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.
Authors
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 . ”
- Collection(s)
- 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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Table of Contents
- May 2024 2
- 2024 The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development The World Bank 2
- All rights reserved 2
- CONTENTS 3
- Acknowledgments 4 3
- Abbreviations 5 3
- 1. Introduction 6 3
- 2. Legal and institutional framework 7 3
- 3. Endowments 11 3
- 4. Economic opportunities 21 3
- 5. Voice and agency 33 3
- 6. Conclusions 38 3
- 7. References 40 3
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 4
- ABBREVIATIONS 5
- 1. INTRODUCTION 6
- 2. LEGAL AND INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK 8
- Gender-Responsive Budgeting 11
- 3. ENDOWMENTS 12
- 3.1 HEALTH 12
- 4. EDUCATION 17
- BiH EU-27 20
- 5. ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES 20
- - School Hours 21
- 5.1 LABOR MARKET PARTICIPATION AND EMPLOYMENT STATUS 22
- 5.2 NEED AND PROVISION OF CARE 27
- 5.3 LABOR MARKET SEGREGATION 29
- 5.4 ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND FINANCIAL INCLUSION 30
- 2011 2014 2017 2021 32
- - SOGI 33
- 6. VOICE AND AGENCY 35
- 6.1 ATTITUDES TOWARDS WOMEN 35
- 6.2 POLITICAL PARTICIPATION 36
- 6.3 ECONOMIC LEADERSHIP 37
- 6.4 VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND SOCIAL NORMS 38
- 7. CONCLUSIONS 40
- 8. REFERENCES 41
