Being a Woman: A Curse or a Blessing?
In Bosnia-Herzegovina, equal rights only exist on paper.
We Reduced International Women’s Day to a Carnation
If women and men were equal in Bosnia-Herzegovina you would not be reading this interview
Amna: Guardian of the Past and Visionary of the Future
“It is a tradition to create something out of something else, that is why the base of my work is a Bosnian sheet. It is evidence that our ancestors recycled, [a] hundred years ago”
Mama’s Boys: A Personal Narrative about the Concept of Masculinity in BiH
“I have some shame to hang out with my girl and to tell my mom not to come in,” reports Niko[1], age 26, who was kind enough to tell me about his close relationship to his mother. The idea of a mama’s boy was first conceptualized by the renowned psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud. “Mama’s boy” was …
In Honor of International Women’s Day: Combatting Gender Stereotypes
The Post-Conflict Research Center in Sarajevo speaks with four women who provide a striking contrast to the way women are usually portrayed in Bosnian society.
Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow: A Woman’s Story
God created Adam, and from his rib He created Eve, thus making her dependent on man from the start. Rather than symbolizing a unique and separate entity in itself, womanhood became symbolic of a part—a part, which was meant to make a man whole.