MP Aleksandra Jerkov, WPN coordinator, briefed the delegation on the WPN’s activities and scope, stressing that gender responsive budgeting has become part of the Budget Law and Budget System Law in Serbia thanks to the Network’s efforts. She also said that the WPN has achieved significant results most notably by helping amend the Criminal Code and eliminate the statute of limitation for sexual abuse of minors.
International Women’s Day, 8 March, is the time to remember all the women who left a deep mark in our history and send a message that women’s rights in Serbia should be discussed every day, not just today.
The National Assembly House hosted the conference marking the completion of project “Integration of Gender Mainstreaming into Local Economic Governance by Joint Action of Women’s Parliamentary Network and Association of Businesswomen”, conducted with the help of the Canadian Embassy in Belgrade.
The Women’s Parliamentary Network of Serbia was established at the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia four years ago, on 14 February 2013, for the first time in Serbia’s parliamentary history, after the introduction of the quota system in the parliamentary elections held on 6 May 2012.
In the National Assembly building, the members of WPN presented the work of the Parliament and the results achieved in the area of women’s rights to the representatives of the Balkan Democracy Fund and a group of scholarship students from USA.
In the National Assembly Building, the meeting of WPN was held. The topic was the Fourth National Conference of WPN held on November 4th. At the meeting, it was said that this Conference so far had the highest rate of participation of local authorities and institutions. It was also underlined that the importance of the Conference was recognised around the world as a good practice example of gender equality and political activism in Serbia. It was concluded that WPN had largely empowered
Today in Kraljevo, there was a workshop held organised by the Association of Businesswomen of Serbia and WPN. The topic of the workshop was gender disaggregated statistical data collection on local, small and micro enterprises, establishing of a fund for support to women’s entrepreneurship and self-employment, and participation of women in supply chains.
In the National Assembly Building, the Working Group for Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities and Women’s Parliamentary Network jointly presented the cooperation between the National Assembly and civil society organisations.
In the National Assembly Building, the Fourth National Conference of Women’s Parliamentary Network was held, presenting the results achieved by the WPN Coordinators in the previous year, as well as the goals for the upcoming period and good practice examples in women’s networking.
