Women in parliaments in the Republic of Serbia

This paper analyzes the presence and percentage of women in representative bodies in Serbia, with an emphasis on the Parliament of the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina (APV) and local Parliaments in towns and municipalities. The available data illustrates that women are under-represented in politics on every level of the administration. The under-representation of women in Parliaments calls for action and it can be expediated by granting greater rights to women already guaranteed by the Constitution of the Republic of Serbia. Therefore it is of utmost importance to create laws and political preconditions with the ultimate goal to increase the presence of women in politics and social life. The results presented also imply that women need to be more effectively and efficiently organized in order to acquire positions with higher influence in decision making processes on all political levels