Interview: Melissa Diaz, Chief of the Family Protection Unit at the San Diego State Attorney's Office

11December 2024 Jovana Gligorijevic

Violence is the same, our attitude towards it changes

Victims often have to tell their story all over again, to the police, prosecutors and judges. They face pressure from abusers and families to withdraw their charges or their testimony. They often lack the knowledge and support to navigate the court system, and the additional burden is the length of court proceedings

Femicide

17May 2024. MP / FoNet

The most unsafe place for a woman is her home

Devastating statistics were presented by the Anonymous Women's Center. In 12 years, more than 400 women lost their lives in Serbia. It turns out that they most often suffer from the violence of close people

08march 2024 NR

Bracelet for bullies: "If it prevents even one femicide..."

MP Ana Oreg proposes that people reported or convicted of domestic violence be monitored electronically from now on. Oreg tells "Vreme" that this way the number of murders of women can be reduced and he hopes that the authorities will finally accept some proposal of the opposition.

Femicide

05December 2023 Z.S.

Western Balkans: Brutal murders of women reveal system flaws

Throughout the Western Balkans, women are harassed, raped, beaten and killed. The perpetrators are usually their partners. Most countries in our region have adopted appropriate laws and regulations to combat violence against women, but their implementation is still inconsistent, say activists. Even after repeated reports of violence, competent institutions do not react adequately, and women remain unprotected

Violence against women

25November 2023 MN

Femicide: 300 women were killed in Serbia in ten years

In the past ten years, more than 300 women lost their lives in gender-based violence in Serbia, and this year alone, 27 of them were killed, the Ministry of Human and Minority Rights announced.

Victims of the Internet

08November 2023 Jovana Gligorijevic

An industry that destroys women

Revenge pornography is one of the most terrifying phenomena and a brutal form of violence against women that should be taken as seriously as any other. But the aggravating circumstance is that most people still see pornography primarily as entertainment, while on the other hand, someone is literally falling apart and doesn't even want to live anymore.

Announcement "Journalists against violence against women"

23September 2023 Vremena editorial office

How the tabloid "Alo" humiliates an unnamed woman

In tomorrow's edition, the tabloid "Alo" publishes on its front page a photo of a half-naked woman who it claims works at the prosecutor's office, and that the photo was taken at the workplace. "Journalists against violence against women" ask what the prosecutor's office will do upon learning that public office holders knowingly participated in the act that is being prosecuted.

Violence against women

17August 2023 Z.S.

Media as the only refuge for victims of domestic violence

At first it seems that, full of strength and courage, women who have been victims of brutal violence in a partner relationship go public in order to protect themselves and send a message to other victims that there is hope. However, if they scratch below the surface, only a cry for help can be heard, because in addition to all the institutions, the media is the only refuge left for the victims.

State and victims of gender violence

28June 2023 Dejana Cvetković

How to get to a place in the Safe House

For women from seven municipalities of the Pčinj district, there is one Safe House, founded by the city of Vranje, and the capacity has been reduced from 25 to 10 places. Local governments (seven of them) bear the costs of accommodation, but they do not see gender-based violence as a priority, so the financial plan generally does not have specific funds allocated for housing women, or the total funds for social services are not used for housing women in the Safe House. This is also shown by the fact that no women from the municipalities of Vladičin Han, Bosilegrad, Preševo ​​and Surdulica were placed in the Safe House for more than 12 months.

Region

16June 2023 I.Đ.

Red Cross of Serbia: Half of elderly women suffered violence

Women who were victims of violence in childhood and youth have a higher chance of being victims of violence in old age. Commissioner for the Protection of Equality, Brankica Janković, said that gender-based violence affects women throughout their lives

Turska

26November 2022 S.Ć.

Istanbul: Protest against violence against women broken up

Turkish police prevented a protest march in Istanbul on the occasion of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. On the same occasion, the President of Turkey stated that no woman should be exposed to violence. The Council of Europe's Istanbul Convention on the Protection of Women from Violence is criticized by conservative politicians in many countries even after 11 years.

Interview: Aleksandra Kovačević, director

23November 2022 Jelena Jorgacevic

Medicine for a sick society

"It is a huge responsibility to deal with such a 'living' and at the same time eternally current topic - women's history is the history of disenfranchisement and oppression. That's why I decided to stage the play as a contemporary tragedy, guided by the principle of less is more."

Comment

01November 2022 Jovana Gligorijevic

Bratislav Gašić: Minister for kneeling in the body for gender equality

"Bata Santos" will be a member of the Government of Serbia's Coordinating Body for Gender Equality, a man who, as Minister of Defense, publicly said in 2015 that he "likes female journalists who kneel easily". That cost him a ministerial post, but that's why he became the head of the BIA, only to return to the government in style as the minister of internal affairs.

Society

26October 2022 Jovana Gligorijevic

Femicide and centers for social work: Free assessment on the way to the grave

In the summer of 2017, Olga Lovrić and Maja Đorđević died in the same way: they were killed by their former partners in front of social work centers. Maji Đorđević's ex-husband, before killing her, threw his dead son at her feet. Two-year-old Petra B. from Vršac was drowned by her father on October 4, 2022, and then killed himself. These crimes are the result of the failures of the centers for social work

Media and violence against women

12October 2022 Jelena Jorgacevic

Changes started by female journalists and activists

In 2019, the identity of the victim was revealed in every other text, while in 2021, the number of posts in which this is done is 40 percent. In this period, the number of texts in which the act of violence is justified by external circumstances or personal characteristics of the abuser decreased (from 20 to 11 percent), and the responsibility for violence is less often shifted to the victim (from 10 to 7 percent of the analyzed posts). Credit goes to local activists and journalists who showed how to report professionally and fight against violence

Family violence and religion

05October 2022 Jelena Jorgacevic

And silence can kill

Why are the voices of representatives of religious communities important? Why are they mostly silent? What messages can we hear lately? What is the first thing that comes to mind when talking about family walks? And what else could we think of?