GOLIĆ: WOMEN ARE BACKBONE OF REPUBLIKA SRPSKA AND EVERY FAMILY

BANJA LUKA, MARCH 7 /SRNA/ - Women are the pillar of Republika Srpska and every family, and they deserve recognition for taking care, alongside their functions, jobs and careers, of their children, stressed Srebrenka Golić, chairperson of the Republika Srpska Council of Peoples, on the occasion of International Women’s Day.

Golić, also a senior SNSD official, stressed that women’s rights and equality in society are among the goals of the party she belongs to, as well as of Republika Srpska as a whole.

"Women are represented in large numbers in the political party to which I belong. They hold important positions at all levels of government, in public enterprises and in republic administrative organizations. An example is Željka Cvijanović, who served as prime minister and president of Republika Srpska and is now the Serb member of the BiH Presidency. All this clearly shows that SNSD pays great attention to women. Among them there are many who could hold important positions in the future," Golić said.

She pointed out that women manage to handle everything and perform their duties flawlessly, adding that if they were one day to assume significantly more leadership roles at the global level, the world would certainly be more orderly.

"Biologically, there is no woman who would advocate wars and similar unrest. All women, in their essence, stand for peace and coexistence and for resolving all conflicts and pressing problems exclusively through dialogue," Golić stressed.

During her career, Golić has held, among other positions, the posts of deputy prime minister of Republika Srpska and minister for spatial planning, construction and ecology.

March 8 – International Women’s Day is observed worldwide in memory of demonstrations by American female workers in Chicago in 1909 and a march of more than 15,000 women in New York demanding shorter working hours, better pay and the right to vote.