Circles on the Mountain - Bosnian Women in the Twenty-First Century

Informationen zum Autor By Janet M. Powers and Marica Prozo Klappentext This book combines scholarly analysis with first-person experiences to examine the current state of women in Bosnia twenty years after the Balkan War. It argues that women's organizations are successfully addressing current challenges, such as domestic violence and human trafficking, using abilities and networks developed during the war. Zusammenfassung This book combines scholarly analysis with first-person experiences to examine the current state of women in Bosnia twenty years after the Balkan War. It argues that women’s organizations are successfully addressing current challenges, such as domestic violence and human trafficking, using abilities and networks developed during the war. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: Not Just a Piece of Earth in the BalkansChapter 1: Should We Start with the War?Chapter 2: Two VillagesChapter 3: Fojnica: Its Women and Its SchoolsChapter 4: Grassroots PeacebuildingChapter 5: Dancing the KoloChapter 6: Interethnic Marriages, Here and ThereChapter 7: NGO's Fighting Poverty Chapter 8: Women Struggling with PatriarchyChapter 9: Trafficking: Transit and OriginChapter 10: Assessing the Future of Women in BosniaAppendix: Interview Questions

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• Authors: Janet M Powers, Janet M. Powers, Janet M. Prozo Powers, Powers Janet M., Marica Prozo, Prozo Marica
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.07.2016
• EAN: 9781498535304
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-3530-4
• No. of pages: 234
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Eastern Europe, European History, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, 20th Century, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / Europe / Eastern, HISTORY / Women, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Social and cultural history, Gender studies: women, Gender studies: women and girls