WASHINGTON/NEW YORK, March 4 (Hina) - Croatia advocates the participation of women in the process of conflict prevention and resolution and peace building, Croatian representative Dubravka Simonovic told the UN Commission on the
Status of Women on Wednesday, enumerating Croatia's achievements in these fields.
WASHINGTON/NEW YORK, March 4 (Hina) - Croatia advocates the
participation of women in the process of conflict prevention and
resolution and peace building, Croatian representative Dubravka
Simonovic told the UN Commission on the Status of Women on Wednesday,
enumerating Croatia's achievements in these fields.#L#
Simonovic advocated the setting up of mechanisms for gender equality
which would supervise the implementation of UN documents on the equal
position of women.
The 48th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women is
dedicated to the role of men in achieving gender equality and the role
of women in achieving and maintaining peace.
Speaking about Croatia's achievements, Simonovic said that after the
November 2003 parliamentary election, women accounted for 17.76
percent of MPs. She added that the percentage of female ministers in
the Ivo Sanader government increased from 20 to 28.6 percent.
The legal framework for achieving gender equality was strengthened
with the adoption of the Gender Equality Law and the Law on
Protection from Domestic Violence, said Simonovic, who heads the
Croatian Foreign Ministry's Human Rights Department.
Speaking about measures aimed at strengthening gender equality in
Croatia, Simonovic said the government had appointed an ombudsman for
gender equality and was setting up an office which would deal with
that issue.
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