Female students in the women's dormitory in the center of Belgrade reported serious threats to their own safety. Such cases often end without finding the culprit, and young women continue to live in fear
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An unknown man entered the student's room through the window and put his hand over her mouth, they announced Students in the blockade. It is the female student dormitory Vera Blagojević 2, which is located on Palilula, near the Botanical Garden, almost in the very center of Belgrade.
The man easily entered the room on the ground floor through a window on which no bars were installed. Female students have reported that an elderly man has been watching them in the same dormitory for days through windows with transparent curtains.
"After they reported the case, they received a response from the authorities that 'they cannot guarantee safety in Belgrade' and that they cannot even provide opaque curtains," according to the Students in Blockade Instagram profile.
The students demand the installation of physical protection on the windows, increased security measures, respect for the privacy of students and the responsibility of those who are obliged to protect them.
"Any further silence means accepting that such attacks will be repeated," the students pointed out.
Life in fear
Vanja Macanović from the Autonomous Women's Center tells "Vreme" that the first thing the competent services do when victims contact them is to ask them for evidence.
"If there is a man watching them, the female students are asked to record the persecution," explains Macanović. "The other question is what about the guards in the home itself and the security cameras."
It's summer, it's impossible to keep the windows closed, even those on the ground floor, so it's clear that the girls feel unsafe and vulnerable after these incidents.
The experience of AŽC shows that such reports often end without an epilogue, that is, the perpetrator is not found, and the victims continue to live in fear.
"These cases are covered up or downplayed," says Macanović.
Two out of five women surveyed experienced sexual harassment from the age of 15 onwards, and 18 percent of them experienced such an experience in the last 12 months, according to the AJC survey.
The student dormitory Vera Blagojević is the first one intended only for the female population, precisely for the reason that female students would feel as safe as possible. It is named after the participants of the National Liberation War and the national heroine of Yugoslavia.
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