All articles by: Deniza Miftari

Deniza Miftari is a 24-year old social worker from Kosovo, living in Belgium. She majored in Migration and Intercultural Work, and is known as a very active member of Belgian society. Her family fled the war when she was three years old. Aware of her vulnerable position as a woman with migration backgrounds she began identifying as a feminist and human rights advocate. At 19, she published her first poetry collection called “Sober Thoughts” and at 23 she was elected as the youngest member of the city council of Roeselare for the Green party. She was the first person of migratory background ever elected in her city.