Numerous women’s associations are active in the area of the Una-Sana Canton, which contribute to their communities through various activities, primarily through the preservation and promotion of the culture and traditions of the people from Krajina. They were created mainly in rural areas, during spontaneous and everyday gatherings, in Krajina. It was during such gatherings that the […]
The unequal position, role, and therefore the rights of women in smaller communities in our country are often understood as a generally accepted state. In such surrounding, women who want to be more active in society seem to be expected to look for larger environments, where they could implement their ideas. In 2017, guided precisely by the[…]
In the fourth film, we bring you a positive story about young men and women from Mostar and Kakanj and musical activism, inclusion and philanthropy in these communities. This is the story of Mostar Rock School and Creative Innovation Center Kakanj. The Network for Building Peace, within the Local Works project, presents initiatives, positive examples of activism[…]
The town of Hajderovići is located 12 km northeast of the town of Zavidovići. And that place would remain the same as any other, if a phenomenal group of women who called themselves the Association of Women “Pašinke” were not active. “Pasha” is a nickname for a man, the “head of the family” which in deeply rooted[…]
The Association Center for Peace Education has only been active for a few years, but their peace mission is extremely important for today’s Bosnia and Herzegovina, where peace grows on thin ice, and the hope and desire of young people to stay in their homeland have long been melted by warm winters. One of the founders and[…]
“Working with people in the field is challenging, but also very inspiring. All our common small victories are an inexhaustible mutual motivation to continue working for our settlements, cities, for our country,” says Anita Šimić, general secretary of the Network of Active Communities, at the beginning of our conversation. This organization, created within the Tuzla Community Foundation[…]
The goodwill shop was founded by the humanitarian association Pomozi.ba and represents a good example of reducing textile waste. The concept is based on the fact that a part of the donated clothes is sold at bazaars, and the generated income is directed to goodwill restaurants, where food is prepared for the socially disadvantaged. Until now, nobody[…]
Author: Mladen Lakić In November 1999, a group of parents and friends of children with developmental disabilities decided to establish an association, the first of its kind in the Pale Municipality, one of the municipalities in the city of East Sarajevo. Today, 23 years later, the Association Sunce is not only the first but still the only[…]
Author: Edina Sećerović In a world where we are used to the frames in which society persistently puts us, the fact that our peculiarities are not understood and not nurtured since school desks, to divisions on multiple grounds – it sounds unimaginable, almost like a fairy tale, having a corner where everyone is equal regardless of religion,[…]