Looking forward to moderating @odihr.pl side event at the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Winter Session. 🗣️ @mlkrook.bsky.social, Jachira Klaudia, Sanela Shkrijelj, @hedyfry.bsky.social Hosted by 🇬🇧 & 🇲🇰 delegations to the #OSCEPA 🔗 odihr.osce.org/event/661915

Do you work on advancing women’s political participation and gender parity in the post-Yugoslav space and you are fluent in Serbian? Imam nešto za vas. 📘✨ 🙏 OSCE Mission to Serbia for the support 👉odihr.osce.org/odihr/598225 #rodnaravnopravnost #paritet @odihr.pl

New in ODIHR’s Toolkit on Addressing Violence against Women in Politics: Tool 6 (31 Dec 2025) on women politicians’ experiences & coping strategies Toolkit: odihr.osce.org/odihr/530272

✨✨✨@Un_Women has announced the theme for the International Women’s Day: “Rights. Justice. Action. For ALL Women and Girls.” ✨✨✨ I like how clearly this can be read through the CEDAW equality lens. Here are 10 tips how to operationalise this theme in parliament 🧵 1/4

@odihr.pl proudly presents our latest publication, authored by @mlkrook.bsky.social Contact us if you want to work on this topic & hear more about disability quotas. 🔗 odihr.osce.org/odihr/661191

Data of the @ipuparliament.bsky.social is clear: 2025 did not bring any progress. See details in my short analysis on LinkedIn: 🔗 www.linkedin.com/posts/sasaga...

Excited to welcome @mlkrook.bsky.social for an internal discussion on 21 Jan 2026 as part of @odihr.pl’s “Gender Matters!” online briefing series for OSCE staff. The series has been running since 2021, and this will be our 22nd briefing. Read the book, work on achieving gender parity. ⤵️

#GenPolSEE members Adriana Zaharijevic (University of Belgrade) & Roman Kuhar (University of Ljubljana) bring us a fantastic new open source book. 📕 Proud of this big milestone for our Gender and Politics Research Network in South-east Europe (GenPolSEE). 🔗 link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

Stagnation, but also gains: Kyrgyzstan 🇰🇬 switched in 2025 to 30 three-member districts (SNTV) with 1 mandate per district reserved for the under-represented sex, lifting women’s representation from 20.5% (2021) to 33.3% (2025). Conclusion: Electoral system design matters.

Merry Christmas 🎄 To all good people of the world!

Wie hängen Klimakrise und Konflikte um Ressourcen zusammen? 🌍 Am 08.01.2026 um 17:15 Uhr spricht Prof. Dr. Solveig Richter über Ressourcenkriege und Klimakrise in der Ringvorlesung zu nachhaltiger Entwicklung. 📍 Linnéstraße 5 – offen für alle, die sich für globale Zusammenhänge interessieren.

📣 Coming soon: ODIHR Tool 6 – Experiences & Coping Strategies of Women in Politics, authored by @mlkrook.bsky.social We look forward to promoting it in February and to supporting OSCE participating States in tackling #VAWiP. Check out existing VAWiP tools: odihr.osce.org/odihr/530272

If you work on gender equality in politics, you probably feel it too: we are trying to move forward while the ground is shifting under our feet. Below are 5 ideas I believe can help governments, parliaments, political parties, and international partners move from incrementalism to impact.

The popular “equality–equity–justice” ladder isn’t international law. CEDAW gives us a stronger framework: Formal (Arts 1,2,15) → Substantive (Art 4(1)) → Transformative (GR 25/28). See more 🔗 www.linkedin.com/posts/sasaga...

Data of the @ipuparliament.bsky.social is clear: 2025 did not bring any progress. 2026 needs to become the year when reaching gender parity will not only be a goal but will turn into an actionable plan. @odihr.pl Parity Roadmap, I proudly drafted, can guide you: odihr.osce.org/odihr/598225

Do you want to open the discussion on making gender parity a reality in your country? Contact us at @odihr.pl & OSCE PA and let’s work together to transform our Gender Parity Roadmap in a results-oriented national gender parity action plan. www.oscepa.org/en/news-a-me...

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

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.

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...

🙏 Josephine Ortleb for hosting @odihr.pl at the @bundestag.de 🇩🇪. We hope that the lectures by the guests from the @scotparl.bsky.social - @merylkenny.bsky.social, @petrahrens.bsky.social and me have inspired discussions on gender-sensitivity of the parliament www.instagram.com/reel/DSIV5vh...

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!

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

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

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...

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.

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

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...

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 🧡

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

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

🔎 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.

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.

@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

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

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 ⤵️

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

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...

Civil society all around Europe and Central Asia is leading in responding to mobilisation against gender equality, but what can institutions do? This was the topic of discussion with feminist leaders from 🇵🇱, 🇲🇰 and 🇬🇪, part of @odihr.pl #CHANGE Transnational Network.

ODIHR calls on the Georgian authorities to respect freedom of peaceful assembly and human rights amid increasing pressure on civil society. Read our full statement 🔽 buff.ly/otSIUJV

25 years of ODIHR’s election legal assistance marked at Warsaw conference Find out more 👉 buff.ly/8EPnFhn

Working towards 50/50 parity in politics? Check out latest @odihr.pl publication I was proud to author. We will promote it next week on 14 October at the #WHDC2025 Women’s Power Breakfast. 🔗 osce.org/odihr/598225

Coming to the #WarsawHDC? Join Nicole Ameline, former 🇫🇷minister & chair of the CEDAW committee, and me for the Women’s Power Breakfast. Topic: 🔹 ‘50/50 gender parity in politics – Why is it important and how to make it happen?’ Opening by Maria Telalian, @odihr.pl Director& Saara Sofia Siren