Abida Pehlic, GMMP coordinator for Central and Eastern Europe and Bosnia and Herzegovina, reflects on the 70th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW70) where she was a member of the WACC/GMMP delegation.

This year, I had the privilege of being one of more than 4,600 civil society participants from across the world at CSW70. I felt both honoured and deeply responsible to bring the voice and experience of Bosnia and Herzegovina into this global space.

One of the highlights of my time at CSW70 was speaking at the side event “Justice and Ending Gender Violence in Offline and Digital Media,” organised by WACC and partners.

I participated in my capacity as the regional coordinator for Central and Eastern Europe within the Global Media Monitoring Project, where I had the opportunity to share key highlights from the latest GMMP findings for Europe. In particular, I focused on the persistent gaps in media coverage of gender-based violence, as well as the ways in which reporting often reinforces harmful stereotypes and victim-blaming narratives.