A Second Look 5
Women Organizing for Change
A study of women`s local integrative organizations and the pursuit of democracy in Bosnia-Herzegovina
The stydy contains of seven chapters related to context, forms and content of women’s organizing in Bosnia and Herzegovina:
- Women in the turning of Boznia-Herzegovina
- Gornji Vakuf/Uskoplje: A town with two names
- Mostar: City of passionate loyalties
- Banja Luka: A city of uncertain status
- Women/s organization: developmental problems
- Towards a women`s movement
- Towards democracy
Local women`s organizations have become an important component in an emerging `civil society` in Bosnia-Herzegovina in the period since the end of hostilities in 1995. This book is a study of sevensuch small NGOs. It discusses their strengths and weaknesses, and the promies they may hold for a women`s movement in B-H. The authors argue that national and local authorities, intergovernmental agencies and international NGOs should support their survival and growth. Women actyvely organizing simultaneously for women`s rights and ethnic reintegration at local level are indispensable if democracy in Bosnia is to become genuinely inclusive, participatory – and non-patriarchal.
This book is based on a partnership between researchers in Medica Women`s Association and the City University London. It was funded by the Ajahma Charitable Trust, the Lipman-Miliband Trust and the Network for Social Change. Its completion and publication in English and Bosnian language editions was made possible by the support of the Open Society Institute of the Soros Foundation.
