Deputy Chair of the Committee on Gender Equality of the House of Representatives of the Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina (PABiH), Rejhana Dervišević, participated in the Gender Equality Forum within the framework of the Berlin Process

Deputy Chair of the Committee on Gender Equality of the House of Representatives of the Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina (PABiH), Rejhana Dervišević, participated in the Gender Equality Forum held at the Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development of the Federal Republic of Germany within the framework of the Berlin Process at the invitation of the German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ).

The Gender Equality Forum, which gathered officials from gender agencies of Western Balkan countries, members of parliament, and representatives of civil society in Berlin, aimed to formulate recommendations to enhance gender sensitivity in policymaking and to promote women's participation in all sectors of society, including the Berlin Process.

The recommendations focused on three key themes discussed during the panel sessions: economic empowerment and social security for women, women's involvement in decision-making processes within the EU accession process, and gender-responsive perspectives for reconciliation.

Deputy Chair of the Committee on Gender Equality of the House of Representatives of PABiH, Rejhana Dervišević, actively participated in the panel discussion on the topic "One Step Forward, Two Steps Back – Women's Involvement in Decision-Making within the EU Accession Process."

The agreed proposal of recommendations includes a strategic plan to strengthen gender equality in Western Balkan countries, promote a regional financing mechanism, and propose the institutionalization of the Gender Equality Forum as a permanent component of the Berlin Process. (End)