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Bosnia and Herzegovina - Country Gender Assessment

18 Jul 2024

Fostering gender equality and enabling women’s economic participation is critical for Bosnia and Herzegovina’s development trajectory. Actively engaging, nurturing, and optimizing the diverse talents and capabilities of the population, especially of inactive segments, is paramount to sustained progress in poverty reduction and shared prosperity. Over the past decade, Bosnia, and Herzegovina (BiH) has made strides in gender equality, including narrowing gender gaps in education, increasing female life expectancy and female political participation, and reducing fertility rates. However, significant disparities persist in the labor market, entrepreneurship, earnings, occupational segregation, unpaid labor, and violence against women. This Country Gender Assessment provides empirical evidence and analyzes gender equality in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Methodologically, the report adopts the Gender Assessment framework proposed by the World Development Report on Gender Equality and Development (WDR 2012). Through this lens, the report scrutinizes recent progress and lingering challenges across three critical dimensions: Endowments, Economic opportunities, and Voice and Agency. Extensive research was conducted drawing from various data sources to gauge indicators such as health, education, labor market dynamics, and gender-based violence, among others. The structure of the report is as follows. Section 2 delves into the legal and institutional framework. Section 3 assesses gender equality from the perspective of human endowments. Section 4 discusses progress and challenges in economic opportunities. Section 5 focuses on issues related to voice and agency.
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World Bank, The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development

Citation
“ World Bank ; The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development . 2024 . Bosnia and Herzegovina - Country Gender Assessment . © Washington, DC: World Bank . http://hdl.handle.net/10986/41899 License: CC BY-NC 3.0 IGO . ”
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Country Gender Assessment
Identifier externaldocumentum
34350039
Identifier internaldocumentum
34350039
Pages
45
Published in
United States of America
Region country
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Report
191917
Rights
CC BY-NC 3.0 IGO
Rights Holder
World Bank
Rights URI
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/igo
UNIT
EFI-ECA-POV-Poverty and Equity (EECPV)
URI
https://hdl.handle.net/10986/41899
date disclosure
2024-07-18
region administrative
Europe and Central Asia
theme
Inclusive Growth,Gender,Human Development and Gender,Data Development and Capacity Building,Economic Policy,Economic Growth and Planning,Institutional strengthening and capacity building,Environment and Natural Resource Management,Public Sector Management,Climate change,Adaptation

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