Roundtable on the subject of balanced representation in politics

The roundtable entitled “Parliamentary Elections 2011 – How to reach a balanced representation of women and men in the Croatian Parliament?” was held on October 17, 2011, at Hotel Dubrovnik in Zagreb, organized by the Office for Gender Equality. As part of the event, the Center for Women’s Studies’ representative Zorica Siročić presented the campaign Ad-acta Stop Gender Discrimination on Gender Lists, which is being implemented in partnership with the CEE Network for Gender Issues and in collaboration with the Serbian National Council, and with financial support from the European Union. Along with NGO representatives, the roundtable was attended by Helena Štimac Radin, Head of the Office for Gender Equality, Davor Orlović, member of the State Election Commission of the Republic of Croatia, Renato Kunić, assistant acting editor-in-chief of the Croatian Television, and representatives of the political parties represented in the Croatian Parliament.

For more about the event, see ured-ravnopravnost.hr.