WAM
Women Activists Museum
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Tatjana Nikolić From holidays with her parents on the Croatian coast, train travels, sports, mountain climbing, and fond high school memories, Tatjana comes from an active childhood life. Born in Niš, Serbia her activism for women started a mere 22 years ago when she started training for the SOS Helpline in 1996, a hotline for...
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Selma Asotić is a young woman from Sarajevo who is shaping her powerful thoughts and feelings into actions to make positive change in women’s’ constant struggle with injustice, abuse, inequality and systematic oppression. Rising above hopelessness and fear from her early childhood, she refuses to be part of a world where women are seen as...
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Born in Zagreb, Yugoslavia (now Croatia), in the 1940s, she fondly remembers her ballet school in Zagreb. Perhaps seeing strong, brave women express themselves through dance instilled a sense of curiosity to explore the realm of feminism and gender later in her life. After attending the Drug-Ca International Feminist Conference in Belgrade in 1978, something...
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Nevenka Rikalo Nevenka Rikalo, 61, lives in Ugljare. Her family is a daughter, two sons and three grandchildren. The words that best describe her character are above all “tolerance”, then “being active” and “communicative” because she considers herself a person who is always ready to help others and to fight for the principles she believes...
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Fazile Bungu, 58, from village Balaj, currently living in Ferizaj, Shaban Gashi Street PN . She is married and has three children, two daughters and one bow. She is the director of the organization Hendifer in Ferizaj, working with disabled people. When asked to tell something about herself and which words describe best her character...
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Elvana Shala is from Peja, 28 years old and she was born on 11.05.1990, currently living in Prishtina. Her family is composed of her parents, two sisters and a brother. She is the third child of the family. The words that best describe her character are perseverance, humanity and sincerity. She has a very strong...
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Safete Rogova, 72, born on 1 March 1946, from Gjakova, currently living in Prishtina. Mother of two daughters Iliriana Loxha Basha and Alba Loxha. She considers that her life is characterized by sincerity and faithfulness. When she recalls her childhood, she thinks she has had a happy childhood. She states that she grew up into...
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During my life I have constantly faced challenges for being different and struggled to occupy a place in the surrounding society. Since as Albanians we experienced a political and systematic repression by then Yugoslav and later Serbian regime, the existential importance of identity protection was a lesson I had learned very early. Later I was...
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Sandra Ljubinković, from BELGRADE, SERBIA, Age 40, Living in Amsterdam When asked to describe herself Sandra states the she will never fit in and that can be considered as one of her best qualities. She describes herself as passionate, playful, genuine, free spirit, traveler, vagabond, enjoying life and experiences in all its forms knowing that we...