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Author Powers, Janet M., 1939- author.

Title Circles on the mountain : Bosnian women in the twenty-first century / Janet M. Powers and Marica Prozo
Published Lanham : Lexington Books, [2016]

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Contents Introduction: not just a piece of earth in the Balkans -- Should we start with the war? -- Two villages -- Fojnica: its women and its schools -- Grassroots peacebuilding -- Dancing the kolo -- Interethnic marriages, here and there -- NGO's fighting poverty -- Women struggling with patriarchy -- Trafficking: transit and origin -- Assessing the future of women in Bosnia
Summary 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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Women -- Bosnia and Herzegovina -- Social conditions -- 21st century
Women's rights -- Bosnia and Herzegovina
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies.
Women -- Social conditions
Women's rights
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Form Electronic book
Author Prozo, Marica, author
LC no. 2016027311
ISBN 9781498535311
1498535313