Certificates were awarded to participants of the FER School—Non-Academic Level (Summer Semester 2024) on June 7, 2024, at the Center for Interdisciplinary Studies of the University of Sarajevo. The ceremony honored those who were present from the fifth generation of FER School participants, who began their studies in 2021. These participants have been gaining additional knowledge at […]
Ruzica Ljubičić Rape is one of the most severe forms of violence against women.[1] Rape can devastate a woman’s integrity, self-esteem, and sense of self-worth, while also leading to various forms of anxiety, depression, panic attacks, and post-traumatic stress disorder. Women who survive rape are often subjected to societal condemnation, marked with the metaphorical „scarlet letter“ of[…]
Ružica Ljubičić In recent decades, women have been increasingly called to return to traditional values. Messages about women’s worth are propagated by various anti-gender movements emphasizing the importance of female chastity, modesty, and submission to the spiritual authority of men[1]. These messages center on the notion that a woman’s value lies solely in her virginity, purity, and[…]
Ružica Ljubičić The story of Sarah and Hagar bears the weight of today’s global conflicts. Their relationship and conflict reflect similarities and differences in racial tensions across the world, as well as the oppression of internalized misogyny. As Renita Weems points out, this story has a multifaceted dimension of strife, serving as an example of how one[…]
Alice Walker (1944), an African-American writer and activist, reminds us of the power we have within ourselves to make change by saying, “The most common way people lose their power is to think they don’t have it.” On this Eighth of March, as during other important dates, we can often hear women say that they can’t do[…]
Do we have the courage to question our own beliefs, worldviews and practices? Do we have the strength to stand up against the structural violence carried out by patriarchal institutions, both secular and religious? Are we ready to hear a different perspective and allow a different opinion to be respected – even if we don’t agree with[…]
Ružica Ljubičić Lilith is a mythological, cultural, and feminist figure of exceptional intrigue. Although literature on Lilith is quite scarce, she has become one of the key symbolic figures for women’s emancipation and the contemporary feminist movement. The cultural debates surrounding Lilith stem from the fact that she has evolved as a mythical figure throughout centuries up[…]
During a traditional seminar, religious leaders discussed the recognition, prevention, and treatment of abuse within religious institutions. Sister Rebeka Anić from the Institute of Sociological Sciences Ivo Pilar addressed the gathering at the Holy Spirit Church in Škofja Loka.
Anić challenges the idea of conceptualizing the Church as a woman, a notion somewhat aligned with Pope Francis’ perspective: “The Church is not a woman but an institution led by men. The Pope is urging women to demasculinize the Church and combat clericalism. However, the Church’s division into Apostolic-Petrine and Marian aspects perpetuates clericalism by tying the[…]
