Perspectives - Frauen im Westbalkan - Rechte und Kämpfe

introduction

2 system patriarchy - from A for abuse to V for violence

Marion Kraske

5 standby mode

Lejla Gačanica

state of play

9 ‘naming the possible, responding to the impossible’: beyond gender normative politics

Jelisaveta Blagojević, Mirjana Stošić

13 how tradition and patriarchy impact violence against women in the Western Balkans

Ermira Danaj

18 an inside look – gender equality as a principle or a phrase?

Katarina Pavičić-Ivelja

gender in transitions: revolution is female?

23 the (un)forgotten possibility of emancipation

Vera Katz

29 women’s invisibility as punishment: gender, war and transition in and after Yugoslavia

Svetlana Slapšak

34 conquering the space of freedom: a never-ending story?

Slavenka Drakulić

38 the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on women in the Western Balkans

Marija Bashevska

intervention

44 feminism: a universal panacea?

Nadežda Čačinovič

47 interplay between nationalism and exploitation, producing poverty to stay in power

Katarina Peović

51 here to stay – political participation of women in the Western Balkan

Zlatiborka Popov-Momčinović

56 violence against women in politics

Ana Radičević

resistance

60 making femicide visible

Vedrana Lacmanović

66 unequal even before being born: sex-selective abortions in Montenegro

Olivera Komar

70 Kruščica in the aftermath of violence

Alma Midžić

77 property rights, economic dependence and the glass ceiling for women in Kosovo

Luljeta Demolli

81 activism in times of uncertainty: Albanian Pride 2020

Gresa Hasa

84 swimming against the current

Iva Mihajlovska