Centar za ženske studije

It was founded by a group of feminists, theorists and scholars, peace activists and artists in 1995. The Centre provides an interdisciplinary program and expert knowledge on women's issues and is meeting point for academic discourse, artistic pracitice and activism. The main quality of the Women’s Studies educational program is its interdisciplinarity and integrality. The program offers an insight

into the diverse themes of feminism and gender studies, women’s culture and history, women’s rights and gender equality. During its 20 years of work, the Centre has seen more than 600 participants complete the educational program, and more than 1000 participants involved in various specialized programs. The Centre’s publishing program is focused on publishing the results of Croatian feminist research and theory, as well as translations of selected key feminist texts. Red Athena University Press is a special publishing program intended to promote regional feminist theoretical thinking and research in the English language. The Centre’s feminist theoretical journal Treća – [The Third] was launched in 1998 and has been published annually ever since. Since 2009, the Centre has been managing the Marija Jurić Zagorka Memorial Apartment and carrying out documentary-information, educational and cultural activities related to the study and promotion of M. Zagorka’s heritage and topics connected to women’s creativity. Each year the Centre organizes the cultural and academic manifestation Marija Jurić Zagorka Days with public lectures and publish related literary and scientific collections of papers. We organize individual and group visits and have established a Marija Jurić Zagorka Collection. We are committed to social change and to affirming values of equality, peace and solidarity through international networking and advocacy. We cooperate with women’s organizations and civil society platforms at the national and international level. The Centre is a member of ATGENDER, InterUniversity Centre (IUC) in Dubrovnik, Women’s Network Croatia, Coordination of Women’s Groups SEKA, CROSOL, Antifascist League Croatia. Members of the Centre participate in expert teams of the Council of Europe, European Women’s Lobby, European Institute for Gender Equality, Nobel Women’s Initiative and in various cultural and activist projects (V-Day, One Billion Rising, El Taller).