Sasa Gavrić
@sgavric.bsky.social
Advancing #GenderEquality in #Politics with @odihr.pl; PhD researcher @unileipzig.bksy.social; Co-convener @ GenPolSEE; Founder & former Director @ Sarajevo Open Centre
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Join @odihr.pl & OSCE PA for a discuss on how we can make gender parity a reality in national parliaments.
🔗 Learn more: odihr.osce.org/event/661176
🔗 Register: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
🔗 Learn more: odihr.osce.org/event/661176
🔗 Register: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Partnerships move walls.
Advancing gender-sensitive parliaments in Bosnia 🇧🇦 through joint advocacy with parliaments at state and entity level. Despite weak quotas, momentum for real institutional change is growing.
Grateful for the strong partnership with @unwomen.bsky.social!
Advancing gender-sensitive parliaments in Bosnia 🇧🇦 through joint advocacy with parliaments at state and entity level. Despite weak quotas, momentum for real institutional change is growing.
Grateful for the strong partnership with @unwomen.bsky.social!
December 10, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Partnerships move walls.
Advancing gender-sensitive parliaments in Bosnia 🇧🇦 through joint advocacy with parliaments at state and entity level. Despite weak quotas, momentum for real institutional change is growing.
Grateful for the strong partnership with @unwomen.bsky.social!
Advancing gender-sensitive parliaments in Bosnia 🇧🇦 through joint advocacy with parliaments at state and entity level. Despite weak quotas, momentum for real institutional change is growing.
Grateful for the strong partnership with @unwomen.bsky.social!
Es war mir eine Ehre den @bundestag.de beraten zu dürfen ⤵️
📢 On 4 December 2025, Saša Gavrić @sgavric.bsky.social, a doctoral candidate at Leipzig University under the supervision of Professor Solveig Richter, participated in an event in the German Bundestag in his role as an employee of the OSCE/ODIHR.
Find out more: www.uni-leipzig.de/newsdetail?t...
Find out more: www.uni-leipzig.de/newsdetail?t...
December 10, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Es war mir eine Ehre den @bundestag.de beraten zu dürfen ⤵️
Speaking today & representing @odihr.pl at @ipuparliament.bsky.social global round table on how to move from the principle of gender equality in parliamentary development to practice.
Learn more on how we support parliaments to advance gender equality
🔗 odihr.osce.org/odihr/575515
Learn more on how we support parliaments to advance gender equality
🔗 odihr.osce.org/odihr/575515
December 9, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Speaking today & representing @odihr.pl at @ipuparliament.bsky.social global round table on how to move from the principle of gender equality in parliamentary development to practice.
Learn more on how we support parliaments to advance gender equality
🔗 odihr.osce.org/odihr/575515
Learn more on how we support parliaments to advance gender equality
🔗 odihr.osce.org/odihr/575515
On 15 Dec in Sarajevo, UN Women & @odihr.pl bring together political parties to discuss how gender equality assessments can transform internal rules, strengthen women’s leadership & make party democracy more inclusive. 🙏 to have @taniaverge.bsky.social on board.
🔗 odihr.osce.org/event/661203
🔗 odihr.osce.org/event/661203
Advancing equality within: Gender equality assessments as a path to stronger political parties
odihr.osce.org
December 9, 2025 at 7:37 AM
On 15 Dec in Sarajevo, UN Women & @odihr.pl bring together political parties to discuss how gender equality assessments can transform internal rules, strengthen women’s leadership & make party democracy more inclusive. 🙏 to have @taniaverge.bsky.social on board.
🔗 odihr.osce.org/event/661203
🔗 odihr.osce.org/event/661203
Gender mainstreaming needs people & structure. At the OSCE Gender Focal Points meeting in Sarajevo 🇧🇦 I gave opening remarks for @odihr.pl First Deputy Director & led a session on gender parity. My last GFP meeting – grateful for this network. #OSCE #GenderEquality
December 8, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Gender mainstreaming needs people & structure. At the OSCE Gender Focal Points meeting in Sarajevo 🇧🇦 I gave opening remarks for @odihr.pl First Deputy Director & led a session on gender parity. My last GFP meeting – grateful for this network. #OSCE #GenderEquality
Join @odihr.pl & OSCE PA for a discuss on how we can make gender parity a reality in national parliaments.
🔗 Learn more: odihr.osce.org/event/661176
🔗 Register: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
🔗 Learn more: odihr.osce.org/event/661176
🔗 Register: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
December 7, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Join @odihr.pl & OSCE PA for a discuss on how we can make gender parity a reality in national parliaments.
🔗 Learn more: odihr.osce.org/event/661176
🔗 Register: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
🔗 Learn more: odihr.osce.org/event/661176
🔗 Register: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Fifty-five years ago, Willy Brandt made history.
I dream of the day when a Serbian political leader will overcome the pain of their own nation and unconditionally apologise for the war crimes of the 1990s.
I dream of the day when a Serbian political leader will overcome the pain of their own nation and unconditionally apologise for the war crimes of the 1990s.
December 7, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Fifty-five years ago, Willy Brandt made history.
I dream of the day when a Serbian political leader will overcome the pain of their own nation and unconditionally apologise for the war crimes of the 1990s.
I dream of the day when a Serbian political leader will overcome the pain of their own nation and unconditionally apologise for the war crimes of the 1990s.
Enhancing parliamentary development through #genderequality - do you have a positive example?
Join me from @odihr.pl &
register now to exchange best practices at the @ipuparliament.bsky.social Expert Roundtable on the Common Principles for Support to #Parliaments.
➡️ipu.org/6RTCP
Join me from @odihr.pl &
register now to exchange best practices at the @ipuparliament.bsky.social Expert Roundtable on the Common Principles for Support to #Parliaments.
➡️ipu.org/6RTCP
December 6, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Enhancing parliamentary development through #genderequality - do you have a positive example?
Join me from @odihr.pl &
register now to exchange best practices at the @ipuparliament.bsky.social Expert Roundtable on the Common Principles for Support to #Parliaments.
➡️ipu.org/6RTCP
Join me from @odihr.pl &
register now to exchange best practices at the @ipuparliament.bsky.social Expert Roundtable on the Common Principles for Support to #Parliaments.
➡️ipu.org/6RTCP
Grateful 🙏 to @profsarahchilds.bsky.social, @merylkenny.bsky.social & @petrahrens.bsky.social for their feminist sharing of knowledge and great common ‚gender sensitive parliaments‘ work, at the @bundestag.de and beyond.
December 6, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Grateful 🙏 to @profsarahchilds.bsky.social, @merylkenny.bsky.social & @petrahrens.bsky.social for their feminist sharing of knowledge and great common ‚gender sensitive parliaments‘ work, at the @bundestag.de and beyond.
@odihr.pl & the 🇩🇪 Federal Foundation for Gender Equality held yesterday a series of events and meetings aiming at advising the @bundest.de German Bundestag on how to become a gender-sensitive parliament. 🙏 to all that made it happen 🌟
Read more at:
www.presseportal.de/pm/167012/61...
Read more at:
www.presseportal.de/pm/167012/61...
December 5, 2025 at 7:54 AM
@odihr.pl & the 🇩🇪 Federal Foundation for Gender Equality held yesterday a series of events and meetings aiming at advising the @bundest.de German Bundestag on how to become a gender-sensitive parliament. 🙏 to all that made it happen 🌟
Read more at:
www.presseportal.de/pm/167012/61...
Read more at:
www.presseportal.de/pm/167012/61...
Join @odihr.pl & the OSCE PA for a discuss on how we can make gender parity a reality in national parliaments of the OSCE region. Invited are MPs, parliamentary staff, international partners and NGOs working on gender equality. 🔗 Register: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
December 2, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Join @odihr.pl & the OSCE PA for a discuss on how we can make gender parity a reality in national parliaments of the OSCE region. Invited are MPs, parliamentary staff, international partners and NGOs working on gender equality. 🔗 Register: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
@odihr.pl fist ever workshop on engaging male political leaders on gender equality in politics - grateful to Zorana for being my partner in crime; Mina, Aleks and Bernd for being the best hosts; and Yulia for creating an enabling environment for me to innovate our work 🧡
November 19, 2025 at 5:54 PM
@odihr.pl fist ever workshop on engaging male political leaders on gender equality in politics - grateful to Zorana for being my partner in crime; Mina, Aleks and Bernd for being the best hosts; and Yulia for creating an enabling environment for me to innovate our work 🧡
Did you know Spain now has a Gender Parity Law? ✨ Adopted in 2024, it makes parity a rule, not a goal. Candidate lists must alternate women & men, and the Government itself must be at least 40% of each sex. A new era for equal representation. ⚖️ #Spain #GenderEquality
November 10, 2025 at 6:27 AM
Did you know Spain now has a Gender Parity Law? ✨ Adopted in 2024, it makes parity a rule, not a goal. Candidate lists must alternate women & men, and the Government itself must be at least 40% of each sex. A new era for equal representation. ⚖️ #Spain #GenderEquality
How can parliamentary oversight truly deliver gender equality? 💬 That was the question I explored today at the South-East Europe Parliamentary Oversight Conference — organised by @osce_odihr
🔗 osce.org/odihr/600506
🔗 osce.org/odihr/600506
November 3, 2025 at 4:04 PM
How can parliamentary oversight truly deliver gender equality? 💬 That was the question I explored today at the South-East Europe Parliamentary Oversight Conference — organised by @osce_odihr
🔗 osce.org/odihr/600506
🔗 osce.org/odihr/600506
Pol parties are among the least gender-balanced institutions in democratic life.
How often have you seen targeted workshops designed to engage male political leaders on gender equality? Rarely, we assume.
@odihr.pl & @OSCE Mission to 🇲🇪 are filling the gap.
www.osce.org/odihr/600407
How often have you seen targeted workshops designed to engage male political leaders on gender equality? Rarely, we assume.
@odihr.pl & @OSCE Mission to 🇲🇪 are filling the gap.
www.osce.org/odihr/600407
Montenegro: Engaging Male Politicians in Achieving Gender Equality in Politics
Political and elected offices are still too often seen as a “men’s issue,” while advancing gender equality remains perceived as a “women’s issue.” As a result, the meaningful engagement of male politi...
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October 30, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Pol parties are among the least gender-balanced institutions in democratic life.
How often have you seen targeted workshops designed to engage male political leaders on gender equality? Rarely, we assume.
@odihr.pl & @OSCE Mission to 🇲🇪 are filling the gap.
www.osce.org/odihr/600407
How often have you seen targeted workshops designed to engage male political leaders on gender equality? Rarely, we assume.
@odihr.pl & @OSCE Mission to 🇲🇪 are filling the gap.
www.osce.org/odihr/600407
🔎 In 2015/2016, as Director of the Sarajevo Open Centre, I worked with partners to secure a crucial change to 🇧🇦 Anti-Discrimination Law: we added “sex characteristics” as a protected ground. 🇧🇦 became one of the first countries in Europe to do so following Malta in April 2015). 🇧🇦🤝🇲🇹
Today, all 46 @coe.int member States spoke with one voice:
Intersex persons are entitled to the same rights, dignity and opportunities as everyone else.
It was unanimous — and unanimity in today’s world is rare.
More on this recommendation by the Committee of Ministers ↓
www.coe.int/en/web/porta...
Intersex persons are entitled to the same rights, dignity and opportunities as everyone else.
It was unanimous — and unanimity in today’s world is rare.
More on this recommendation by the Committee of Ministers ↓
www.coe.int/en/web/porta...
October 28, 2025 at 7:10 AM
🔎 In 2015/2016, as Director of the Sarajevo Open Centre, I worked with partners to secure a crucial change to 🇧🇦 Anti-Discrimination Law: we added “sex characteristics” as a protected ground. 🇧🇦 became one of the first countries in Europe to do so following Malta in April 2015). 🇧🇦🤝🇲🇹
On 24 Oct 1975, around 90 % of Icelandic women walked off the job — and left their unpaid domestic work too. The strike helped lead to Iceland’s first gender-equality law in 1976 and inspired the election of Vigdís Finnbogadóttir, the world’s first democratically elected female president, in 1980.
October 24, 2025 at 10:08 AM
On 24 Oct 1975, around 90 % of Icelandic women walked off the job — and left their unpaid domestic work too. The strike helped lead to Iceland’s first gender-equality law in 1976 and inspired the election of Vigdís Finnbogadóttir, the world’s first democratically elected female president, in 1980.
Parliaments rarely conduct gender audits on their own. Chamber of Deputies 🇱🇺 is one of those champions.
🙏 to have met members of the working group tasked to do the job & to share @odihr.pl experience. Our friends from the @sverigesriksdag.bsky.social joined us to share their path.
🙏 to have met members of the working group tasked to do the job & to share @odihr.pl experience. Our friends from the @sverigesriksdag.bsky.social joined us to share their path.
October 23, 2025 at 6:25 AM
Parliaments rarely conduct gender audits on their own. Chamber of Deputies 🇱🇺 is one of those champions.
🙏 to have met members of the working group tasked to do the job & to share @odihr.pl experience. Our friends from the @sverigesriksdag.bsky.social joined us to share their path.
🙏 to have met members of the working group tasked to do the job & to share @odihr.pl experience. Our friends from the @sverigesriksdag.bsky.social joined us to share their path.
@odihr.pl will also host a workshop in November with 🇵🇱 political parties to discuss our recommendations on how parties and institutions can advance gender equality in politics.
Among other, we will present our gender audits of political parties tool
🔗 osce.org/odihr/574334
Among other, we will present our gender audits of political parties tool
🔗 osce.org/odihr/574334
October 21, 2025 at 5:09 PM
@odihr.pl will also host a workshop in November with 🇵🇱 political parties to discuss our recommendations on how parties and institutions can advance gender equality in politics.
Among other, we will present our gender audits of political parties tool
🔗 osce.org/odihr/574334
Among other, we will present our gender audits of political parties tool
🔗 osce.org/odihr/574334
Grateful to minister @yurikobackes.bsky.social for hosting @odihr.pl & @taniaverge.bsky.social in Luxembourg 🇱🇺 for a discussion on how gender audits can be utilised to support gender equality reforms in political parties ⤵️
October 20, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Grateful to minister @yurikobackes.bsky.social for hosting @odihr.pl & @taniaverge.bsky.social in Luxembourg 🇱🇺 for a discussion on how gender audits can be utilised to support gender equality reforms in political parties ⤵️
Next up: I’ll be in Luxembourg 🇱🇺 on 20 Oct to run a hands-on @odihr.pl workshop on gender audits and gender action plans for parliamentary parties — hosted by Minister @Yuriko, who serves as both Minister of Defence and Minister for Equality and Diversity. Details: www.osce.org/odihr/599715
Gender audits and gender action plans: Workshop for Luxembourg’s parliamentary political parties
Political parties play a vital role in shaping democracy — and their internal culture, rules and structures must reflect gender equality in practice.
www.osce.org
October 17, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Next up: I’ll be in Luxembourg 🇱🇺 on 20 Oct to run a hands-on @odihr.pl workshop on gender audits and gender action plans for parliamentary parties — hosted by Minister @Yuriko, who serves as both Minister of Defence and Minister for Equality and Diversity. Details: www.osce.org/odihr/599715
In October 2025 we mark 25 years of the Women, Peace and Security agenda. It is often viewed through the lens of conflict resolution, peacebuilding and security sector reform.
However, its foundation lies in political equality.
Check out my short text below ⤵️
However, its foundation lies in political equality.
Check out my short text below ⤵️
No peace and security without gender parity: The political core of the Women, Peace and Security Agenda
This October we mark twenty-five years of the adoption of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security. The core message of the agenda remains as relevant as ever: ther...
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October 15, 2025 at 8:05 AM
In October 2025 we mark 25 years of the Women, Peace and Security agenda. It is often viewed through the lens of conflict resolution, peacebuilding and security sector reform.
However, its foundation lies in political equality.
Check out my short text below ⤵️
However, its foundation lies in political equality.
Check out my short text below ⤵️
What can you do to advance the gender parity agenda? Invite @odihr.pl to collaborate with national institutions and civil society on assessing barriers to women’s representation & designing parity action plans.
🔗 www.osce.org/odihr/598225
🔗 www.osce.org/odihr/598225
October 14, 2025 at 2:49 PM
What can you do to advance the gender parity agenda? Invite @odihr.pl to collaborate with national institutions and civil society on assessing barriers to women’s representation & designing parity action plans.
🔗 www.osce.org/odihr/598225
🔗 www.osce.org/odihr/598225
And here it is printed 🧡 Join me and Nicole Ameline on 14 October at the Women’s Power Breakfast, as part of the#WHDC2025, to discuss on how we can achieve gender parity in politics.
October 11, 2025 at 10:25 AM
And here it is printed 🧡 Join me and Nicole Ameline on 14 October at the Women’s Power Breakfast, as part of the#WHDC2025, to discuss on how we can achieve gender parity in politics.
While we mark 50 years of Helsinki Final Act, thinking of Yugoslavia’s proposal to have a fourth basket:
🔹The World Dimension
No security for Europe without security in our neighbouring regions, like the Middle East.
Read more
🔗 www.osce.org/magazine/224...
🔹The World Dimension
No security for Europe without security in our neighbouring regions, like the Middle East.
Read more
🔗 www.osce.org/magazine/224...
October 9, 2025 at 4:53 AM
While we mark 50 years of Helsinki Final Act, thinking of Yugoslavia’s proposal to have a fourth basket:
🔹The World Dimension
No security for Europe without security in our neighbouring regions, like the Middle East.
Read more
🔗 www.osce.org/magazine/224...
🔹The World Dimension
No security for Europe without security in our neighbouring regions, like the Middle East.
Read more
🔗 www.osce.org/magazine/224...