Zilka Spahić-Šiljak: ‘Ethnic division leads to women — but also men — having their rights violated’
TALKING BALKAN FEMINISM (PART 4) — Gender studies professor talks about religion and feminism, and how nationalism affects woman.
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"If a society is patriarchal, with clearly divided gender roles and expectations, each step that heads outside of that given framework makes the woman vulnerable, and gives the man an excuse for violence."
"God doesn’t discriminate against any religion, but it is done by men who have a monopoly on the interpretation of the given religion."
"Today’s feminism is largely shaped by what happened during the war in these territories."
Jelena Prtorić
Jelena Prtorić is a journalist that (mainly) covers South-eastern Europe, she writes for web and print platforms, in Croatian, English, and French. She usually writes about politics, human rights, culture, the environment, and a variety of social topics.
This story was originally written in Serbian.