Ombudsperson for Gender Equality Višnja Ljubičić presented Annual Report for 2018 in Croatian Parliament: cases from the Ombudsperson’s practice and and detailed analysis of data and trends in monitored areas of: employment and labor, maternal and parental benefits, gender based violence, parental care, sexual and gender minorities’ rights, education, media, sports, political participation, reproductive health, international protection seekers, peace and security, access to goods and services. It also includes Ombudsperson’s conclusions based on monitoring the implementation of the Gender Equality Act and other laws and regulations pertaining to gender equality, and 138 recommendations to the authorized bodies.
In 2018, the Ombudsperson worked on the total of 1,576 cases. The Ombudsperson issued the total of 202 written recommendations, 154 warnings and 109 proposals. Complaints are still predominantly related to gender discrimination (83.2%) and complainants are to large extent women (71.4%).
The Ombudsperson also carried out the two EU projects „Building more effective protection: transforming the system for combating violence against women“and „Equal rights -equal pay–equal pensions“ – Expanding the scope of implementation of gender equality actions and legal standards towards achieving gender equality and combating poverty in Croatia.
After the presentation, parliament members discusses the topics from Report.