GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE AT UNIVERSITIES: EXPERIENCED BY MANY, REPORTED BY FEW

Sexism, offensive comments, unwanted compliments and touching are among the most common forms of gender-based harassment in the university community. More than 60 percent of students and teaching and administrative staff at faculties in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro and Croatia have personally experienced some form of gender-based harassment and violence, while 80 percent of them are[…]

UNIGEM RESEARCH PROMOTED AT THE INTERNATIONAL BURCH (IBU)

The book “Challenges of integrating gender equality in the university community: Against gender-based violence” was promoted at the International Burch University (IBU) in Sarajevo and its promoters were Prof. Dr Ahmed El Sayed, Naida Misimović Čustović, MA, i Amer Kurtović, MA.  Professors Dr Zilka Spahić Šiljak, Dr Jasna Kovačević and Dr Jasmina Husanović were the book editors.[…]

Education on gender equality Violence against pregnant women in Bosnia and Herzegovina – family, health system and work relations

“Violence against pregnant women in Bosnia and Herzegovina – family, health system and work relations” was the title of the workshop Zlatan Hrnčić, PhD, held at eight universities, partners in the UNIGEM project, during the “16 Days of Activism” Campaign in 2022. Namely, Zlatan did a research in this area for his doctoral thesis, so he also[…]

WORKSHOP ON GAP IMPLEMENTATION AT
UNIVERSITY OF MOSTAR

University of  Mostar (SUM) is one of the partner universities within the UNIGEM project. In 2021, SUM adopted the Gender Action Plan (GAP) and undertook a task to achieve several goals. On January 30, 2023, a workshop was held with members of the Advisory Committee for Gender Equality. At the head of the meeting was prof. Davorka[…]