INFLUENTIAL CROATIAN WOMEN

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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.

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