Helsinki Citizens’ Assembly Banja Luka and Foundation United Women, members of the Initiative Peace with Women’s Face, on November 23, 2022 in Banjaluka organized round table with the goal to update Platform of Women’s Priorities in Transitional Justice Policies in BiH. This platform was created in 2016 after series of workshops and consultative meetings attended by 65 women from Sarajevo, Banja Luka, Bijeljina, Tuzla, Bratunac, Bosanska Gradiška, Žepče, Višegrad, Mostar, Bihać, Bosansko Grahovo, Modriča, Zenica, of different age, educational and ethnic profiles.
At the round table we discussed and mapped actual challenges of integrated security that women in BiH face with the emphasize on the consequences of new security threats such as pandemic, radical extremism, natural catastrophes and other traumatic phenomenon which can cause serious changes in everyday life of women as well as with the emphasize on the activities and measures which are taken so far in this field.
Consequences and recommendations from this round table and two others that were held in Livno and Tuzla will be the basis for updating Platform which will be important advocacy tool for members of the Initiative Peace with Women’s Face in aspirations that recognized priorities of women be incorporated in state strategic documents such as Action Plan for the Implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1325 “Women, Peace and Security” in BiH, Gender Action Plan and others.
Round table is part of the project “Peace with Women’s Face – Women’s Initiative for Facing Past” which Foundation “Lara” Bijeljina and “HO Horizons” Tuzla implement in partnership with another 11, mostly women’s, civil society organizations from BiH. With joint actions they advocate for gender responsible transitional justice policies, building peace and integrating gender aspects in the remembrance culture in public space.
