News in English     | 16.05.2018. 12:28 |

OSCE Mission to BiH hosts regional meeting on gender equality and corruption

FENA Press release

SARAJEVO, May 16 (FENA) - Over 30 parliamentarians, holders of executive positions, and experts from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), Croatia, Serbia, Montenegro and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia gathered on 15 May 2018 in Sarajevo at a regional meeting on gender equality and corruption hosted by the OSCE Mission to BiH, in cooperation with the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights and the OSCE field operations in the region.

The event represented a unique opportunity to examine how to best fight corruption, from the specific and essential angle of gender equality, particularly how to strengthen the role of parliaments in this area, stated the OSCE Mission to BiH.

“Corruption is a serious threat to core democratic values, human rights, and the rule of law, and gender inequality only exacerbates this threat,” said Head of the OSCE Mission to BiH Bruce G. Berton.

“As it stands, a research by anti-corruption experts shows that women are more adversely affected by corruption, due to unequal societal gender dynamics.”

The Director of the BiH Agency for the Prevention of Corruption and Coordination of the Fight against Corruption, Hasim Šabotić, said effective legislation is essential for the prevention of corruption and stressed the responsibility of parliamentarians in passing such laws.

Ivan Vilibor Sinčić, Member of the Croatian Parliament and President of the Gender Equality Committee, emphasized the importance of exchange of information: “I am glad to see so many colleagues from the region sharing their perspectives on some aspects of the fight against corruption and gender equality that we are unable to see from our point of view. Corruption does not know borders and if it is to be suppressed, then the co-operation between politics and judiciary should be much stronger.”

Gordana Čomić, Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia and Member of the Women’s Parliamentary Network, said: “There should be enough will of women so we can finally change the regional agenda and start fighting corruption and take it seriously.”

(FENA) S. R.

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