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Towards the 8th of March

05.march 2026 Bosko Jaksic

Does God hate women?

In August 2025, Vojislav Šešelj recommended that female students at protests should not be hit on the head but on the lower parts of the body. What humanity

SPC

25.February 2026. Bojan Bednar

Serbian deaconesses: How the SPC treats women

Orthodox churches are obviously not resistant to the political influences of the society and countries in which they exist. They are often just a kind of mystical source of nationalism. The role of women in the Serbian Orthodox Church is therefore not determined by progressive values, theologian Vukašin Milićević told Vreme

The woman is lying on her stomach on the bed.

Germany

09.January 2026 Inza Vrede (DW)

The German economy is suffering from menopause

The consequences of menopause cost Germany around nine and a half billion euros per year in lost economic value

New albums

19.November 2025 Zorica Kojic

Girl, you will soon be a woman

Lily Allen – West End Girl (BMG),
Taylor Swift - The Life of a Showgirl (Republic)

Femicide

11.November 2025 B. B.

Campaign against femicide "Till death do us part"

The aim of the "Until Death Do Us Part" campaign of the Autonomous Women's Center is to warn that femicide is not a sudden tragedy, but the last act of long-term violence that the environment could recognize

Women in business

03.October 2025 Katarina Pantelic

Companies with women in management are more often profitable than average

Companies with a higher participation of women in management structures are 25 percent more likely to achieve above-average profitability

Criminal Law

11.September 2025 MLJ

Rape "light": Serbian demeaning of the crime of rape

The parties in power are again trying to introduce an easier form of rape through changes to the Criminal Code. In principle: he kissed her a little without her consent, it's not really that bad

TV maniac

21.August 2025 Dragan Ilic

Gender equal caning

"They threw concrete blocks, oysters, glass bottles and other objects at the policemen, endangering their lives and health. At that moment, the female person in the photo was hitting the members of the Gendarmerie with a metal rod, who used coercive means to repel the attack," the MUP claimed.

Sexual harassment

13.August 2025 Marija L. Jankovic

Intrusion into the room and hand to mouth: Who protects female students

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

Murders of women

22.July 2025 MLJ

Two femicides in one day: The crime is often years in the making

While a man killed his wife with a knife in Niš, a man killed his ex-partner and son in Bajana Bašta

Rape

23.June 2025 Jelena Zorić, Gordana Andrić/BIRN

BIRN research: The double trauma of rape

In Serbia, only half of rape reports lead to an indictment. The road to the indictment, and later the trial and verdict, is long and difficult for the victims, often almost as traumatic as the sexual assault itself.

The pain behind the joy of childbirth

29.May 2025. Sanja Kljajić / DW

Episiotomy as a good day: In Serbia, women are routinely cut during childbirth

An episiotomy, a surgical incision in the perineum during childbirth, is supposed to facilitate the exit of the baby and prevent unwanted ruptures. However, for many women in Serbia and beyond, this procedure leaves deep physical and psychological scars, often performed without a clear explanation, consent, and even without adequate anesthesia.

Real women in maternity wards

18.April 2025. Marija L. Jankovic

Forced breastfeeding and intimate shaving - is this obstetric violence

Routine cutting of the perineum, intimate unhygienic shaving, forced breastfeeding and the Kristeler operation - all this is obstetric violence in Portugal. How is it in Serbia?

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

11.December 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

Felton (1)

27.November 2024 Dr. Ljubinka Škodrić

How women endured the war

Among the most noticeable changes in the population of the occupied European territories during the Second World War was the impact that the occupation had on gender and generational relations and the structure of society. It was a world without grown men, whose roles were taken over by women

Equality

08.November 2024 Sonja Ciric

More women were admitted to SANA than ever before

With the decision to admit 12 women as corresponding members, including Milena Marković and Vida Ognjenović, it seems that the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts is abandoning the previous practice based on the view that the criteria required for academics are better met by men than women

Gender equality of women in Serbia

06.November 2024 Nina Miholjčić Ivković

It is a little different in practice

In addition to economic and health aspects, which did not receive high marks for justified reasons, a deeper analysis of "well-rated" areas, such as political power and education, reveals controversial issues. There are ten women in the current composition of the Government of Serbia, which represents about 30 percent of the seats in the executive power, the share of women deputies in the National Assembly is about 35 percent, which is also a good percentage of the representation of women in the legislative power. However, what is the real power of female ministers and MPs? How much do they participate in making important decisions and creating public policies

Natality

30.September 2024 SZ

In Serbia, the birth rate is at a record low: couples are increasing, babies are decreasing

From the beginning of the year to the end of August, there were 909 fewer live births in Serbia than last year, when our demographic picture was already at a record low. This was contributed by the small number and old viewpoint

Comment

25.September 2024 Jovana Gligorijevic

Milica Zavetnica: Ministry for Cruelty to Children

In the same week, the Minister for Family Care, Milica Đurđević Stamenkovski, called on citizens to reproduce and sent a message that the state of Serbia does not care about the children of women killed in femicides.

Interview: Ana Ninković, Women's Solidarity

23.September 2024 Tijana Stanic

Grandma is not wanted, aunt is not wanted

"Let's remember fairy tales - old women are very often carriers of negative characteristics, holders of chthonic positions and distinctions. Wicked witches are usually old women. Whether we are talking about Baba Yaga or Ursula from The Little Mermaid, a woman in her mature years always inspires mistrust, which, as the story progresses, turns out to be justified. This is by no means accidental," Ana Ninković from Women's Solidarity explains to Vreme

Menstrual poverty

01.July 2024 MS/MJ

Free pads in schools in Vranje: Why aren't they everywhere?

The menstrual cycle is still largely taboo, and tampons and pads are taxed at 20 percent in Serbia. Initiatives to be available for free are rare, but sometimes they succeed - like now in schools in Vranje

Two years after the court decision

23.June 2024 IN THE

USA: Do women have the right to an abortion?

The Supreme Court's decision did not affect the total number of abortions performed across the US. Limited access to abortion means travel to other states. Abortion bans in Republican states have forced women to travel to other states to terminate pregnancies.

Femicide

11.June 2024 IM / Flash

In Serbia, 10 women were killed in 406 years

During the previous year, more than 32.000 emergency measures were imposed on abusers, but only in three percent of cases did the murdered women report the violence beforehand

Femicide

09.May 2024. NR / DW

Kosovo: A woman's life costs 400 euros

Two murders of women within five days horrified Kosovo, but they are not a surprise. Experts say that in a harsh patriarchy, women are left at the mercy of their husbands, and that the system overlooks abusers. They often get away with a paltry fine

Increased number of drug users

06.May 2024. IM / Phonet

Increasing use of cocaine among women in Kosovo

Director of the Clinic for Psychiatry KKUK Faton Kutlovci said that there are only nine beds in the department of addiction, while in the first three months of this year there were 35 patients

Recruits of the Serbian Army are standing in uniform

Vojska

19.April 2024. Mila Stojanovic

Women in uniform: Serbia is waiting for its first female general

Until recently, girls were hindered even when enrolling in the Military High School. And the interest is huge. "Vreme" investigates how women in the Serbian army are doing and whether they face discrimination

UN

28.march 2024 IM / The Guardian

Despite fierce criticism, Saudi Arabia chairs the Commission on the Status of Women

Saudi Arabia elected to chair the Commission on the Status of Women despite fierce criticism from human rights organizations