Young Women and Gender Equality in post-Yugoslav Societies: Research, Practice and Policy

• Acronym: Y-WAGE
• Main beneficiary: Institute for Social Research in Zagreb
• Partners: Department of Sociology, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Zagreb and the Human Rights Centre at the University of Sarajevo
• Financed by: UNESCO Participation Programme 2012 - 2013
• Project duration: 1 March 2013 – 1 March 2014

The project is based on the synergy of scientific interests of two research teams at the Institute for Social Research in Zagreb: the team for cultural and gender research and the team for research of youth. They were joined by researchers from the Department of Sociology, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Zagreb and the Human Rights Centre at the University of Sarajevo, the partner institutions and co-organizers of this project. The realization of this very unique project had two objectives and two goals. The first objective was to organize an international conference (held on 26 and 27 November 2013 in Zagreb), and the second was to publish selected papers of the authors who presented their papers at the conference. Both objectives have been fulfilled. The first goal was to connect and network the scientists, experts, and activists engaged with the issue of gender equality of young women in the region. The second goal was to provide a scientific contribution to unravelling social processes and problems related to the issue. The final project conference resulted with the book: “Young Women in Post-Yugoslav Societies: Research, Practice and Policy”.

• Book of abstracts from the conference “Young women and gender equality in post-Yugoslav societies: research, practice and policy“, Zagreb, Croatia, November 26 - 27, 2013