one of a series of workshops organized by the Association over the past and current year with the aim of empowering policewomen and raising awareness of gender equality.

The next workshop of this type will be held in the Ministry of the Interior of Posavina Canton on 5. December this year