Sasa Gavrić
sgavric.bsky.social
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...
Gender parity is a democratic standard. @odihr.pl & the OSCE PA called yesterday on OSCE states and their parliaments to work with us on achieving 50/50 representation. 🙏 to @ipuparliament.bsky.social & CEDAW for joining.

🔗 odihr.osce.org/odihr/598225

#GenderParity #CEDAW #WomenInPolitics
December 19, 2025 at 6:45 AM
Yesterday in Sarajevo I spoke on two panels at the @unwomen.bsky.social & @odihr.pl event on gender equality assessments in political parties. Proud of ODIHR’s role in supporting parties in BiH to reform rules, strengthen women’s leadership & make internal democracy more inclusive.
December 16, 2025 at 9:45 AM
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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...
December 7, 2025 at 8:09 AM
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!
December 10, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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...
December 10, 2025 at 8:52 AM
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
December 9, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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
Advancing equality within: Gender equality assessments as a path to stronger political parties
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December 9, 2025 at 7:37 AM
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
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...
December 7, 2025 at 8:09 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.
December 7, 2025 at 7:21 AM
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
December 6, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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
@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...
December 5, 2025 at 7:54 AM
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
@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
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
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
November 3, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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
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
🔎 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...
October 28, 2025 at 7:10 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.
October 24, 2025 at 10:08 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.
October 23, 2025 at 6:25 AM
@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
October 21, 2025 at 5:09 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 ⤵️
October 20, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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