Having a feminist father
How a father’s support can change the world.
|2019.10.11
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In our household there were no taboos. There was a very open mindset around romance and all four of us shared our opinions, experiences and feelings with each other.
Some of my dad’s Albanian friends called him crazy for giving me that much freedom.
My dad loved that I called myself a feminist, because he was convinced that it would make me stand stronger and care less about what people might say.
He passed away while I was in Gent, giving a presentation about the sacrifices he had made in his life as a refugee.
Most importantly, he always taught me how to be my own person, how to live and even how to live without him when he’s gone.
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.
This story was originally written in English.