Housework is not only part of patriarchal power structures within the family, but is also crucial for the capitalist production of surplus value. On the one hand, the family is a consumer, but it is also a producer of value for the capitalist economy. All unpaid work in the house and childcare is a source of income […]
For the portal tačno.net, Professor Dr. Sci. Zilka Spahić Šiljak, the program director of the TPO Foundation, discussed the significance and manner of celebrating International Women’s Day. “Working women are not the only ones who suffer due to difficult working conditions and low wages. Nor are male workers faring any better.” (Clara Zetkin) When March 8 is[…]
Education on gender-based violence should be integrated into the curriculum, as without it, there will be no change in awareness or behavior patterns. Currently, non-governmental organizations in our country are primarily addressing this issue. The responsibility for introducing such education in schools rests at the cantonal level, while the Federal Ministry of Education and Science only has[…]
Allah commands education for everyone, but the Puritans deny it to women in the name of Islam. One of the ways to subjugate people and nations is to deny them education or to devalue it by lowering standards to the extent that the number of formally educated individuals who are, in essence, uneducated and incapable of developing[…]
Scientist, professor, and activist Zilka Spahić Šiljak is the author of a regional study on gender-based violence and discrimination conducted at 18 universities in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Serbia, and Montenegro. The biggest challenge was engaging educators and helping them understand that this is not merely a women’s issue. Source: https://www.nacional.hr/zilka-spahic-siljak-na-sveucilistima-u-regiji-nasilje-se-zataskava-o-njemu-se-nerado-govori/ Last Tuesday, at the Faculty of[…]
Do we have the courage to question our own beliefs, worldviews, and practices? Do we possess the strength to confront the structural violence perpetrated by patriarchal institutions, both secular and religious? Are we willing to listen to different perspectives and respect opinions, even when we disagree with them? Are we ready to honor human freedom and the[…]
Feminism is not only a movement for gender equality but also advocates for environmental protection and peace, as Russian feminists have powerfully demonstrated. The stereotype that women are apolitical and that their protests pose less threat to the regime compared to those of male political parties or non-governmental organizations has been cleverly leveraged by these women. As[…]
ZILKA SPAHIĆ-SILIAK The female body as a battlefield of morality: mehr and covering the body The body is far from a neutral space, as various symbols and messages are inscribed upon it—whether through external markers like clothing or through symbolic representations of ethnic, national, or religious values. These values are often embodied in figures such as mothers,[…]
Women are killed from the moment of conception through selective abortions, they are killed through genital mutilation, they are killed to preserve the honor of the family, and they are killed because they cannot be controlled in the family and society. Men, families and states terrorize, marginalize and kill women. Some women suffer because they do not[…]
