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Publications, Talks, Interviews and Broadcasts

1981

“Psiholog u kupatilu,” Psihološki bilten, No. 2, 1981, Belgrade.

“Ženski i muški model u tekstovima aktuelne rok i pop muzike” / “Feminine and masculine model in actual rock and pop music texts” with S. Milekic. Knjiga rezimea sa 7. kongresa psihologa, p. 318, Zagreb.

1983

“Implikacije feminističke terapije” / “The Implications of Feminist Therapy,” Knjiga rezimea sa 31 sabora psihologa, p. 132, Belgrade.

1984

“Proizvodnja majke: nacrt za odnos majke i ćerke,” Vidici, Nos. 1-2, 1984, pp. 23-35, Belgrade. Reprinted in Žene Za Život Bez Nasilja (Women for Lives Without Violence) [see English-language table of contents here]. Co-editor with Lada Protić. Belgrade: SOS Telefon za žene i decu žrtve nasilja (SOS Hotline for Women and Children Victims of Violence), 1996 and second, expanded edition in 1999.

1985

Alternative psihijatriji: Materjali sa medjunarodnog skupa “Psihijatrija i društvo” (co-editor). Belgrade: Lila Ulica.

“Mreža – Alternative Psihijatriji” (Alternative to Psychiatry). Co-author with Biljana Branković. In Kultura: Casopis za teoriju i sociologiju kulture i kulturno politiku, 1985, 68/69, pp. 170-178.

“Ženska seksualnost” / “Female sexuality,” Rezimei sa 33 Sabora psihologa Jugoslavije, p. 92, Belgrade.

1986

“Gorim za tvoje udisanje: žene i samoubistvo,” co-authored with Biljana Branković. Problemi, No. 9, 1986, pp. 29-30, Ljubljana. Reprinted under the title “Nismo je dovoljno volele: Žene i samoubistvo,” Koraci, Nos. 11-12, 1986, Kragujevac. Also reprinted as “Gorim za tvoje udisanje,” in Jedinstvo, Priština, weekend edition, 21-22 April 1990, and as “I eat men like air: Gorim za tvoje udisanje,” Anti-ratni bilten SOS-a, No. 4, 8 March 1993, pp. 69-73; Belgrade: SOS telefon za žene i decu žrtve nasilja.

1987

Co-editor with Aleksandar Petrovic: Mreža alternativa [Network of Alternatives]; Kragujevac: Svetlost.

1990

“Poziv psihološkinjama da se pridruže akciji ženske solidarnosti” / “Call to psychologists to join in women’s solidarity action,” Psihološke novine, Nos. X-XI, 1990, p. 5, Belgrade.

“‘Ženski pokret ispred nas’: Intervju sa Sheilom Rowbotham,” Odjek, Nos. 23/24, April 1990, p. 14, Sarajevo.

1991

“Feminističke psihološkinje u SAD” / “Feminist psychologists in USA,” Psihološke novine, Nos. III-IV, 1991, p. 7, Belgrade.

1992

“Južno voće u Bratislavi,” Pacifik, No. 3, May 1992, Belgrade.

“Večni vojnik – silovanje u ratu,” Borba, weekend edition, September 1992, Belgrade. Also published in Žene za žene, Vanredni bilten SOS-a, No. 5, November 1993, pp. 107-110, Belgrade, and in Žene za mir 1991-1992, pp. 93-96, Beograd-Pančevo: Žene u crnom. English trans. “Universal Soldier: Rape in War” published in the newsletter Scheherezade, No. 4, January 1993, and reprinted by War Resistors League in Peace News, March 1993. Norwegian translation is online here.

“Zlostavljanje žena – ratni zločin” / “Abusing women – war crime.” Psihološke novine, No. IV, 1992., p. 7, Belgrade. Repr. “Zlostavljanje žena – ratni zločin,” Psihološke novine, No. 154, April 1994, Belgrade. French version published as “Le viol, instrument de guerre,” in Chronique Féministe: Viols et violences en ex-Yougoslavie / Les femmes et l'extręme-droite, (deuxičme partie),p. 42, No. 48, June/July 1993, Université des Femmes, Brussels.

“Žene i Romi: alternativni festival anarhista, mladih socijalista i feministkinja u Jazberinju (Madjarska), avgusta 1992.” Republika, Vol. 4, No. 52(15-30.9), p. 15, Belgrade.

1993

“Belgrade Feminists 1992,” Peace News, February 1993, London.

“Belgrade Feminists 1992: Separation, guilt and identity crisis,” with Vera Litričin. The Feminist Review, No. 43, Autumn 1993. Also published as “Separation, Guilt, and Identity Crisis: Detailed analysis of the emergence of nationalism in former Yugoslavia,” in Peace News, February 1993 (War Resisters’ International). Most recently reprinted in An Introduction to Women's Studies: Gender in a Transnational World, ed. Inderpal Grewal and Caren Kaplan; New York: McGraw-Hill, 2001. Published in Serbian as “Beogradske feministkinje 1992: razdvajanje, krivica i kriza identiteta,” with Vera Litričin. (Abreviated translation of text originally written in English for the international conference Women of Eastern Europe, held in Prague in October 1992.) Žene za žene, Vanredni bilten SOS-a, No. 5, November 1993, pp. 125-127, Belgrade. Repr. Žene za mir, pp. 87-90; Belgrade-Pančevo: Žene u crnom.

“Belgrader Feministinnen gegen Nationalismus: Probleme der Frauenbewegung im Krieg.” Graswurzelrevolution, No. 176, March 1993, Munich.

“Četrdeset pet godina ćutanja,” Pacifik, 6 May 1994, pp. 11-12, Belgrade.

“Feminismo in Serbia – L’identita negata,” Noi Donne, May 1993, Rome.

“The Former Yugoslavia: A Woman Speaks,” The Womanist, Spring 1993, Ottawa.

“Leben unter Vergewaltigern: Eine Belgrader Feministin über den Universal Soldier.” Graswurzelrevolution, No. 177, April 1993, Munich.

“Nachbarinnen im Krieg: Belgrader Feministinnen 1992,” Frauensolidarität, Spring 1993, Vienna.

“Nevruza.” Republika, Vol. 5, No. 75(176) (16-30 September 1993), p. 28, Belgrade.

News broadcast: Discussion with Croatian feminist and anti-war activist Vesna Kesic of the massive violence against women in Bosnia and Hercegovina and the genocidal function of ethnic cleansing. We demanded that rape in war be treated as a war crime against the female gender and humanity, and that all perpetrators and initiators be brought to trial. Broadcast over CNN, April 1993.

“Serbian women unite against the war.” MADRE newsletter. Summer 1993, pp. 6-7.

“Testimonies of the Global Tribunal on Violation of Women’s Human Rights, at the U.N. World Conference on Human Rights, Vienna, June 1993.” Published by the Center for Women’s Global Leadership, Rutgers, New Jersey.

“War rape: letters from ex-Yugoslavia” with Vesna Bozic. Peace Magazine, Vol. 9, No. 2, March/April 1993, pp. 24-25.

“Žene nevidljive SOS-u.” / “Women Invisible to SOS Hotline,” SOS Bilten, No. 6-7, Belgrade: SOS telefon za žene i decu žrtve nasilja, 1993.

“Ženska prava i rat u Bosni” / “Women’s Rights and War in Bosnia” (ed.). SOS Bilten, No. 6-7, pp. 42-46. Belgrade: SOS Telefon za žene i decu žrtve nasilja (SOS Hotline for Women and Children Victims of Violence), 1993.

1994

“Bosnian Women in My Heart.” In Women for Peace, No. 1, 1994; Belgrade: Žene u Crnom (Women in Black), 1994.

“Dobro vreme da se bude zena : povodom otvaranja Zenskog centra ‘Isidora’ u Pancevu.” Republika, Vol. 6, No. 86 (15-28.2), p. 9, Belgrade.

“Les droits de la femme.” In Les Temps Modernes. Paris: Núm. 576-578 (1994), pp. 171-176.

“Loving Women, Fighting War,” Off Our Backs, October 1994, p. 8, Washington D.C.

Broadcast on the Belgrade television show “Nus pojave” (“Incidentals”) on 16 November 1994 as guest representing Arkadija, along with Wendy Eastwood, British lesbian feminist then living in Novi Sad (Vojvodina-Serbia). The show lasted for more than hour, and it was shown on prime time on the Art Channel. This was the first time in Serbian history that an official representative of a lesbian and gay group took part in a public TV show. For details, see Julie Mertus’ news story “One Step Forward,” published in the triennial report WRI Women, 1 January 1995.

“Odakle dolazim,” Žene protiv rata, No. 1, Summer 1994, pp. 76-78, Belgrade. English trans. “Where Do I Come From,” Women Against War, No. 1, Summer 1994, pp. 79-81, Belgrade. “Where I come from: Belgrade – Living in wartimes as a lesbian feminist” / “De donde yo vengo: Belgrado – Feministas lesbianas viviendo en tiempos de guerra.” LOLApress, No. 3, May-August 1995, pp. 18-21. German translation: “Da, wo ich herkomme – Belgrad – als lesbische Feministin in Kriegszeiten leben.” Blätter des iz3w, No. 219, 1997, pp. 36-37. This piece has been revised several times, and many variations can be found online. Please see the most recent version in Serbian or in English on the ILGA website, where it’s also available in PDF format. The English version was previously published online by Labris in 2001 — see it here. The English translation of this version was also published in Index on Censorship, No. 4, Winter 1995, pp. 72-74, London, and most recently in the European Journal for Women’s Studies, Volume 8, Issue 3, pp. 381-391, August 2001.

1995

“Balkans Online: In the trenches with the warriors fighting one of the nastiest information wars of the late 20th century,” by Masha Gessen. Wired magazine, Issue 3.11, November 1995.

“Feminist organizing in Belgrade, Serbia: 1990-1994” with Donna M. Hughes. Canadian Women’s Studies/Les Cahiers de la Femme, 1995, Vol. 16, No. 1, pp. 95-97, North York, Ontario.

“Feminist resistance in Serbia” with Donna M. Hughes and Zorica Mršević. European Journal of Women’s Studies, 1995, Vol. 2, No 4: pp. 509-532.

“Feministen in Voormalig Joegoslavie,” Vronuwt Gezondheidszorg, 3 March/April 1995, Amsterdam.

“Here We Are.” [Please note: Spelling errors have been corrected; all else is as it appears in the original.] In Arkadia, No. 1 (English version), pp. 1-2. Belgrade: Arkadia, 1995.

“In the Home – On the Battlefield: Basic Characteristics of Male Violence Against Women and War Violence,” Based on presentation given at What Can We Do for Ourselves?/East European Feminist Conference, Belgrade, June 1994. Pub. Center for Women’s Studies, Research and Communication, Belgrade, 1995, pp. 69-74. Also published in Women for Peace, No. 1, pp. 195-200; Belgrade: Žene u crnom, 1995. Serbian-language version “U kući – na ratištu: osnove muškog nasilja protiv žena i ratnog nasilja,” Žene za mir, No. 1, Žene u crnom, Belgrade, 1995, pp. 191-194. English and Polish translation: “At home — on the battlefield” / “W domu — na polu bitwy.” A Full Voice / Pełnym Głosem, No. 4. Cracow: Fundacja Kobieca eFKa (Women’s Foundation eFKa), 1996.

“Military Sexual Slavery in Japan” / “Vojno seksualno ropstvo u Japanu.” In Feminist Notebooks, No. 3/4 / Feminističke sveske, No. 3-4, pp. 99-101; Belgrade: Feminističke ’94,1995.

“Prljave ulice.” Translated from the English by Zlata Komadina. Ženske studije (Women’s Studies, A Journal in Feminist Theory), No. 2/3, November 1995; Centar za ženske studije (Center for Women’s Studies), Belgrade. A later revision appeared in Chris Corrin’s 1996 anthology Women in a Violent World, for which see below.

“Priča Igballe Rogova: Žene menjaju žene.” Women for Peace, No. 1; Belgrade: Žene u crnom, 1995. English translation published as “Igballe Rogova’s Story: Women Are Changing Women.” Women for Peace, No. 1, pp. 241-45; Belgrade: Žene u crnom, 1995.

“Feministička krimi priča.” Email distributed by ZAMIR/WOMEN listserv for women activists in Croatia and Serbia, 5 July 1995. Reprinted as “Skoplje – Beograd: feministicka krimi prica,” in ...opet bih bila lezbejka: Labris – grupa za lezbejska ljudska prava: Prvih pet godina rada, od 1995. do 2000, ed. Ljiljana Živković, pp. , Belgrade: Labris – grupa za lezbejska ljudska prava, 2001.

“Ulični napad na lezbejke.” Email distributed over Zamir listserv on 7 May 1995. Published in ...opet bih bila lezbejka: Labris – grupa za lezbejska ljudska prava: Prvih pet godina rada, od 1995. do 2000., ed. Ljiljana Živković, pp. , Belgrade: Labris – grupa za lezbejska ljudska prava, 2001.

“Zov Pesme Žena.” In Žene za mir, No. 1; Belgrade: Žene u crnom, 1995. English translation published as “Women’s Wail.” An account of the Third International Meeting of Women’s Solidarity Against War, organized by Women in Black-Belgrade, held on Fisherman’s Island in Novi Sad on 3-7 August 1994. Women for Peace, No. 1, pp. 25-28; Belgrade: Žene u crnom, 1995.

1996

“Construction of the Truth: Biljana Jovanović (1953-1996)” / “Konstrukcija Istine: Biljana Jovanovic 1953-1996.” In Feminist Notebooks, No. 5/6 / Feminističke sveske, No. 5/6; Belgrade: Feminističke ’94, 1996.

“Cutim a u meni je plamen besa.” Republika, Vol. 8, No. 138 (16-30 April 1996), pp. 11-12, Belgrade.

“Laughter, Tears and Politics,” with Jadranka Milićević. In Women for Peace, No. 2, 1996; Belgrade: Žene u crnom, 1996.

“Sarajevo, April 1995.” In Women for Peace, No. 2, 1996; Belgrade: Žene u crnom, 1996.

“SOS Belgrade July 1993-1995: Dirty Streets,” with Divna Matijasevic. In Chris Corrin (ed.) Women in a Violent World: Feminist analyses and resistance across “Europe.” Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 1996.

“We Remember” / “Pamtimo: rat je završen. ubijanje je prestalo,” with Jadranka Miličević. In Feminist Notebooks, No. 5/6 / Feminističke sveske, No. 5/6; Belgrade: Feminističke ’94, 1996. Also published in Žena za Mir, No. 2; Belgrade: Žene u crnom, 1997. English translation published in Women for Peace, No. 3, 1997; Belgrade: Žene u crnom, 1997.

“Women’s Shelter, Wien [Vienna]” / “Sigurna Zenska Kuca, Bec 1996.” In Feminist Notebooks, No. 5/6 / Feminističke sveske, No. 5/6; Belgrade: Feminističke ’94, 1996.

“The World from the Women’s Point of View” / “Gledati Svet Ocima Žena.” In Feminist Notebooks, No. 5/6 / Feminističke sveske, No. 5/6; Belgrade: Feminističke ’94, 1996.

Žene Za Život Bez Nasilja (Women for Lives Without Violence) (co-editor with Lada Protić). Belgrade: SOS Telefon za žene i decu žrtve nasilja (SOS Hotline for Women and Children Victims of Violence), 1996. Second, expanded edition published 1999.

1997

“Belgrade Feminists” with Vera Litrichin. In Tanya Renne (ed.), Ana’s Land: Sisterhood in Eastern Europe, Westview Press, 1997

“Lezbejska ljudska prava.” (PDF format) In Ženska prava i društvena tranzicija u SRJ, ed. Vesna Nikolić-Ristanović, Centar za ženske studije, istraživanja i komunikaciju, Beograd 1997. Reprinted in Labris: Lezbejske novine, Vol. V, Nos. 8-9, pp. 54-56. Belgrade: Labris, grupa za lezbejska ljudska prava, 2000. English-language version: “Lesbian Human Rights,” published in Women’s Rights and Social Transition in the FRJ, ed. Vesna Nikolic-Ristanovic, pp. 48-52. Belgrade: Center for Women’s Studies, Research and Communication, 1997.

“Notes of a feminist lesbian during wartime.” Written 1996-97, revised 2001. Journal of European Women’s Studies, 2001. Reprinted in Frauen und Frauenorganisationen im Widerstand in Kroatien, Bosnien und Serbien, Marijana Gršak, Ulrike Reimann und Kathrin Franke (eds.). Frankfurt a.M.: Verlag Edition AV, 2007, pp. 182-184. [See listing at Amazon.de]

“Prishtina” / “Pristina.” In Feminist Notebooks No. 7/8 / Feministićke sveske, No. 7/8; Belgrade: Feminističke ’94, 1997.

“Priština – Septembar 96.” In Žena za Mir 2; Belgrade: Žene u crnom, 1997. English translation, “Prishtina, September 1996,” in Women for Peace, No. 3, 1997; Belgrade: Žene u crnom, 1997.

“We Met in Zagreb: Personal Notes” / “Susrele smo se u Zagrebu.” In Feminist Notebooks, No. 7/8 / Feminističke sveske, No. 7/8; Belgrade: Feminističke ’94, 1997. The Serbian version also appeared in Žene za Mir, No. 2, 1997, and in its English-language counterpart, Women for Peace, No. 3, 1997, both published in Belgrade by Žene u crnom, 1997.

“Žene vole žene drugacije” [“Women love women differently”]: An interview with Lepa Mladjenovic. In Blic, 27-28 December 1997, p. 17, Belgrade.

1998

“Gej brak u zakonu” [“Gay Marriages According to the Law”]: Interview with Dejan Nebrigic and Lepa Mladjenovic. In NIN, 5 March l998, pp. 24-25, Belgrade.

“Izveštaj sa Kosova.” In Žene za mir, No. 3, 1998; Belgrade: Žene u crnom, 1998.

“Razlike prevazilaze granice: Treća lezbejska nedelja Bologna, Italija, 3-7 juni, 1998.” In Labris: Lezkejske novine, Vol. V, Nos. 6-7, pp. 6-9. Belgrade: Labris, grupa za lezbejska ljudska prava, 1998. Reprinted in ...opet bih bila lezbejka: Labris – grupa za lezbejska ljudska prava: Prvih pet godina rada, od 1995. do 2000, ed. Ljiljana Živković, pp. , Belgrade: Labris – grupa za lezbejska ljudska prava, 2001.

“Pet godina SOS-a” in Marina Blagojevic (ed.), Ka vidljivoj ženskoj istoriji, Ženski pokret u Beogradu 90-ih. Belgrade: Centar za Ženske studije, istraživanja i komunikaciju, 1998.

“The Wall of Silence Broken Down.” Interview with Lepa Mladjenovic. In The Belgrade Papers, 20 February l998, p. 26, Belgrade.

1999

“Beleške s puta – Makedonijia.”. In Žene za mir, No. 4, 1999, pp. 231-33. Belgrade: Žene u crnom, 1999. “Feminists in refugee camps: Notes from a trip to Macedonia”/“Feministas en campos de refugiados: Notas de un viaje a Macedonia.” LOLApress, No. 11, 1999. Spanish translation also published online as: “Campos de Refugiados en Macedonia.”

“Beyond War Hierarchies: Belgrade Feminists’ Experience Working with Female Survivors of War.” Women and Therapy, Vol. 22, No. 1, 1999, pp. 83-89.

“Caring at the Same Time: Making Feminist Politics Among Women of Two Sides the Front Lines.” Email written for presentation after visa was denied to attend the Conference on Women After Wars in South Africa, June 20-22, 1999. Published by Le Courrier des Balkans on 2 August 1999. French translation by Emmanuelle Rivičre: “Serbie: Une politique féministe pour les femmes des deux côtés de la ligne de front,” Cette Semaine, No. 78, October/November 1999, pp. 8-9. Excerpts were also published under the title “Thoughts of a lesbian feminist from Belgrade” in News & Letters: The Journal of Marxist-Humanism, November 1999. Finally published as “Caring at the Same Time: On Feminist Politics during the NATO Bombing of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and the Ethnic Cleansing of Albanians in Kosova, 1999,” in Sheila Mentjes, Anu Pillay and Meredeth Turshen (eds.): The Aftermath: Women in Post-conflict Transformation, London/New York: Zed Books, 2002.

“Cuando nacionalismos y militarismos lo dividen todo: ¿Qué es y qué hace el feminismo en un país en guerra?” Interview by Ximena Bedregal. CreatividadFeminista.org, November 1999.

“Diversities Overcome Boundaries” / “Razlike Prevazilaze Granice.” In Feminist Notebooks, Nos. 11/12 / Feminističke sveske, Nos. 11/12; Belgrade: Feminističke ’94, 1999.

“Ethics of Difference – Working with Women Survivors.” Testimony presented at the International Conference on Violence Against Women in War and Armed Conflict Situations held in Tokyo in 1997. In Indai Lourdes Sajor (ed.), Common Grounds: Violence Against Women in War and Armed Conflict Situations; Manila: Asain Center for Women’s Human Rights (ASCENT), 1999.

“50th Anniversary of ‘Second Sex’ Simone de Beauvoir” / “50 Godina ‘Drugog Pola’ Simon de Bovoar.” In Feminist Notebooks, Nos. 11/12 / Feminističke sveske, Nos. 11/12; Belgrade: Feminističke ’94, 1999.

“Helping to overcome fear: NGOs under fire”/“Ayudando a vencer el miedo: ONG bajo las bombas.” LOLApress, No. 11, July-October 1999.

“International Implications of Kosovo” (in RealAudio). News feature broadcast on the Pacifica Radio program Democracy NOW! on 25 March 1999 during the NATO bombardment of Serbia. Other participants are Michael Ratner and Jasminka Udovički.

“Interview with Sonja Lokar: ‘I Am a Resolute Leftist’” / “Intervju sa Sonjom Lokar: Ja sam odlučna levičarka.” In Feminist Notebooks, Nos. 11/12 / Feminističke sveske, Nos. 11/12; Belgrade: Feminističke ’94, 1999.

“Izlazak iz ilegale: Labris i Arkadija su odustali od napisanog predloga promena nekoliko zakona. Šta ih je uplašilo?” Aleksandar Roknić, in Belgrade daily NIN, no. 2550, 11 November 1999.

“Jedan lični odgovor – Proterajmo rat iz naših Života i iz istorije.” In Žene za mir, No. 4, pp. 25-26. Belgrade: Žene u crnom, 1999.

“Reflection from the Trotoire” / “Refleksije s Trotoara.” In Feminist Notebooks, Nos. 11/12 / Feminističke sveske, Nos. 11/12; Belgrade: Feminističke ’94, 1999. Also published as “Refleksije s trotoara – Beleške Žene u crnom – Reakcije prolaznika/ca tokom naših protesta” in Žene za mir, No. 4, pp. 19-22. Belgrade: Žene u crnom, 1999.

“Women’s Rights in United Nations” / “Ženska prava u Ujedinjenim nacijama.” In Feminist Notebooks, Nos. 11/12 / Feminističke sveske, Nos. 11/12; Belgrade: Feminističke ’94, 1999.

“Yugoslavia, Former.” Entry in Bonnie Zimmerman (ed.), Encyclopedia of Lesbian Histories and Cultures, Vol. 1, pp. 825-826. Garland Press, 1999.

2000

“Dejan Nebrigic – nepokorni govor gej-zudnje” with Dusan Maljkovic. Danas, 11 January 2000, Vol. IV, No. 832, p. 2, Belgrade.

“Feminist Resistance to War and Violence in Serbia” with Donna M. Hughes. In Marguerite R. Waller & Jennifer Rycenga (eds.) Frontline Feminisms: Women, War, and Resistance. Hardcover: Garland Publishing, 2000. Paperback: Routledge, 2001.

Kosova: Writings from News & Letters, 1998-1999, by Peter Hudis, Kevin Anderson, Dave Black, Christopher A. Ford, Htun Lin, and Lepa Mladjenovic. Chicago: News & Letters Committees, 2000.

“Laughter, Tears, and Politics – Dialogue: How Women Do IT” with Vesna Kesic. In Marguerite R. Waller & Jennifer Rycenga (eds.) Frontline Feminisms: Women, War, and Resistance. Hardcover: Garland Publishing, 2000. Paperback: Routledge, 2001.

“Lezbejska ljudska prava.” In Labris: Lezbejske novine, Vol. V, Nos. 8-9, pp. 54-56. Belgrade: Labris, grupa za lezbejska ljudska prava, 2000.

“O Dejanu Nebrigicu,” in Labris: Lezbejske novine, Vol. V, Nos. 8-9, pp. 43-45. Belgrade: Labris, grupa za lezbejska ljudska prava, 2000. Published in English as “About Dejan Nebrigić,” in Women for Peace, 2001, pp. 351-53; Belgrade: Žene u crnom, 2001.

“Od modrica tvojih plava sam ja: Uzroci nasilja rat, stresovi i teška ekonomska situacija porodice.” Ž. Milenković, in Belgrade daily Glas javnosti, 16 August 2000.

“Odakle dolazim.” In Žene protiv rata 1, 2000; Belgrade: Žene u Crnom.

“Participación político-electoral,” by Sylvia Marcos de Robert. Regénero: Suplementó información quincenal, No. 104, 25 November 2000. Cuernavaca, Mexico: CIDHAL (Comunicación e Intercambio para el desarrollo humano en América Latina).

“Rape a strategic weapon when world is at war.” News story. Independent Online, Cape Town, South Africa, 24 November 2000.

“Žudnja za lezbejskom politikom.” Tekst je nastao na osnovu uvoda u radionicu održanu na Drugoj lezbejskoj nedelji, Sombor 2000. Pub. online by Labris on 7 November 2002.

“Žudnja za pravdom: Intervju sa Lepom Mlađenović, aktivstkinjom feministićkog, lezbejskog i mirovnog pokreta,” conducted by Ljiljana Živković. In Labris: Lezkejske novine, Vol. V, Nos. 8-9, pp. 56-61. Belgrade: Labris, grupa za lezbejska ljudska prava, 2000.

“Žudnja za ženskim aktivizmom,” Treća, No. 2; Zagreb: Centra za ženske studije, 2000. Reprinted in slightly abbreviated form as “Žudnja za ženskim aktivizmom”: (1) “Buka slobodnog daha,” Danas, 13 March 2000, Vol. IV, No. 894, p. 2, Belgrade. (2) “Kad bi brda pamtila,” Danas, 14 March 2000, Vol. IV, No. 895, p. 3, Belgrade. English translation published as “Passion for Activism: Noise of the Free Breath,” in Women for Peace, 2001, pp. 291-297; Belgrade: Žene u crnom, 2001.

2001

“Graditeljke novih vremena.” In ...opet bih bila lezbejka: Labris – grupa za lezbejska ljudska prava: Prvih pet godina rada, od 1995. do 2000., pp. , ed. Ljiljana Živković; Belgrade: Labris – grupa za lezbejska ljudska prava, 2001.

“The last day in the life of Jelena Santic, Anti-war Belgrade activist.” In Women for Peace, 2001, pp. 356-58; Belgrade: Žene u crnom, 2001.

“Prljati ulice zajedno.” Danas, 30-31 June 2001, Vol. V, No. 1371/72, Belgrade. English translation published as “Littering the Streets Together,” in Women for Peace, 2001, pp. 229-32; Belgrade: Žene u crnom, 2001.

“‘Privatna’ dozvola za nasilje.” Danas, 8 October 2001, Vol. V, No. 1471, p. 2, Belgrade.

“Prvo je stiglo jedno pismo: Kako je počelo organizovanje lezbejki i homoseksualaca u Beogradu.” In ...opet bih bila lezbejka: Labris – grupa za lezbejska ljudska prava: Prvih pet godina rada, od 1995. do 2000. Belgrade: Labris – grupa za lezbejska ljudska prava, 2001.

“Tema B92: Nasilje nad &382;enama.” B92, Belgrade, 11 August 2001.

“Women in Black.” With Nora Ahmetaj, Hanne Norup Carlsen, Jasmina Tesanovic, and Vanda Perovic as guests on a radio program in the series The Europeans, broadcast by the Australian Broadcasting company on December 2, 2001.

“Žudnja letnje zemlje: beleške feminističke lezbejke za vreme rata.” In TREĆA, Vol. 3, Nos. 1-2/2001; Zagreb: Centra za ženske studije. Reprinted as “Beleške feminističke lezbejke za vreme rata” in ...opet bih bila lezbejka: Labris – grupa za lezbejska ljudska prava: Prvih pet godina rada, od 1995. do 2000, ed. Ljiljana Živković, pp. , Belgrade: Labris – grupa za lezbejska ljudska prava, 2001.

2002

“Homofobija i nasilija.” Guest appearance on the lgbtq radio program GAYMING, broad/netcast over Radio Beograd 202 (104 FM), 14 February 2002.

“Horor u stacionarima za utehu.” Danas, 23-24 February 2002, Vol. V, Nos. 1609-1610, Belgrade.

“Izlazak iz zemlje bez jezika.” Published in Adrienne Rich: Prisilna heteroseksualnost i lezbijska egzistencija, translated from the English by Suzana Kovacevic and Sanja Kovacevic; Zagreb: Biblioteka Kontra, 2002, pp. 14-18.

“Seksualna orijentacija je pitanje ljudskih prava.” Interview by Jasmina Čolak. Danas, 9 July 2002, Belgrade.

“Serbie: violence contre les femmes, un phénomène croissant.” French translation by Persa Aligrudic for Le Courrier des Balkans, published online 3 December 2002. First published in English by Search for Common Ground in Karavan, 24 November 2002.

“Transformisanje sramote u istoriju.” Danas, 12-13 January 2002, Vol. V, Nos. 1567-1568, Belgrade.

“Zivotne price: Povodom knjige svajcarske novinarke Elizbet Kestli Zene sa Kosova: Biografijama protiv nacionalizma.” Danas, 7-8 September 2002, Vol. V, Nos. 1805-1806, Belgrade.

2003

“Foca 1992: seksualno ropstvo zena u ratu” (“Foca 1992: Sexual Slavery in Wartime”) is the preferred title of the article published under the headline “Kako su optuzeni i odbrana pokusali u Hagu da opravdaju zlocine silovanja: Naucni dokazi o erektivnoj nesposobnosti.” Danas, 18-19 January 2003, Vol. VII, No. 1938-1939, Belgrade.
Related correspondence published by Danas:

“International tribunals and their impact on victims” (RealVideo). Discussion given together with Kelly Askin and Louise Mushikiwabo in panel chaired by Karen Engle as part of the conference International War Crimes Trials: Making a Difference? held at the University of Texas School of Law in Austin, Texas, 6-7 November 2003. Published as “The ICTY: the validation of the experiences of survivors,” in International war crimes trials: making a difference?: proceedings of an interdisciplinary conference at the University of Texas School of Law, Austin, Texas, November 6-7, 2003, Steven R. Ratner and James L. Bischoff, eds. Austin, Texas: University of Texas at Austin School of Law, c. 2004.

“L. Mlađenović: Verujem u neki svet koji još nije tu, ali će možda doći.” Program moderated by Branka Mihajlović, interview conducted by Isidora Sekulić. Broadcast in the series Noćni razgovori by Radio Slobodna Evropa (Radio Free Europe - Slavic Service), 19 January 2003. Edited transcript. Hear in RealAudio: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3. In Part 3, the interview is followed by a reading given by Ljiljana Raicevic of the Sigurna ženska kuća (Women’s Safe House) in Podgorica. [Download the RealPlayer from Real.com.]

“Žudnja za sestrinstvom,” broadcast on 7 June 2003 in the program series Dnevnik broadcast over Radio Free Europe/Radio Slobodna Evropa. Transcript. Audio file (requires the RealPlayer); Dnevnik comprises the first seven minutes of this half-hour segment.

2004

“Labris - lesbiche di Belgrado, contro l'omofobia.” Interview by Ilija Petronijević, published by Osservatorio sui Balcani, 13 August 2004.

“Medunarodni dan ljudskih prava.” B92 News, Belgrade, 9 December 2004.

Report on the conference “Are we in the right direction to empower Kosovar women,” Prishtina 20-29th, 2004. N.D. Published on the website of the Kosova Women’s Initiative.

“Žene idu dalje: Vesti sa Kosova, januar 2004.” With Vesna Nenadić. Distributed by Zenskaposla (the ex-YU women’s listserv).

2005

“Antidiskriminierungsgesetz für Homosexuelle in Serbien gefordert.” Interview as part of report by Ivana Petrović broadcast over Deutsche Welle in the program Fokus Ost-Südost on 1 July 2005 and published on 7 July 2005.

“Bistert pĺ Balkan.” Interview by Ulf B. Andersson, published on 16 October 2005 in Ottar rapport by Riksförbundet för sexuell upplysning (the Swedish Association for Sexuality Education), Stockholm, Sweden.

“Counseling service for women with trauma of violence.” Paper presented on 18 May 2005 as part of Panel 3: Good practice interventions in responding to violence against women in the community, in the Expert Group Meeting on Violence against women: Good practices in combating and eliminating violence against women, organized by the UN Division for the Advancement of Women in collaboration with the UN Office on Drugs and Crime, held 17-20 May in Vienna, Austria.

“Da ne zaboravimo.” In Helsinška povelja - glasilo Helsinškog odbora za ljudska prava u Srbiji, Vol. X, No. 85-86, July-August 2005, pp. 48-49.

“Dear beautiful courageous amazing activists...” Email distributed by the womeninblack listserv on 27 August 2005.

“Homoseksualnost - evropski paket tolerancije,” discussion hosted by Nataša Miljković in the series Ključ, broadcast by RTS (Radio-Televizija Srbije) Channel 1 on 14 November 2005. Guests: Lepa (representing Labris), Boris Milićević (president of the Gej-strejt alianse and member of Loud & Queer), Dorino Manzin (co-ordinator, Iskorak), Aleksandra Janković (psychotherapist), Božo Prelević (attorney). RealPlayer video: Right-click and select "Save Target As" to download (36.2 MB). View screen captures posted by Fazza in the Gay-Serbia.com forum.

Interview broadcast over the Israeli television station Mabat - Channel 1 in Jerusalem on 13 August 2005.

Izveštaj sa sastanka ekspertske grupe “Nasilje nad ženama: dobre prakse u eliminaciji nasilja nad ženama” sazvane od Odeljenja za unapređenje položaja žena, Ujedinjene Nacije, Beč, 17-21 maj 2005. Belgrade: Autonomni ženski centar (Autonomous Women’s Center), 2005.

“Lepa Mladjenovic, Women in Black-Belgrade.” Interview recorded by Feminist International Radio Endeavour (FIRE) during the 13th International Conference of Women in Black, held in Jerusalem 12-16 August 2005. RealPlayer audio stream. The conference was covered by the Feminist International Radio Endeavour (FIRE) in English and in Spanish. See below for more details of this gathering.

“Our vision for peace and expectations from the conference.” Panel chaired by Nisreen Mazzawi (Palestinian citizen of Israel), with speakers: Amneh Badran (Palestinian), Sandy Butler (USA), Maria Teresa Arizabaleta (Colombia), Luisa Morgantini (Italy), Lepa Mladjenovic (Belgrade), and Yana Ziferblat (Israel), on 13 August 2005 in the opening session of the 13th International Conference of Women in Black, “Women Resist Occupation and War,” held 12-16 August 2005 in Jerusalem. Video of the opening session, of which this panel was a part, for Windows MediaPlayer or RealPlayer: stream (1:06:52). The complete WiBcast archive may be viewed at http://web11.mediazone.co.il/media/wib/130805/, and the conference website is here.

“Psychological Well-being and Protection for Women Human Rights Defenders.” RealPlayer audio: stream | download. From Plenary session 5: Panel Presentation on NGO Experiences in Accessing Mechanisms and Tools for the Protection of Women Human Rights Defenders, given on 30 November 2005 as part of the International Consultation on Women Human Rights Defenders, held on 29 November – 2 December 2005 in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Find more audio and photos from the conference in the archives of the live webcast done by the Feminist International Radio Endeavour (FIRE). Published as “Feminist ethics of mental health care for women human rights defenders” in Resource Book on Women Human Rights Defenders, ed. Mary Jane N. Real and Michael Chai, Sri Lanka, 2006, pp. 67-71. French version: “Ethique féministe et santé mentale des femmes défenseurs des droits humains,” in Textes de base sur les femmes défenseurs des droits humains, pp. 73-77. Spanish version: “Salud Mental y bienestar para las defensoras de derechos humanos,” in Textos de Base de la Consulta Internacional sobre Defensoras de Derechos Humanos, pp. 75-80. Serbian version: “Feministička etika brige za duševno zdravlje braniteljki ljudskih prava,” published online by Žene na delu on 7 May 2007.

“Seks i gard,” by Ivana Petrović. Interview as part of article on struggle for LGBT rights, in €konomist magazine, no. 269, 18 July 2005.

“Silent screams.” Interview incorporated into article about Women in Black by Eetta Prince-Gibson. The Jerusalem Post, 22 August 2005.

“Wir werden uns wiedersehen! Versprochen!?! ...”: Seminar für (junge) lesbische Frauen aus ländlichen Gebieten und Kleinstädten. Co-authored with Gabriele Müller. Published online in SEKA-Journal, Nr. 16 - December 2005, Brac, Croatia.

“Žene su naučene da ne vole sebe i da svoj život ne uzimaju ozbiljno” / “Women are taught not to love themselves or to take their life seriously”. Interview by Sonja Lakić. Lara online: Ženski politički magazin / Women’s political magazine, December 2005.

2006

Femicid na Trgu Republike. Danas, Belgrade, 30 March 2006.

“Interevista a Lepa Mladjenovic” presented as part of “Donne e societŕ civile nella Belgrado degli anni novanta,” edited by Alice Iannuzzi. Published by Universitŕ Ca' Foscari, Venice, Italy, in DEP - Rivista telematica di studi sulla memoria femminile, No. 4, 16 March 2006.

“Pismo iz Normandije povodom smrti Charne Cosic [Čarne Ćosić].” Co-authored with Lorans Hovde [Laurence Hovde]. 6 June 2006. Distributed by Zenskaposla.

“Snapshots of an anti-war feminist: Serbia - Bosnia and Hercegovina – Croatia, summer 2006.” Distributed by the womeninblack listserv.

2007

“Deset godina austrijskog zakona protiv nasilja u porodici.” Belgrade: Autonomous Women's Center. Download as Word doc.

“Izveštaj sa regionalnog radnog sastanka u organizaciji Ženske sobe ‘Razvoj protokola protiv seksualnog nasilja’ 24 i 25 septembra 2007, u Jezercici pored Zagreba, Hrvatska.” Co-authored with Maja Mamula. Released by Zenskaposla on 10 October 2007.

“Kad zapeva premijer.” With Jelena Miletić. 18 January 2007. Distributed by the Zenskaposla listserv. English version: “When the Premier Sings,” translated by Smiljka Bogunovic, edited and with notes by Shebar Windstone.

“Lezbijke i Romkinje u mašineriji mržnje, straha i poniženja.” Interview by Maja Hrgović published by Novi List, Zagreb, Croatia, 14 April 2007; reprinted on the website Gay.hr.

Male kazne za silovatelje. B92 Vesti (News), Belgrade, 21 September 2007.

Peta obljetnica smrti Žarane Papić. 10 September 2007. First published/distributed by Ženskaposla.

“Praznik koji neki obeležavaju a mnogi ignorišu: Osmi mart nije suvišan.” Danas, Belgrade, 8 March 2007.

“Svaka osma devojka mlada od 22 godine seksualno zlostavljana.” Građanski list, Belgrade, 4 September 2007.

“Women’s Emotions and State Policies” [PDF file]. Belgrade, November 2007, Autonomous Women's Center.

Croation version: “Zaustavimo nasilje nad ženama u obitelji - deset godina austrijskog zakona u medunarodnom kontekstu.” 11 December 2007. ZaMirzine.net.

2008

“13 anni dal genocidio di Srebrenica.” Italian translation published on 20 July 2008 in the blog Donne in Nero - Bologna.

“8 mart - Ne dajte se od svojih prevariti.” Published on 12 March 2008 in Jasmina Tasanovic’s blog at B92.net, as well as by Zene u crnom and Zenskaposla.

“Država štiti nasilnike” Danas, Belgrade, 12 March 2008.

“Izvestaj sa sastanka European Women’s Lobby Observatorije za pracenje nasilja nad zenama.” Co-authored with Rada Boric and Nela Pamukovic. 5 November 2008. Distributed by Zenskaposla.

“Küsschen und Fummel unerwünscht: Rechtsradikale drangsalieren die serbische Schwulenszene. Die freut sich auf den European Song Contest in Belgrad,” by Norbert Mappes-Niediek. Berliner Zeitung, Berlin, 16 May 2008.

“Lancering Riek Stienstra Fonds.”Mama Cash website, Netherlands, November 2008.

“NAŠI LEZBEJSKI SNOVI NA ULICAMA, TRGOVIMA, PARKOVIMA...: ŠESNAESTI LEZBEJSKI MARŠ U SAN FRANCISKU – 28 juni 2008.” Co-author with Tijana Popivoda. Text of presentation given at Novi Sad Lesbian Organization conference on 30 August 2008.

Prelepe lezbijke, start: O lezbijskom maršu u San Francisku. Danas, Belgrade, 26-27 July 2008.

“PROFESORI MANIJACI! Na fakultetima u Srbiji, posebno u Beogradu, mnogi profesori seksualno uznemiravaju studentkinje, tvrde u Autonomnom ženskom centru.” News story by V. Nedeljković. Press Online, Belgrade, 23 October 2008.

“Riek Stienstra Fonds opgericht: Mariette.” Published online in November 2008 by LOVER: Krachtvoer voor Vrouwen, website of Hivos in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Silovanje je ratni zlocin. Danas, Belgrade, 4 July 2008.

“Speech for a San Francisco Dyke March”, given on 28 June 2008 at Dolores Park in San Francisco. CA.

“Studentkinje žrtve bahatih profesora,” by Dragica Veljkovic. Blic, Belgrade, 7  December 2008.

2009

“Žene prijavljuju nasilje.” Beta news agency, Belgrade, 26 January 2009.

“Država deci ne veruje.”Danas, Belgrade, 23 August 2009.

“Mlade srpske lezbijke najviše se pale na - Hrvatice.” Slobodna Dalmacija, Split, Croatia, 19 September 2009.

“Zarana Papic 1949-2002.”Zenskaposla, 9 September 2009.

Žene prijavljuju nasilje.Beta news agency. B92 Vesti, 26 January 2009.

2010

Lepa Mladenovic, borac za ženska ljudska prava. FACE TV, Sarajevo, 9 November 2010. [Interview conducted in September.]
“Ljubomora je kontrola.” Danas, Belgrade, 30 March 2010.

Repovi fašizma u Srbiji. Interview by Mašenjka Bacic and Tamara Opacic. Published online in H-Alter, 21 October 2010.

2011

Audio from talk given as participant in Foro: Recuperar la memoria desde las voces de las mujeres. Recorded by Radio Internacional Feminista on 26 February 2011, during SEGUNDO FESTIVAL REGIONAL POR LA MEMORIA YO SOY VOZ DE LA MEMORIA Y CUERPO DE LA LIBERTAD, held 24-27 February 2011 in Chimaltenango, Guatemala.Complete audio archive.

HEALING IS JUSTICE: ’Presente!: I Am the Voice of Memory and the Body of Liberty;’ The Story of the Second Festival of the Memory of Women Raped in War, Chimaltenango, Guatemala, February 24-28, 2011. Autonomous Women's Center, Belgrade, August 2011. Serb(o-Croat)ian version: “OPORAVAK JE PRAVDA: ’Prisutna!: Ja sam glas secanja i telo slobode’ Prica sa Drugog festivala secanja žena silovanih u ratu, Cimaltenango, Gvatemala, februar 24.-28. 2011.” Autonomni zenski centar, Belgrade, and Zenskaposla, 18 January 2012. French version, translated by Edith Rubinstein (PDF): “LA GUERISON EST LA JUSTICE - Presente!: Je suis la Voix de la mémoire et le Corps de la liberté ; - L’histoire du second festival de la mémoire des femmes violées dans la guerre, Chimaltenango, Guatemala, 24-28 février, 2011.” Italian version, translated by Marianita De Ambrogio (PDF): “LA GUARIGIONE E’ LA GIUSTIZIA - Presente!: Io sono la Voce della memoria e il Corpo della libertŕ - La storia del secondo festival della memoria delle donne violentate durante la guerra, Chimaltenango, Guatemala, 24-28 febbraio, 2011.” The Italian version was also published as “Storia del secondo festival della memoria, Chimaltenango, Guatemala” in DEP - Deportate, Esuli e Profughe, No. 18-19 - January 2012, pp. 274-291, Universitŕ Ca' Foscari Venezia, Italy.

SOS konsultantkinje iz razlicitih gradova na medjunarodnoj WAVE konferenciji u Rimu: Izveštaj sa XIII godišnje konferencije WAVE – Mreže protiv nasilja and ženama Evrope (Women Against Violence Europe Network) koja je održana u Rimu od 11. do 13. oktobra pod nazivom Unapredjivanje nastojanja za prevenciju nasilja nad ženama. Report co-authored by Jelena Memet, Slavica Stanojlovc, Snežana Jakovljevic, Ljerka Mezga Curcin, and Lepa Mladjenovic. Zenskaposla, 30 November 2011.

“Ženski glasovi - snaga javnog govora: Izveštaj sa konferencije ’Masovno silovanje kao dio ratne strategije’, 9 i 10 mart, 2012, Sarajevo.” Zenskaposla, 30 March 2011.

2012

“Da Plivam sa lezbejkama: Madlin Dejvis: lezbejska aktivistkinja, bibliotekarka, shtrikerica, pevacica, spasiteljica napustenih kuca i maca. Bafalo, SAD, 2012.” Zenskaposla, 12 September 2012.

“Elen Pense, 1948-2012 - inicijatorka koordinisane akcije za nasilje u porodici.” Zenskaposla, 10 January 2012.

“Feministkije, lezbejke, kvir i gej u Bufalu, SAD: Poseta Prajd centru u Bafalu.” Zenskaposla, 12 September 2012; Okvir, 3 October 2012.

“Forever Peace in Provincetown: Caring community for lesbians and gay men.” Amazonke, 27 October 2012.

“Izveštaj sa konferencije ’Masovno silovanje kao dio ratne strategije’, 9 i 10 mart, 2012, Sarajevo.” Zenskaposla, 30 March 2012.

“Bafalo, država Njujork, SAD: Muzej o istoriji invalidnosti.” Zenskaposla, 12 September 2012.

“Thank a Woman that Planted a Seed in You.” Amazonke, 13 November 2012.



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