Across the Western Balkans, decades of hard-won progress on gender equality are being challenged by rising nationalism, democratic backsliding, and organised anti-gender movements.
This publication, structured around those three interconnected currents, brings together activists and scholars to examine how feminist movements in the region have responded.
Drawing on lessons from the wars in former Yugoslavia through today’s fight to defend rights against erosion, it reflects on solidarity, memory, and resistance as tools for navigating an increasingly fragile democratic landscape.