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Nataša Kovačević: Patriarchy as a painful spot

17/05/202217/05/2022

Nataša Kovačević was born in former Yugoslavia, she graduated in English Department at the University of Belgrade and got her PhD at the University of Florida in Gainesville. Currently, she is a professor of English language and literatures at the Eastern Michigan University and editor of literary journal JNT: Journal of Narrative Theory.

Hleb Theatre – Stage play “Marija Ručara”

27/04/2022

Sanja Krsmanović Tasić in "Marija Ručara" play — Sanja Krsmanović Tasić in “Marija Ručara” play

Towards the end of 2021, stage play Marija Ručara premiered at Cultural Centre Magacin, performed by Hleb Theatre. It emerged from the poem of the same name, once being forbidden and destroyed, written by Aleksandar Vučo and Dušan Matić. Through our program of Special Focus, it was our pleasure to support the development of this stage play, making connections between the position of women workers in 1930s and today, orbiting around the basic human needs of which people are deprived by the capitalist cruelness in diverse manifestations. On this occasion, we talked to Sanja Krsmanović Tasić from Hleb Theatre, who staged this play and performs in it.

Community Center Oktobar: The concept of mutual support, besides parallel harsh opposition to the dominant ideology of capitalism

27/04/202219/04/2022

CC Oktobar is a leftist community center that strives to achieve sustainability – mainly not through projects and donations, but primarily due to the fact that its members invest their free time into the idea of importance of having such an autonomous center while other progressive groups can also use its premises free of charge.

Jelena Todorović: Solidarity as a revolutionary philosophy of life

15/03/2022

Jelena Todorović, born in Leskovac, graduated in the Italian Department at the University of Belgrade and got her PhD at the Indiana University Bloomington. She is the first in her family to attend college, and she is using her experience to support first-generation students at her University and help them navigate all spheres of university life, to identify resources at the university, and use efficiently the advantages university offers.

RWF wishes all the strength necessary in 2022!

27/12/2021

We are waiting the year 2022 wishing that all of us together will have that sort of strength that we need! The strength for struggles, the strenght for health, the strenght for difficult moments, the strenth for joyfulness…

Feminist philanthropy in Serbia: A view from the in-between

22/12/2021

Recently we had the pleasure of taking part in the publication called Feminist Philanthropy: Stories of Resilience with the stories collected by Women’s Fund Armenia. We are glad to share the text from the publication written by Đurđa Trajković, RWF’s coordinator, and Galina Maksimović, RWF’s program and community coordinator, in which they reflect upon the local context of resourcing feminist movement and the foundations of Reconstruction’s working principles.

Get familiar with diverse feminist contexts by reading the full publication, available in English, right here!

Focus on focus: Self-educational university “Svetozar Marković” – A cycle of educational programs “Women workers, activists, theoreticians”

20/12/2021

The promotion of the “Little self-educational reading book No. 6” in the city of Kragujevac.

In 2021, we have supported the work of Self-educational university “Svetozar Marković” through a series of encounters devoted to women workers, activists and theoreticians working in the late 19^th century and early 20^th century, as well as the translations of their texts published in “Little self-educational reading book No. 6”. On this occasion, we are talking to Irena Ristić and Saša Perić about self-education, as well as about the significance of the translated authors today.

ANNIE HILLAR: As feminists, we are always leading the way

05/12/2021

Annie Hillar has over 20 years of experience in feminist philanthropy. working with PAWHR (Philanthropy Advancing Women’s Human Rights), Mama Cash, Global Fund for Women, serving on the PEX Co-Creation Council and as Co-Chair of the Steering Committee of the Human Rights Funders Network.

Locally womanly and on the other side of borders – THANK YOU!

10/11/2021

Throughout the previous month, the entire RWF team was devoted to a campaign called Locally womanly and on the other side of borders. After 17 years of continuous awarding of “Žarana Papić” stipends, we decided to upgrade this program by enabling the budget for the stipends through individual donations of the wider community, with a particular focus on the diaspora.

Locally womanly and on the other side of borders

04/10/2021

Dear present and future friends, we miss you!

Nataša Kovačević: Patriarchy as a painful spot

Hleb Theatre – Stage play “Marija Ručara”

Community Center Oktobar: The concept of mutual support, besides parallel harsh opposition to the dominant ideology of capitalism

Jelena Todorović: Solidarity as a revolutionary philosophy of life

RWF wishes all the strength necessary in 2022!

Feminist philanthropy in Serbia: A view from the in-between

Focus on focus: Self-educational university “Svetozar Marković” – A cycle of educational programs “Women workers, activists, theoreticians”

ANNIE HILLAR: As feminists, we are always leading the way

Locally womanly and on the other side of borders – THANK YOU!

Locally womanly and on the other side of borders

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