The Gender and Justice Project/Atlantic initiative The Gender and Justice Project/Atlantic initiative - The Gender and Justice Project/Atlantic initiative Additional funds 2019 Atlantic Initiative är en NGO som etablerades 2009. Sedan 2015 är Atlantic Initiative partner i projektet "Gender and Justice Reform" som implementerades av DCAF (Geneva Centre for Democratic Control of Armed Forces). Sida har bidragit med 5 000 000 SEK till projktet. Projektet avslutades i april 2017.

Efter ett framgångsrikt projekt, vilket har bekräftas genom flera evenemang som anordnats med partners, har Atlantic Initiative skickat in en ansökan till ambassaden med syfte att stödja BiH rättsväsende gällande frågor om jämställdhetdiskriminering och våld mot kvinnor. Projekt varaktighet föreslås mellan augusti 2017 till augusti 2019 med stöd av 4 300 000 SEK. Atlantic Initiative is a local NGO established in 2009. Since 2015, it is a partner in the
predecessor Project "Gender and Justice Reform" implemented by DCAF (Geneva Centre for
Democratic Control of Armed Forces) which is supported by Sida with 5 000 000 SEK. This
Project ended in April 2017.
After a successful end of this Project, confirmed by several events organized with partners to
the Project, Atlantic Initiative is applying on its own to the Embassy with the aim to support
the BiH justice sector address issues of gender based discrimination and violence against
women. The Project duration is from August 2017 to August 2019 and the amount of support
is up to 4 300 000 SEK. The Atlantic Initiative (AI) received approval from the Embassy for a 2 year project to address gender inequality in BiH judiciary.  The project started August 2017. The project was extended until end June 2020 to implement additional activities and in July 2020 extended again until 15 November with sole purpose to undertake a Project evaluation.  
The Project aimed to support the protection of women's rights in the justice system, particularly in proceedings involving domestic violence, rape and sexual harassment.  The project aimed to build the capacities of judges and prosecutors to understand and apply gender equality in their work while simultaneously changing institutional cultures toward greater gender sensitivity and responsiveness.  The project included intensive work with judicial community and collaborative resource development, workshops, court visits, policy initiatives, development of professional Bench books, research and analysis.  The Project established synergies between policies, practice and academia and made qualitative changes of both judicial practice and law schools' teaching when it comes to gender and justice. 
The project focused intensively on strengthening adjudication of domestic violence cases, rape cases and sexual harassment cases.  In addition, the project enabled sustainable implementation of sexual harassment policies.  Further the project focused on supporting judiciary in identifying, understanding and overcoming biases related to gender in cases of violence against women and in cases related to family law. 
The project moved away from presenting gender as a single category and instead explored challenges in accessing justice for women with disabilities and Roma women. Through the project implementation strong cooperation with media was developed.   The project also included training for journalists for writing and reporting on gender based violence which resulted in number of in depth stories published in print and online media.