Welcome to 
Women, State, Culture ... 

on women in the Balkan region. If you are a interested in anthropology, women's studies, women's human rights, activism, or just want to get educated, then this site is the starting point. 

May 2003. Updating soon in 2010!

"Sex, Crimes, & Immunity: Behind the UN Sex Trade Scandal in Bosnia," from www.diacritica.com

Article in the Washington Times

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OLDER NEWS:  Families at War
Swedish media blush as reporters caught - Sept.2001
UN Prostitution Scandal - 24 July 2001 
Forced Prostitution: UN Police are 'Part of the Problem' - 12 July 2001
Gay & Lesbian Pride Carnival in Belgrade - June 2001
Foca's Everyday Rapists, by Drakulic - 29 June 2001
War crimes tribunal-Analysis - 26 June 2001
UN Mission in Kosovo: NGO Complaint about Gender Unit - 23 May 2001
Flora Brovina Released - Nov. 1
Gender Audit of Reconstruction Programmes in South Eastern Europe -  June 2000.
Field Report Balkan Region, 5-26 Feb., 2000.
Women in the Aftermath of War & Conflict - July 1999.
"Woman for Sale" - Red Pepper, Sept.
Support for Natasa Kandic & her letter - 27 Aug.  "Organised Prostitution in Macedonia" - Aug. 22
Bojan Aleksov and Women in Black - 18 Aug.
"Again August in Belgrade" -  9 Aug.
U.S. Sergeant Gets Life in Murder of Kosovo Girl -  2 Aug.
Urgent Appeal for Natasa Kandic - 3 Aug. 
News from Lepa - 23 June
World Culture War -  The Nation, 17 May 1999.

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