100 Acts for Gender Equality in Croatia - time for action!
The Embassy of Finland in Zagreb, the Croatian Governmental Office for Gender Equality and the Parliamentary Committee on Gender Equality organize a 100 Acts for Gender Equality -campaign in Croatia. President of the Republic of Croatia, H.E. Kolinda Grabar Kitarović, is the Patron for the campaign. The aim of this initiative is to collect 100 Acts for Gender Equality in Croatia.
Who can participate?
Various kinds of organizations – public institutions, companies, municipalities, NGOs, educational institutions, media and labor market organizations – are challenged to participate. Each equality act will be communicated to the public via social media channels. Therefore, 100 Acts for Gender Equality offers different organizations with the possibility to not only develop themselves but also receive recognition for it. At the same time, the acts function as encouraging examples and benchmarks for good practices in the whole society.
How?
An act is a concrete measure that enhances gender equality within the Croatian society. It is recommended that participants engage their members in the planning and implementation of the act because acts committed to by the whole community yield best results. The act can be big or small, national or local, but it has to bring about active change to the current state of affairs.
In practice and as an example, the act can be implementation of an action plan for gender equality at work, school or organization, supporting the use of paternity leaves, increasing the transparency of salaries, increasing the number of members of underrepresented sex in positions of trust, organizing empowering cultural program or challenging the gender segregation in education and the labour market.
If your organization wants to participate, please send the free description of your act to the Embassy of Finland by e-mail ([email protected]). Should you need any assistance, please contact Ms. Laura Stojic at 01-6312080. In spring 2018, the best acts supporting equal opportunities for women and men in Croatia will be awarded.
Background
Gender equality is a core value of Finland and the reason behind Finland's successful ascension from one of the poorest countries in Europe to a prosperous country with a place at the top of many social and economic rankings. Finland was the first in the world to extend the right to vote and stand for elections to women and men in 1906. By now, all the highest political positions in Finland have been held by women.
As a part of the celebrations and official programme of the centenary of Finland’s independence in 2017, the National Council of Women of Finland and the Council for Gender Equality have organized a 100 Acts for Gender Equality -campaign. The project comprises of different communities taking concrete actions towards gender equality. The Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland is also participating in the campaign. Thereby, all the departments of the Foreign Ministry and Finnish missions abroad will carry out at least one act for gender equality each.