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Today Bosnia and Herzegovina is a multi-ethnic and multi-religious society - the population consists of: Bosniaks 48.4%, Serbs 32.7%, Croats 14.6%, and others 4.3%; while the religious makeup is: Muslim 40%, Orthodox 31%, Roman Catholic 15%, and other 14% (as of 2013). [5] Most of the population is rural: only 39.8% of total population is urban ...
Third-wave feminism is a feminist movement that began in the early 1990s, [2] prominent in the decades prior to the fourth wave. [3] [4] Grounded in the civil-rights advances of the second wave, Gen X third-wave feminists born in the 1960s and 1970s embraced diversity and individualism in women, and sought to redefine what it meant to be a ...
Women's rights in Bosnia and Herzegovina (1 C) Pages in category "History of women in Bosnia and Herzegovina" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total.
In Denmark, the Women's Liberation Movement had its roots in the 1960s when large numbers of women began to enter the labour market, requiring services such as child care and improved health care. Supported by the Danish Women's Society, the Red Stocking Movement was established in 1970.
Women and men resisted the Austrians at the Chetin (Çetin) Fortress. [13] The women of the Bosnians were deemed to be militaristic according to non-Ottoman records of the war between the Ottomans and Austrians and they played a role in the Bosnian success in battle against the Austrian attackers.
The mission also reports that women are under-represented and marginalised in the private and public sectors. [17] During the 1992-1995 Bosnian War, there was an epidemic of sexual violence. [4] [18] No official figures exist on the number of women who were sexually assaulted during the War, however estimates range between 20, 000 and 50, 000. [18]
Serbs constituted 31% of Bosnia and Herzegovina's populace but Karadžić claimed 70% of the country's territory. [99] The organizers of the ethnic cleansing campaign wanted to replace Bosnia's multiethnic society with a society based on Serb nationalist supremacy, [100] which was seen as a form of Serbianisation of these areas. [101]
Vietnam: The Vietnamese National Assembly adopted the Law on Marriage and Family in 1960, which is based on four major principles – freedom of marriage; monogamy; gender equality; and the protection of women's and children's rights. Afghanistan: The University of Kabul opened to women. [85]