GENDER AND SECURITY

Republic of Serbia has ratified most of the international documents important to improving women’s human rights and also adopted a great number of strategies dealing with that area, but strategic documents and action plans for their implementation are not harmonized enough, it was concluded in the Security Council Resolution 1325: Civil Society Monitoring Report 2013.

Gender analysis of key criminal justice statistics and the difference in quality of data records of the Ministry of Interior of Serbia were the topics of the second seminar „Gender analysis in strategic planning and reporting in the police".

Familiarization with the importance of gender perspectives for strategic planning, and gaining concrete skills for the application of gender analysis in the reporting of results were the main themes of the seminar for analysts of the Ministry of Interior, held from March 12th to 14th, 2014 in the hotel Relax in Kovacica.

BCSP Researcher Maja Bjelos is co-author of the independent report on achievements in the implementation of UNSCR 1325 on Women, Peace and Security in Serbia in 2014. Analysis of the results was based on 11 indicators, with a focus on the assessment of women's participation, prevention and protection from violence and the promotion of gender perspective. The authors have offered specific recommendations to institutions, the United Nations and civil society organizations.

Language reflects the discriminatory nature of our value system given that there are no linguistic barriers preventing the use of the feminine version of professional titles, which was concluded during the debate on job titles in the feminine form held on March 7th at the Belgrade Youth Centre.

The aim of the report is to present the greatest achievements in the process of NAP implementation for the period July 2012 - 2013, to point out the challenges faced within this process, and to suggest the measures to overcome these challenges and advance the implementation of the NAP.

Characteristics of gender-based discrimination in the security sector were the subject of presentation held by BCSP Director at the seminar entitled "Towards effective and sustainable mechanism of trustworthy person", organized on 11. and 12. December 2013. at the House of Guards in Topcider.

Monitoring and measuring progress in implementation UNSCR 1325 in Serbia was the subject of presentation held by BCSP researcher Maja Bjelos at the international conference „Enhancing the Women, Peace and Security Agenda in the Euro-Atlantic and Eurasian Region" held in Almaty, Kazakhstan on 11. and 12. November 2013.

During the first lecture in the BCSP series "Champions of diversity" Australian Ambassador to Serbia Helen Studdert spoke about the challenges which women and men were facing in the Australian Army during the adoption and implementation of policies directed towards improving position of women in the military.