Für ein feministisches und gerechtes Europa
I am happy to have cooperated with Kvinna Till Kvinna on an important gender assessment of the Berlin Process on the occassion of its 10-year anniversary. The report “Missing gender perspectives in the Berlin Process” (access through link) has been prepared for a Gender Side Event of the Process – an overdue first – and …
In cooperation with the Belgrade Center for Security Policy I published a policy brief on the development in practice of a FFP in the post Yugoslav sphere. Titled „A Feminist Foreign Policy in Practice: Introducing an Institutional Framework for Implementation in the Post -Yugoslav Sphere the brief looks at structural and institutional change required to …
Sexualized Violence as a Weapon in the Bosnia War and Today – Societal Causes and Political Approaches to Solutions The article can be found in German HERE Abstract During the first year of war in Bosnia and Herzegovina, reports about the systematic sexual abuse and rape of Muslim-Bosnian women and girls by Serbian soldiers became …
I was invited by the Heinrich-Böll-Foundation to contribute to their dossier on Feminist Foreign Policy in the South Caucasus in cooperation with their Tbilisi Office. My article can be found HERE. Abstract This article argues that the notion of gender equality is crucial to creating peace and triggering transformation in political stalemates (and violent conflict). Feminist foreign policy is often …
After months of (financial) uncertainty, I am happy and proud to have been admitted into the PhD scholarship programme of the Friedrich-Ebert-Foundation (FES), associated with the Socialdemocrat Party in Germany. FES already funded my BA and MA studies and enabled the unique experiences I could make. My personal and professional development would not have been …
Together with my WILPF* colleagues Victoria Scheyer, Dilek Gürsel und Jess Cheung and funded by the Heinrich-Böll-Foundation Germany I had the chance to contribute to an exciting publication: „Practicing Feminist Foreign Policy in the Everyday: A Toolkit“ I don’t think it’s too optimistic to say that we are experiencing a momentum for a more feminist …
Time to Move to the Western Balkans. How the Diversification of global supply chains can benefit EU resilience Together with Zoran Nechev, Head of the Centre for European Integration at the Institute for Democracy – Societas Civilis Skopje (North Macedonia) I recently published the analysis and policy brief: Time to move to the Western Balkans: How …
A few weeks ago I arrived to the Republic of Macedonia, “former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia” in international documents, and in just a few days I will be leaving from the Republic of North Macedonia. Have I changed countries? No, of course not. But the country has changed its name. It all started last year …
Oops, I did it again – I am back. For five short weeks I live – again – in Skopje, capital of Macedonia (the Republic of North Macedonia as of most recent). This time the country is not neck deep in state capture and national crises (read more on my blog about the deadlock in …