Croatia

Adoption of the National Gender Equality Plan and of the National Plan for Combatting Sexual Violence and Sexual Harassment, with pertaining Action Plans

Implementation of Directive 2019/1158

First baseline evaluation report on implementation of the Istanbul Convention submitted by the Government, along with shadow reports by several women NGOs

ECtHR confirms the existence of direct sex discrimination concerning the practice of insurance verifications of employment contracts entered into by pregnant women which are considered fictitious by the Croatian Health Insurance Fund

Amendments to the Criminal Act concerning the prosecution of the criminal offence of sexual harassment

Consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown

Access to abortion

Consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown

Increase of parental benefits

Gender equality in the business world and the labour market is still not achieved, as shown by two independent reports published in 2019

Publication of manuals for politicians, judges, and local and regional gender equality commissions in the field of gender mainstreaming and promotion of gender equality

Preparation of the new National Gender Equality Policy

2017 Annual Report of the Ombudsperson for Gender Equality discussed and approved in the Croatian Parliament

Ratification of the Istanbul Convention

Improvement of parental benefits

New Act on Protection against Domestic Violence adopted and entered into force

Violence against women, domestic violence

New Act on Protection against Domestic Violence in parliamentary procedure

Time spent on maternity/parental leave or sick leave does not count as time spent in service for the purpose of fulfilling the obligations of resident physicians towards the hospital    

Plans for ratification of the Istanbul Convention in 2017

Definition of victimisation

Definition of victimisation