GENDER SENSITIVE POLICIES: ARE THERE ANY CHANGES IN THE REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA FROM 1990 TO 2011?

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Dijana Stojanovic Djordjevic

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One of the fundamental values of the constitutional order in the Republic of Macedonia is the principle of equality which guarantees equal rights regardless of gender. The recognition and the promotion of the gender-equal opportunities are a necessary precondition for democratic development. In the past 24 years of independence, the political parties in the Republic of Macedonia passed through various stages and changes, which include the attitudes of the parties towards women's issues. This paper will research the capacity of the main political parties in the Macedonian bloc, SDSM, and VMRO-DPMNE, to develop, adopt, and implement gender-sensitive policies. The research will be based on the analysis of the election programs regarding the Parliamentary elections in 1990, 2002 and2011. The analysis will cover the development of gender sensitivity in the election programs of SDSM and VMRO-DPMNE for the period of two decades.
 
 

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Stojanovic Djordjevic, Dijana. 2020. “GENDER SENSITIVE POLICIES: ARE THERE ANY CHANGES IN THE REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA FROM 1990 TO 2011?”. Journal of Liberty and International Affairs 1 (3):30-44. https://e-jlia.com/index.php/jlia/article/view/37.
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Dijana Stojanovic Djordjevic, Freelance Gender Consultant, Macedonia

Dijana Stojanovic Djordjevic was born on 09.08.1983 in Skopje. After graduation on the Law faculty "Justinian I" in Skopje in 2005, she entered the postgraduate degree on the department of political science at the Institute for Sociological, Political and Juridical Research in Skopje. In 2008 she defended her master thesis on theme 'Policy analysis of political participation of women in the legislature of the Republic of Macedonia: 1991-2007'. At the same Institute in 2014, she defended successfully her PhD thesis on the topic "Gender mainstreaming in politics as one of the conditions for gender equality in the Republic of Macedonia. From 2006 until 2012 Dijana Stojanovic Djordjevic was part of the Institute for Sociological, Political and Juridical Research working as administrative assistant and assistant of the following curricula: Sociology and Communications. Also, she has over eight years of experience working on projects with domestic and international donors as Consultant, Researcher, Trainer, and Facilitator. Her expertise are the following issues: gender issues, gender mainstreaming, gender equality, woman in politics, democracy, human rights, etc. She has published 14 scientific papers in various scientific journals and participated in 9 domestic and international scientific conferences with her papers.