Thunder on, sisters!
Public in the Balkans is finally listening and speaking about sexual violence.
|2021.02.02
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Women are now sharing their experiences across various regional platforms. For the first time, many of them are coming forward about different forms of sexual harassment and abuse.
We can't know for sure how big the tip and how massive the bottom of the iceberg are when it comes to the "gloomy figures" — unreported rape cases, that is.
Paula Petričević
Paula Petričević is a feminist and peace activist based in Kotor, Montenegro. She received her bachelor’s degree in Philosophy from the University in Belgrade (Faculty of Philosophy), where she also completed her master’s and doctoral degrees in Political Science (Faculty of Political Sciences). She was the program director of the Podgorica Centre for Civic Education and a women’s studies lecturer at the Animé organization, part of the Kotor-based Centre for Women and Peace Education. She was the ombudswoman of the Vijesti daily (2015 — 2020) and the Monitor weekly magazine (2014 — 2020). She has published a number of papers on gender issues both in local and international publications.
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This story was originally written in Serbian.