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The campaign "16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence", conducted under the slogan Let's Turn Off Violence Together, was launched at the Youth Theatre Sarajevo with the performance of the theater play "Perseids" by Emina Kovačević – Podgorčević, directed by Karmen Obrdalj. The goal of this year's campaign, implemented by UN Women BiH with the support of Sweden, is to draw attention to the importance of the broader social community's responsibility in preventing and combating all forms of violence against women and girls.

The United Nations Secretary-General reaffirms the commitment of the United Nations to work with people with disabilities to build a sustainable, inclusive and transformative future in which everyone, including women, men, girls and boys with disabilities, can realize their potential.

The Socially Responsive Budgeting and Budget Rebalancing Analysis with regards to COVID-19 in Bosnia and Herzegovina, conducted by UN Women, and presented online today to government representatives and international partners, urges the governments in BiH to be transparent in their newly planned budget allocations.

The United Nations Resident Coordinator in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Dr. Ingrid Macdonald, in an official visit to Brcko District of BiH, met with the Mayor Esed Kadrić, Deputy Ante Domić and Chief Coordinator Željko Antić, the Brcko District Assembly Speaker Siniša Milić and Deputy Ivo Filipović, Police Chief Goran Pisić, representatives of PRONI and Vermont organizations, the three Associations of families of missing persons and the members of Associations of civil and women victims of war.

Sarajevo, 11 August 2023 – On behalf of the United Nations in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Ingrid Macdonald, United Nations Resident Coordinator, expresses her deep sorrow and extends condolences to the families of the victims after the tragic shooting that took place in Gradačac today. 

The one-year anniversary of the tragic femicide in Gradačac serves as a stark reminder that the threat to women’s lives in Bosnia and Herzegovina remains dire.