INFLUENTIAL CROATIAN WOMEN

UNCLAS ZAGREB 000063 SIPDIS E.O. 12958: NA TAGS: KWMN PHUM PREL HR SUBJECT: INFLUENTIAL CROATIAN WOMEN REF: 06 State 202341 ¶1. Post has identified the following five women as among the most influential in Croatia, by field: POLITICS: -- Jadranka Kosor, Deputy PM and Vice president of the ruling Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ)+ADs- Contact info PHONE +384-1-4569-204 FAX +384-1-4569-326 -- Vesna Pusic, Deputy Speaker of Parliament and President of the Croatian Peoples Party (HNS)+ADs- Contact info PHONE +384-1-6303-049 FAX +384-1-6303-345 JOURNALISM: -- Hloverka Novak Srzic, TV journalist NOVA TV+ADs- Contact info PHONE +384-1-6008-350 NGO: -- Suzana Jasic, Director of GONG, a non-partisan, non-governmental organization founded in 1997 to encourage citizens to take active participation in political life+ADs- Contact info PHONE +384-98-389-307 FAX +384-1-4825-445 BUSINESS: -- Olgica Spevec, President of Competitiveness Council+ADs- Contact info PHONE +384-1-6176-448 FAX +384-1-6176-450 ¶2. Also influential: POLITICS: -- Vesna Skare-Ozbolt, former Justice Minister+ADs- president Democratic Center party (DC)+ADs- Contact info PHONE +384-1-4831-111 FAX +384-1-4831-045 JOURNALISM -- Zrinka Vrabec Mojzes, Radio 101 (Zagreb-based)+ADs- Contact info PHONE +384-91-3745-474. NGO -- Neva Tolle, Autonomous Women's House, Zagreb+ADs- Contact info PHONE +384-1-4551-130 ¶3. Women's issues are covered by Post's human rights officer, Doug Fisk (fiskda+AEA-state.gov),385-1-661-2341. BRADTKE