MEDJUGORJE, Nov 8 (Hina) - A two-day conference headlined "Triumph +on the Verge of the 21st Century - Women in Parliament" closed in +Medjugorje on Sunday.+ Organised by the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in +Europe
mission in Bosnia-Herzegovina (BH), the conference gathered +women MPs from Bosnia's two entities, the Croat-Muslim Federation +and Republika Srpska, and from Sweden, Norway, Austria, and +Montenegro.+ It was pointed out that women MPs will make up 15 percent of the new +composition in the Federation's House of Representatives, and 26 +percent in the BH Lower House. In Republika Srpska, Bosnia's Serb +entity, women MPs will have one quarter of seats.+ Discussions during the conference also focused on the fact that +women must fight for more participation in BH bodies of authority.+(hina) ha+
MEDJUGORJE, Nov 8 (Hina) - A two-day conference headlined "Triumph
on the Verge of the 21st Century - Women in Parliament" closed in
Medjugorje on Sunday.
Organised by the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in
Europe mission in Bosnia-Herzegovina (BH), the conference gathered
women MPs from Bosnia's two entities, the Croat-Muslim Federation
and Republika Srpska, and from Sweden, Norway, Austria, and
Montenegro.
It was pointed out that women MPs will make up 15 percent of the new
composition in the Federation's House of Representatives, and 26
percent in the BH Lower House. In Republika Srpska, Bosnia's Serb
entity, women MPs will have one quarter of seats.
Discussions during the conference also focused on the fact that
women must fight for more participation in BH bodies of authority.
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