Heroines

On Monday, December 2, 2024, the Ethnographic Institute of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts (SASA) was visited by Dr. Bojan Konig, Advisor for International Cooperation at the Center for the Promotion of Science (CPN). The discussion focused on the "Heroines" project, which is being implemented by the Ethnographic Ins...

On Monday, November 18, 2024, a meeting took place at the Institute of Ethnography SASA between the project team members from the IE SASA and the Roma Women's Center "Bibija" from Belgrade, who are jointly implementing the HEROINES project, and representatives of the UN Trust Fund. The visit was part of an official monitoring...

On Tuesday, October 22, 2024, the Institute of Ethnography SASA hosted a working meeting with partner organizations involved in the HEROINE project. Attendees included members of the Institute’s project team, the Roma Women’s Center "Bibija" from Belgrade, the “Successful Women” Association from Kostolac, and the “Ternipe” As...

The paper “Community Mapping Methodology – Researching the Heritage of the Romani Women Emancipation” was published in the second volume of the international scientific journal Bulletin of the Institute of Ethnography SASA. This paper presents the relatively new – in local framework of humanities rarely applied – metho...

The project "HEROINE - The Heritage of Emancipation: Empowering Roma Women Through Networks of Solidarity" was presented at the Tenth Conference on Cooperation of Culture and Education “If I were Someone – The Strength of the Community. This very important conference, which was held in Belgrade from June 28th to July 3rd of t...

During June, the first phase of mapping the heritage of women emancipation in Roma communities was carried out. The collection of data was created through work in focus groups in three cities - Kostolac, Belgrade and Pirot. The moderators of the focus group discussions were members of the Citizens' Association "Successful wom...

The project "Heritage of Emancipation: Empowering of Roma Women through Networks of Solidarity (HEROINES)" - conducted by the SASA Ethnographic Institute in cooperation with the Faculty of Philosophy in Belgrade and the Roma Women's Center "Bibija" - focuses on the issue of the emancipation of Roma women in Serbia, using a me...

On the May 25th and 26th 2024, the third training for citizens dedicated to the principles and methodology of mapping the heritage of women's emancipation was held in Pirot, in the premises of the "Ternipe" Citizens' Association. In the first workshop, the concept of emancipation and community mapping methodology were emphasi...

In the premises of the Roma Women's Center "BIBIJA" in Belgrade, on May 11th and 13th, 2024, a second training for citizens dedicated to the principles and methodology of mapping the heritage of women's emancipation was held. Future moderators of focus group discussions were introduced to the concept of emancipation, communit...

First training - Community Mapping of Women Emancipation, took place on 22nd and 25th of April 2024 at the Office for Roma Issues, GO Kostolac. The training focused on the community mapping principles and methods adjusted to the topic of women emancipation. First segment of the training provided the future moderators with the...

On March 27th, the third partner meeting was held in Belgrade between organizations participating in the implementation of the project Heritage of Emancipation: Empowering Roma Women through Networks of Solidarity. Members of the HEROINES project team together with Ivan Đorđević, the project coordinator, presented the...

Second local partners’ meeting of the Heritage of Emancipation: Empowering Roma Women through Networks of Solidarity (HEROINES), project took place in Pirot, between 18th and 20th of March. Members of the HEORINES team talked with the representatives of the civil organization „Ternipe“ from Pirot. Ivan Đorđević...

In the period from March 11th to 13th, 2024, the project Heritage of Emancipation: Empowering Roma Women through Networks of Solidarity (HEROINES) team members stayed in Kostolac, where the first local partnership meeting was held with the Roma women's organization "Successful Women of Kostolac". Members of the HEROINE...

Yesterday, in the premises of the Institute of Ethnography SASA, the first working meeting of the partner organizations implementing the HEROINE project was held. This was an opportunity for all project team members, led by Ivan Đorđević, the project manager, to get to know each other and agree on further activities foreseen...

On Tuesday, December 26, at the National Museum of Belgrade, awards were given to citizen science research projects that received funds for their implementation at the First National Public Call of the Center for the Promotion of Science. The project of the SASA Institute of Ethnography “Heritage of Emancipation: Empowering R...

We are pleased to inform that the project of the SASA Institute of Ethnography Heritage of Emancipation: Empowering Roma Women through Networks of Solidarity (HEROINES) received funds for its implementation at the “Public call for citizen science research projects” announced by the Center for The Promotion of Scie...