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Category: The Balkans

Pasts Unspoken: New Book Sheds Light on Ordinary Lives in Communist Albania

An interview with historian Shannon Woodcock, whose book “Life is War” chronicles the life stories of Albanian people who lived … More

albania, communism, oral history, shannon woodcock

Ku janë feministet?

Në një panel para disa muajve një grup burrash u ftuan që të bisedojnë rreth pikëpamjeve të tyre mbi barazinë … More

barazia gjinore, Kosovo, organizatat e grave, standardi i dyfisht

An awkward conversation about foreigners and Kosovo

Kosovo is the perfect playground for foreign journalists and academics. The country is filled with stories that rarely garner attention … More

expats, journalism, Kosovo, local information, local sources, Research, the balkans

Sexual harassment in Kosovo: no longer invisible

When I moved back to Kosovo four years ago, I experienced how very uncomfortable it was to be a woman … More

Gender Equality, Kosovo, kosovo women's network, street harassment, take back the night

A few words from a Kosovo citizen

An open letter to the US Ambassador whose reaction to the crisis in Parliament does not only demonize the opposition … More

greg delawie, Kosovo, opposition protests, the US embassy

Time for Kosovo’s media to stand up for gender equality

There’s a Facebook message thread I share with a few close female friends. We’re all twentysomething Albanians, most of us … More

Gender Equality, Kosovo, Media, sexism in media

Sexual rights and the internet in Kosovo

I wrote the Kosovo entry for a Global Information Society Watch report on sexual rights and the internet in 57 countries. I focused my report on … More

feminism, GISwatch, internet, Kosovo, lgbt rights, sexual rights

Kosovar love, marriage and family in 1975

It’s hard to imagine a twentysomething Norwegian anthropologist wandering around Isniq in 1975, predicting the future breakdown of traditional Albanian … More

behind stone walls, Berit Backer, Family, Kosovo, love, marriage

A democracy of memory in Kosovo

Published in English in Prishtina Insight and in Albanian on Kallxo.com (link here). The memory of World War II in … More

history, Kosovo, memory, oral history, the balkans, world war two

Kosovo Protesters Aren’t ‘Savages’ But Citizens

Originally published on Balkan Insight, available here. Those condemning the violence of the protests in Kosovo have not even begun to … More

jablanovic, Kosovo, kosovo protests, trepca

TEDxPrishtinaWomen is looking for speakers!

The date is set: the next edition of TEDxPrishtinaWomen will be held on May 28, 2015 – this time I’m … More

call for speakers, tedxprishtinawomen, tedxwomen

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