ETOS OF GENDER EQUALITY IN TUZLA CANTON

How to achieve gender equality, what is the role of religion in teaching gender equality and how to reconcile secular and religious argument to empower women and men for ethos of partnership in family and community? These questions were discussed during the one-day seminar on Ethos of gender equality for schoolteachers in Tuzla Canton that was conducted on January 25, 2017. TPO Foundation in collaboration with IMIC Zajedno from Sarajevo, Omladinski forum Mostar and the Pedagogical Institute Tuzla organized the seminar and Ecumenical Woman’s Initiative from Omiš financially supported the project.<br /> This seminar falls into the broader Global ethic program that empowers male and female teachers on humanity, non-violence, and gender equality. Seminar facilitators Zilka Spahić Šiljak, PhD and Drago Bojić PhD presented how to use secular and religious resources to pursue partnership of women and men instead of hierarchy and exclusion and what are the resources in Christianity and Islam that can contribute to gender equality debate.

How to achieve gender equality, what is the role of religion in teaching gender equality and how to reconcile secular and religious argument to empower women and men for ethos of partnership in family and community? These questions were discussed during the one-day seminar on Ethos of gender equality for schoolteachers in Tuzla Canton that was conducted on January 25, 2017. TPO Foundation in collaboration with IMIC Zajedno from Sarajevo, Omladinski forum Mostar and the Pedagogical Institute Tuzla organized the seminar and Ecumenical Woman’s Initiative from Omiš financially supported the project.

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<br /> This seminar falls into the broader Global ethic program that empowers male and female teachers on humanity, non-violence, and gender equality. Seminar facilitators Zilka Spahić Šiljak, PhD and Drago Bojić PhD presented how to use secular and religious resources to pursue partnership of women and men instead of hierarchy and exclusion and what are the resources in Christianity and Islam that can contribute to gender equality debate.