Zvijezdana Marković is a gender equality and human rights professional with over 12 years of experience advancing women’s empowerment, gender-responsive governance, peacebuilding, and social cohesion in Bosnia and Herzegovina. She currently serves as a Programme Coordination Analyst at UN Women, where she leads the implementation of UN Women’s component of the Joint UN Programme on Hate Speech and Divisive Narratives, overseeing strategic planning, coordination, monitoring, reporting, advocacy, and partnerships across government institutions, civil society, media, and cultural actors.

Previously, Zvijezdana worked as a Monitoring, Reporting and Coordination Analyst at UN Women, playing a key role in integrating gender equality and women’s empowerment across the UN Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework and strengthening inter-agency coordination through the Gender Theme Group and International Working Group on Gender Equality. Her work has contributed to improved institutional accountability, gender-responsive policies, and stronger collaboration between UN agencies, national gender mechanisms, and women’s rights organizations.

Her earlier experience includes advisory and coordination roles with IOM, the National Democratic Institute, Helsinki Citizens’ Assembly, and Foundation United Women, where she provided legal aid to women survivors of violence, supported gender-based legal reforms, trained female parliamentarians, and led youth and reconciliation initiatives.

Zvijezdana holds a Bachelor’s degree in Law and is an MBA candidate at International Burch University. She is trained in gender-responsive evaluation, results-based management, and human rights–based approaches, and is a published author on constitutional law, austerity policies, and women’s rights.

Participant in: February 2026 Fellowship: Peacebuilding and Women’s Meaningful Participation in Peacebuilding Processes