BalkanThemes Volume 1: Issue 3 – LGBT Rights

February 3rd, 2015

The third issue of BalkanThemes explores the work of organizations promoting LGBT-friendly dialogue in the Balkans, the struggle of three LGBT individuals in a conservative society and the state of LGBT rights across the region of the former Yugoslavia.

Albania Croatia Events Film Inequality LGBTQ Macedonia Montenegro NGO Slovenia

We need greater responsibility for a more inclusive society

People with disabilities face many difficulties on a daily basis, and the system often neglects them. Despite the many challenges she faces as a person with hearing impairment, Alma Mujanović has managed to take part in social and professional life, through a hard work and great effort. She says that it is extremely important to work on ourselves, but that our country must take greater responsibility in order to build a more inclusive society.

May 4th, 2022

Mirnes Bakija

“Venezuela: The Collapse of a Dream” – Photographing a Cycle Violence

Media coverage of Venezuela's deteriorating situation has centered on political leaders and Western responses, with little focus on the personal plight of individual citizens. Local photographer Oscar B. Castillo has spent the last ten years of his life documenting this underserved narrative: the impact of conflict and violence on the day-to-day lives of Venezuelans.

December 4th, 2018

Kaleena McKell