ILO Action Programme on Skills and Entrepreneurship Training for Countries Emerging from Armed Conflict
Post-conflict Bosnia and Herzegovina
Integrating women's special situation and gender perspectives
in skills training and employment promotion programmes
Martha Walsh
Abstract
This paper deals with the consequences of war on men's and women's roles and with the situation of women who, despite having obtained increased participation in community structures during the war, seem to loose it during the stability periods. The evolution of the Bosnian conflict and its socioeconomic issues are described: demography, working and living conditions, economy, employment, education, training, health and diversity among women.
The paper refers to the Dayton-Paris Peace Accords (1995), the Constitution of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the elections of 1996 and the new legal framework, namely the labour law. It discusses the problems faced by relief and rehabilitation programmes. Programmes for women require considerable support.
Conclusions and guidelines are proposed concerning: assessment of gendeed impacts of relief operations; gender-sensitive information gathering and analysis; long term prospects; non-discrimination and cultural constraints to women's employment and economic empowerment; and cooperation and coordination with other programmes.
Updated by JB. Approved by PA. Last update: 5 May 2000.
