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Oktobar 2012 Novi Sad
www.volontiraj.rs
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My dearest readers,
I was thinking how to start this editorial for two weeks. This is my last.And still
I have no clue what to make of it. Too many thoughts… and in the end I just had
a mess in my head.
This month, we will talk about human rights. Sometimes I think about why
people invented human rights. To protect people from other people? To create
rules how to interact with each other? Isn’t it ironic that we need to make rules
for respecting each other? And on the other hand, why we think that those
rules are the right ones? Why do I think I have a right to speak now?
We created rights for being free human beings. And now we are fighting for
those rights, we are complaining… we are protesting. So we created an activity
for ourselves. In fact, in reality, we just want to get respect from others. To be
equal. To be appreciated. To be loved.
This is just my point of view. Everyone has a different one. I am still surprised
at how people act. I understand that all of us have a different background but
we have something in common - we are all human. People have different
values – what is common and understandable for me, it is not ‘normal’ for
other people. But probably, it is the same thing with rights. For some people, it
is normal to hit other people and for some, it is normal to live in violence. Some
people think that it is legitimate to humiliate others….Some people never think
about their rights…and some people are fighting for them every day.
Welcome to LIFE. Welcome to the system.
If you know the rules, you know how to play the game.
Always truly yours,
The editor-in-chief
Aurelija Rimkutė
Editorial
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Content 1. Human rights: The List of Priorities 2. Human Rights 3. Stereotipi u mikrotalasnoj 4. The right to work 5. Summer in Novi Becej 6. Dečija prava 7. Art in action 2 8. Woman rights in Monterial 9. Prom(o) night
ПИГЕОН team Editor and coordinator Aurelija Rimkutė Authors Sonja Bratić Lea Čikoš Brice Derochette Stefan Janjić Vesna Laković Daniela Pajić Durani Robben Jovana Srdić Valerie Weidinger
Proofreading Stefan Janjić Jovana Srdic Design Boris Novaković Cover Sebastien Gueguen Contact Volonterski centar Vojvodine Njegoševa 3, 21000 Novi Sad tel/fax: +381 21 528644, mob. tel. +381 63 11 828 04 pigeon@volontiraj.rs The office’s working hours are 10 - 14 h
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Human Rights: The List of Priorities
think we can all tell for sure that
we don’t really wake up in a
perfect world every day. If you are
free to, say, walk the streets in
peace, become formally educated,
read an online newspaper on the
latest affair and leave a comment,
you live in what they refer to as the
‘free world’. In the context of the
Western world, those rights
constitute a set of ethical and moral
standpoints for legal enforcement of
basic individual person’s rights,
where the person should never fear
for their safety and freedoms as is
free to do as they please as long as
they don’t jeopardize other
members of the society.
Although we may all agree on the
equality of all members of a
community in the eyes of the law,
it’s sure we are all persons with
individual, distinctive traits and we
all make up an intricate and
colourful tapestry of this society.
Needless to say, with disparate
wants and inclinations.
In addition to that, enacting a bill of
individual person’s rights rely
heavily on the established norms of
a society, which may be common in
one culture but not the other.
For example, France prides herself
on the principles of Liberté, Egalité,
Fraternité, a coin that minted the
solid structure of its constitution.
However, putting a ban on covering
face with a burka or erecting
minarets on the mosques in France
may be a breach of Muslim religious
rights. On the other hand, the
French may say that it is against the
basic principles of their society for
somebody not to be allowed to step
in public free from covering, like
everybody else. Outside France, the
rest of the world attempts to
establish an understanding between
the Muslim respect for their Prophet
and the Western outcry for the
freedom of speech. Not with much
progress. Salman Rushdie flees for
the fear for his life, a certain Danish
caricaturist lost his own.
The most recent case is the one of a
fourteen-year old Pakistani girl who
was shot for defending the women’s
right to equal education.
An artist finds truth and knowledge
the essential value for human race,
and acts accordingly to spread their
vision. Malala Yousafzai, the child-
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activist, considers her right to equal
treatment of women her basic
human right, worthy of strain and
persecution. A member of the LGBT
population may find hiding their
sexual preference unworthy of
human dignity. For them, openly
expressing their styles and attitudes
outside the confinement of their
homes, not trying to make
themselves what they are not, is a
risk worthy of a broken jaw. In our
society, the consumer standards are
low and that’s what most people
find a greatest threat to their rights
– the right to work and make a
living. Here, it is hard to persuade a
common person which has priority –
the standard of living or rights of a
LGBT population. Both make a good
case, but problems are numerous,
the resources are scarce and the
support for both causes is sporadic,
ineffective and inconsistent. Even
the most developed countries share
their set of troubles. In the onset of
upcoming USA elections, the
candidates debate on the cost and
moral justification of widely
available health insurance and the
abortion act. The opposing surges
seem to hold a strong case both, but
from a different standpoint. We all
agree, to disagree.
By Jovana Srdic
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henever I hear the term
Human Rights, I think about
the right to be free, the right to do
what I want, as long as it does not
contradict law or ethics. I think
about me being protected by my
country and by international laws. I
think of the right of equality and the
right to have my own opinion.
The idea of human rights is older
than 2000 years; the first attempt to
define them was done in ancient
Athens by giving every man a
chance to become a politician,
chosen by lot. The idea of human
rights got developed further in the
16th century by philosophizers.
These rights I named at the start are
important, no question about it.
Some may say they are the most
important rights. That might be true
for us, and by us I mean the
Western world and every other
country with good education and in
which all essential needs of life are
fulfilled. But there are human rights,
I for my part have never heard of.
Furthermore there are those which
have a meaning far bigger than the
so called rights of freedom, but not
for us.
The right most important for a
single person depends on the place
and the circumstances this person
lives in. What have you got if you
are free but starving? What have
you won if you are not guilty before
proven so but are not well educated
enough to understand the law you
have allegedly broken.
Also the law has to be protected by
the state. Germany will maybe
adopt a law that forces companies
to balance the number of men and
women working for them. But the
balancing they are considering
means that there have to be at least
10% women in the top staff of the
company. And if that is not fulfilled
the company has to employ more
women.
If you now take a closer look at this
law, it might seem fair at first
glance, since there are not much
women in leading positions, which is
not fair. But it is only fair as long as
the qualities of men and women are
equal. Because most of the times it
is more likely that a man gets the
job. That is a fact.
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But what if the man has better
qualities for the job but cannot be
employed because the company
does not have its 10% quota of
women fulfilled. That does not
sound fair at all.
That the human rights are not fully
respected and protected by the
state is very obvious if you consider
these facts and in regard to the
statistics of black people in leading
positions of global enterprises. Just
ask yourself: “How many black
people do I know who are the boss
of a huge company?” Because the
quota of black people in leading
positions is as bad as the quota of
women in German companies.
Black people are still rated worse
than white. It is also true that white
people act differently if they face
black people instead of white. How
many prejudice against black people
do you know? Thoughts that they
are more likely to steal things, hit
you or rape women? Who does not
know of such prejudice?
What if Germany would adopt a law
now that says that there have to be
at least 10% of black people in the
leading staff of each company?
All over the Western world there
would be a public outcry and talk of
racism. But it is just the same as the
law about the number of women in
a company, isn't it?
Maybe you have to ask yourself: Do
I know all of the Human Rights? Do I
find every single one of them
equally important? Do I respect
them?
By Durani Robben
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STEREOTIPI U MIKROTALASNOJ
re nekoliko dana je jedan gej
mladić pretučen mesarskim
čekićem u centru Beograda, ali to
ovde jednostavno nije vest. Nije vest
ni da Rusija polako uzima u trajno
vlasništvo propalu firmu poznatu
pod imenom Republika Srbija d.o.o.
Ili da popovi ubijaju ljude
ašovima...“
Ovako je Stevan Filipović (apozicija
kaže da je „režiser filma Šišanje“)
započeo svoj tekst o Srbiji na rubu
propasti u novom broju NIN-a.
Prvom rečenicom osuđuje
stereotipe, a trećom ih podgreva. U
međuvremenu manifestuje svoje
znanje o ekonomiji i privredi. U
takvu multipraktik-upućenost
možete i posumnjati, ali mu morate
priznati veštinu baratanja retoričkim
trikovima. Dakle, nije „pop ubio
čoveka ašovom“, već „popovi ubijaju
ljude ašovima“. Pojedinačan slučaj
je predstavljen kao stanje, te meni
ostaje samo da poverujem da
razularena banda popova juri
ašovima ljude po ulici.
Početkom godine nikla je kampanja
za ukidanje veronauke u školama.
Vešta retorika ponovo stupa na
scenu „Nemojte se moliti u našim
školama, a mi nećemo misliti u
vašim crkvama“. Simpatična igra
reči, priznajem. Duhovito i prilično
napaljivo. Ipak, voleo bih da znam:
ko to ima pravo da škole nazove
„svojim“? Kojim su to dekretom one
poverene ateistima? Dok mi ne
dojave, mogu jedino da verujem
zakonima. A u jednom takvom, o
crkvama i verskim zajednicama, piše
u Članu 1 da se svakome jemči pravo
na slobodu savesti i veroispovesti. A
onda, 39 članova kasnije: „Jemči se
pravo na versku nastavu u državnim
i privatnim osnovnim i srednjim
školama u skladu sa zakonom.“
Časovi veronauke su stvar izbora. Ili,
bolje rečeno, popovi vas neće juriti
ašovima po školskim hodnicima ako
se opredelite za građansko
vaspitanje. U čemu je onda
problem? U čistoj netrpeljivosti i
netoleranciji. I to najčešće od onih
koji se satraše u borbi za ljudska
prava. Ili, ponovo bolje rečeno,
„ljudska i manjinska“. (A kad god
čujem za njih, sve mi se nešto javlja
da manjine nisu isto što i ljudi.)
„P
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Generalizacija je prvoklasan
dinamit! Njenom zaslugom „popovi
ubijaju ljude ašovima“. I još.
Svi popovi voze džipove. Svi popovi
osveštavaju benzinske pumpe. Svi
popovi siluju dečake. Svi popovi su
lopovi. Informacije se lakše šire i
prihvataju kad su uopštene do nivoa
banalnosti i apsurda. Sveštenici koji
su krivi imaju, hvala Bogu, ime i
prezime. Sudi se zločinu, a ne
profesiji.
Religija je vid potrebe za
zajedništvom, a takva je potreba
neodvojivi deo čoveka, bez obzira na
formu kroz koju se ispoljava. Tako je
za vreme Jugoslavije religija
privremeno napuštena, budući da ju
je nadomestio osećaj zajedništva
koji je pružala ideologija bratstva i
jedinstva. Kada se bratstvo
razbratilo, a jedinstvo razjedinilo,
narod se ponovo vratio pod okrilje
crkve. Čak je i ateizam vera: Vera u
nepostojanje Boga, sa svim
„istinama“ i dogmama koje krase i
druge religije. I ateisti imaju potrebu
da se ujedinjuju i da (poput crkvenih
misionara) šire svoju verziju istine.
Na banerima sajta Ateisti Srbije
poručuje se „Ne veruješ u Boga? Nisi
sam“, a postoji i odeljak „Donacije“.
Da li vas to podseća na nešto?
U pomenutom broju NIN-a, nekoliko
stranica kasnije, čitam odličan tekst
o ukinutoj telefonskoj liniji za pomoć
potencijalnim samoubicama. Iako
sam mislio da se ljudi uglavnom
ubijaju zbog bolesti, starosti,
dugova, otkaza ili porodičnih
tragedija, zapanjio me je podatak da
svaki četvrti to učini – zbog samoće.
Svim stanovnicima ovog ogromnog
globalnog sela neophodan je osećaj
zajedništva. Ako crkva ima način da
ga vernicima priušti, zašto pljuvati
na to? Čak i da je sve u vezi sa
crkvom laž i besmislica, pustite
druge da sami odaberu da li će
verovati ili ne. Jer, što bi rekao Irvin
Jalom, američki psihijatar, ljudima je
najveći izazov „da pronađu smisao u
univerzumu koji je u suštini
besmislen“.
Tekst: Stefan Janjić
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hen we think of human
rights most of us will first
think of basic rights like freedom of
speech, freedom of movement and
the right of access to water. One
right that many of us don’t even
know about is also to be found in
the Declaration of Human Rights
and that is the right to work. Human
Rights might be contested in some
parts of the world, but they still
claim to cover us all, wherever we
come from, whatever we believe, of
whatever sex, etc. and according to
this international declaration of
common rights, we all have the right
to do work (Article 23(1)). Looking
around us you will find that this
right is something we might have in
theory, but it is not executed in
most places, not even in all the
‘Western countries’, where the
Declaration of Human Rights
originates from.
“The right to work guarantees the
opportunity to have fulfilling and
dignified work under safe and
healthy conditions, with fair wages
affording a decent living for oneself
and one's family. It also provides for
freedom from unemployment and
the right to organize.”
(http://www.nesri.org/programs/w
hat-is-the-human-right-to-work-
with-dignity)
The responsibility in executing
Human Rights lies on the
governments in all countries around
the world. Also the right to work
should be executed by the
government of your country. The
country is obliged to use the
maximum of available resources of a
society to ensure that everyone has
a job. This is not limited to the
resources currently available in the
budget. The government and non-
governmental institutions are
furthermore obliged to monitor the
right to work itself and the
application of the human rights in
work arrangements. The
government giving jobs to those
who do not have one and to those
who wish to work based on their
right is not charity, it is just
providing its citizens with something
they are legally entitled to.
by Valerie Weidinger
*Sources:
http://cesr.org/downloads/Right%20to%20W
ork.pdf
,http://www.un.org/en/documents/udhr/inde
x.shtml,
http://www.sed.manchester.ac.uk/idpm/staff
/documents/TheRighttoWorkOlsenIJLE.pdf
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Summer in Novi Bečej
ve godine, od 17. do 29.
avgusta, Novi Bečej je bio
domaćin međunarodnog
volonterskog kampa, u okviru kog je
ugošćeno jedanaestoro volontera iz
inostranstva, dvojica iz Srbije, plus
dve kamp liderke – „mala od lokala“,
Novobečejka, Isidora Dronjak, i moja
malenkost, predstavnica
Volonterskog centra Vojvodine.
Pomenuta petnaestočlana ekipa
imala je misiju, zajedno sa lokalnim
organizatorima i sa nešto većom
grupom volontera iz regionalnog
kampa koji se paralelno odvijao, da
pomogne da dani, sada već
tradicionalnog festivala,
Velikogospojinski dani, proteku
lakše i u što boljem redu i
raspoloženju. Pored toga, napravili
smo i svoj mural, remek delo koje će
(želimo da verujemo u to) ući u
anale novobečejske, banatske,
vojvođanske i (aj’ i da preterujemo
malo) svetske umetnosti.
Spavali smo u šatorima, a sastajali
se, zabavljali i jeli u jednom velikom,
centralnom, podignutom specijalno
za tu priliku (šator za hleba i igara,
bukvalno).
Radni jezik nam je bio engleski, iako
smo pričali na kom god jeziku smo
stigli i pretpostavili da bi trebalo tog
trenutka da se priča (grupa je bila
sastavljena uglavnom od govornika
romanskih jezika: dvojica Italijana,
troje iz Španije, troje iz Francuske,
uz dvojicu Čeha i Japanku).
Uglavnom, daleko je više bilo jezičke
zabave nego nesporazuma...
Pošto smo bili mnogo vredni, red je
da se kaže malo više o tom našem
radu... Dakle, naš mural je osmišljen
u cilju ukrašavanja novobečejskog
keja, da ga gleda i staro i mlado dok
tuda šeta, a za to je valjalo uključiti
mozak i zasukati volonterske rukave.
Bili su to sati skiciranja i raspredanja,
dok nismo (mislim da je bilo
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jednoglasno) odlučili da nam glavne
figure budu Sosa i Lala u japanskom
stilu (znate one njihove crtaće sa
velikim očima). Mural smo radili do
početka festivala, farbali ga i lickali,
a, kao nagradu za trud smo dobijali
grožđa i Novih zaveta od bake
Mancike, najveće obožavateljke
naše umetnosti.
Pravili smo malo i ukrase za žurku
koja je organizovana u kafiću na
obali Tise,
a bogami
smo se i
proveli na
toj žurki.
Kad je
festivalski
kamp u
pitanju,
onda i
posle
žurke
imate
žurku, jer je sadržaja bilo
svakodnevno i to po ceo dan.
Trebalo je biti fizički izdržljiv (a mi
smo sve herojski podneli), pošto nije
bilo moguće ujutru dugo da se
spava, što zbog radnog rasporeda,
što zbog velikih vrućina, tih dana
aktuelnih u našoj ravnici, a i šire.
Doduše, snašli smo se mi, pa smo
sna i predaha uspevali da uhvatimo
negde posle Ištvanovog (našeg
predobrog kuvara) ručka, i to na
travi, opet pored Tise.
U toku samog festivala smo pomogli
tu i tamo malo nosajući neke sitnice,
ali je naš glavni „projekat“ ipak bio
Dečija ulica, tačnije njeno kreiranje,
a kasnije i učestvovanje u animiranju
dece. Pomenutu ulicu smo ukrasili
crtanim junacima od stiropora i
raznobojnim trakama, a onda je
usledio
najzabavniji
deo –
oblačenje u
Duška
Dugouška, u
pandu i u
Mikija i Mini
Maus, pa
igranka bez
prestanka!
Jedan
volonter je
čak izjavio da je to najbolji provod u
njegovom životu. A, ako bi se nešto
moglo nazvati herojstvom, čojstvom
i junaštvom, onda je to bilo nošenje
tih kostima! Provesti nekoliko sati u
onakvoj odeći, na oko 40 stepeni –
mogu vam iz prve ruke potvrditi da
je jedan od najvrelijih zadataka koje
sam ikada obavljala.
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Bio festival, bio i Čola (čuli smo da je
video mural i rekao: „Ništa ja tu ne
b’ dirô“), a mi smo lepo svima koji
nisu nikad pre čuli za njega, objasnili
kako se ponaša kad ugledaš Čolu
(čupanje kose, vrištanje i tako to),
pa je internacionalna družina uspela
da se zabavi jednako dobro kao i
dame iz prvih redova koje žive za
Čolin pogled. Ne bih da se hvalim, al’
mi smo, zahvaljujući našim
dragocenim volonterskim
narukvicama, imali čak ono mesto
ispred prvog reda (ono što ja zovem
„bred-pit“ mesto).
Nije nam bilo lako na kraju, ali smo
morali da se pozdravimo, uz sve, za
rastanak, prateće pojave, tipa: suze,
prepričavanja anegdota i pošalica,
mahanje i trčanje za autobusom...
Novobečejcima i Novobečejkama
ostavljamo u amanet onog Lalu na
bundevi i Sosu
sa misterioznim
darovima u korpi, uz želje da se
ponovo vidimo sledeće godine i
ostavimo još neki znak da su
volonteri jednog leta bili tu...
Tekst: Sonja
Bratić
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Dečija Prava a bi smo razumeli sta su to
dečija prava, neophodno je
prvo definisati ko je uopšte dete,
koja je starosna granica po kojoj se
jedna osoba smatra detetom.
Tokom istorije upravo se ova granica
vidno menjala i to svakako sa
razvojem društva u korist dece, jer
mnogo godina u nazad dete je
prestajalo da bude dete cim bi
postalo sposobno za bilo kakav rad,
a to je svakako bilo vrlo rano.
Deca su tretirana kao odrasle osobe,
sa mnogo više obaveza nego prava,
a o tome svedoči činjenica da su
upravo deca decenijama bila
izrabljivana na teškim fizičkim
poslovima. Njihove odluke o životu
kao odraslih ljudi donosili su roditelji
koji su kroz različite kulture i
tradicije decu rano udavali i ženili,
dovodili na kraljevske prestole...
Tek kasnije, oko 19-20 veka kada se
masovno otvaraju skole, univerziteti
usvojiće se pojam detinjstva,
perioda u odrastanju svakog čoveka
koji treba da bude proveden u miru i
spokoju pod zastitom roditelja.
Međutim dokle tačno traje
detinjstvo, u kojoj godini života
ulazimo u svet odraslih, različito je
određeno u različitim državama, ali
ipak rava dece svuda u svetu su ista.
Zakon koji je zaslužan za to svakako
je Konvencija o pravima deteta
doneta 1989. Godine.
Prava koja se priznaju detetu ovom
konvencijom pokrivaju sve aspekte
njegovog zivota- državu, porodicu,
školu, njegovu ličnost. Ova prava
detetu ne daje država, naime samim
rođenjem ona pripadaju detetu. Ona
štite dete od negativnih stavova
prema njima-pojedinaca, društva,
tradicije i omogućavaju detetu
jednakost sa drugim ljudima.
Konvencija predstavlja međunarodni
dokument sa najvišom ratifikacijom
u svetu u kome su jasno napisana
prava deteta. Neka od njih su -
Pravo deteta na ime i državljanstvo
-pravo deteta da zna ko su mu
roditelji, da zivi sa roditeljima i da
se oni staraju o njemu
-
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pravo na slobodu mišljenja koje
mora da se uvaži u situacijama koje
se tiču deteta
-sloboda veroispovest
-pravo deteta da se druži, okuplja sa
prijateljima
-pravo na zastitu od zlostavljanja,
iskorišćavanja, trgovine ljudima
- pravo na obrazovanje i zdravstvenu
negu
-...
Kako je u Srbiji propisano zakonom,
decom se smatraju sve mlade osobe
do 18 godina starosi.
Tekst: Daniela Pajić
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Art in action 2 rom Novi Sad, through Belgrade,
south Serbia and then Pristina …
if you have ever passed this way you
can imagine all the differences in
scenarios your eyes soak in. If you
did not … well you should J Such a
big change in Pristina just after a
year, it
grows and builds up like those
thingies that expand ten time their
size when put in water or like
mushrooms after rain, as grannies
would say. Shinny buildings, glass,
concrete, commercials … wooow.
Then a short car ride and the glass
and chrome giants are replaced by
very different giants indeed, the
coal power plant A and B. As tall, as
impressive, as scary? Black smoke
gushing through chimneys,
mountains of ash, yellow concrete
monster spiting its guts to welcome
blue skis. That’s fun, sky seems to be
blue every time I am coming even if
sometimes it seems impossible it
can be blue, like a little
representation of something so
typical for people all over this region
– “inat”. Some translate it like
“spite“, some like “just
because“ or “just opposite“
or “whatever“. The truth is, I
would say, that it’s
untranslatable.
Many “inat” all around this
corner of the world, but here
in particular it re-amazes me
over and over. Here it is –
willingness to survive,
readiness to laugh, take the
brighter side, prevail despite
what ever life throws at you.
All this goes through my had as we
are entering the village of
Plemetina. First the tent settlement
-mountains of garbage, like a
dumping site almost; then the
community building – ruined, half
burnet, walls piling; big wall –
separating or containing, cannot
really tell; unfinished temple – not
sure who for; dusty streets; then
“mahala” – the Roma settlement
and no streets, crocked houses and
chicken … In all this mass of faces –
most strangely, smiling kids; so
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many kids – smudged faces and big
eyes. Suddenly another thought
comes into my mind, these are all
images you would see if somebody
would do a short TV reportage.
Man, does it go deeper than that? I
learned just how much deeper in
time and am still learning. So you
might too J and this blog of ours can
be one window.
My name is Lea and I come from
already mentioned Novi Sad, a
second biggest city in Serbia – nice,
makeup(ed) and polished, at least
from regional point of view J There, I
am for years involved in one of the
coolest organization ever –
Volunteers center of Vojvodina,
yea! There are so many connections
between GAIA Kosovo and VCV, in
people of course – activists here,
activists there, activists everywhere!
So this is where this partnership
started too. And me – I was for
months excited about this project –
ART IN ACTION 2!
So here I am in the evening of my
first full day, tucked in a blanket in
the house in the end of “mahala”,
trying to put some impressions into
some words. Outside people are
laughing, neighbors are gathering to
sound of voices and smell of food.
The team is cooking after a full day
off planning and I am too tempted
to join them, so this blog of mine
will just have to continue tomorrow,
and tomorrow the participants start
coming, I cannot wait to all those
colors to come in to this painting of
ours. So till tomorrow…
By Lea Čikoš
In Plemetina, 16th September
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Women rights in Montréal
few years ago, I travelled to
Montréal to participate in a
study visit about women rights in
Canada.
Well, my first impression was really
really good! There are a lot of
associations to help, protect and
prevent agression towards women
and also differents actions were
made (which I don't know if are
good or bad, but I'll explain that
later).
Basically, we had time just for
visiting two organisations
(compared to14 we were supposed
to visit is not a lot, I agree, but still
better than nothing).
The first one was more of an
information center, so they
explained to us that the women
rights were really important in that
city. They are fighting a lot against
aggression towards women and the
results made in those last few years
were positive, but what action was
made to provide prevention or
help?
Well, first, after sunset, a woman
using a bus as public transport can
ask the driver to stop near her place
(if it’s a part of the regular bus
route). So, aggression can't occur so
easily because they will never stop
at the bus station.
In the beginning, I was amazed at
that prevention but the more I
thought about it, the more there
was something about it that
annoyed me... It might annoy you as
well right now. Basically they believe
that a woman, a young lady can't
defend herself during evenings and
nights so they don't have to stop at
the bus station but the nearest
place from their home.
But then, why is it different during
daytime? I mean... aggression
happens during daytime as well!
Anyway... that was my thought
about that kind of prevention!
The other precaution made were
basic... Self-defense lessons, avoid
those neighbourhoods during nights
because there’s a high level of … etc
…
Also, there are a lot of associations
helping women. Women raped,
women abused, women beaten up
by their partner in life.
I was with three ladies and they
were more interested about the last
organisation. So we decided to have
a meeting with the director and
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once we arrived (at 8/9am) my two
colleagues and I were stopped at
the entrance.
Have you ever been in that situation
were you had a housetree with
« only boys allowed » written on it?
Well, there it was « only girls
allowed »... not a big deal.
We understood why easily. It's a
refuge centre where beaten women
go to rebuild themselves. They don't
trust men anymore and that's why
they forbid them to enter.
My other three colleagues allowed
to visit came back with stars in their
eyes. They explained to us the
facilities were really good, the help
provided was awesome
(psychological support, medical
support...)
and all of
that was for free
(financed by government) and also,
the organisation help them to find a
job and a home and also to win
custody of the kid(s) (if they have
any).When I came back home, I
realized that Montréal was really
well-trained about the protection of
women rights and my country
should be inspired on this topic a
little bit more from time to time...
By Brice Derochette
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Prom(o) night Volonterskog
centra Vojvodine
ečeri 31. 8. na plaži Oficirac u
Novom Sadu, održana je Promo žurka
Volonterskog kluba i Lokalnog volonterskog servisa,
projekata koji se uspešno sprovode u okviru Volonterskog centra Vojvodine.
S obzirom na lepo vreme koje nas je poslužilo te noći (a i termin pred ispitni rok) veliki broj
mladih nas je posetio. Razgovarali smo sa njima o našim radionicama za koje su mnogi bili
veoma zainteresovani (te nam je samim tim sutradan i pristigao veliki broj prijava) , o
portalu na koji mogu da se registruju ukoliko su zainteresovani da pronađu odgovarajuće
volontiranje, kao i o ostalim
programima koji se održavaju u okviru
naše organizacije, kao što su
međunarodni kampovi i omladinske
razmene. Tokom razgovora podelili
smo im naše promotivne bukmarkere i
nalepnice koje su za ovu priliku i
napravljene. Naši utisci, ali i utisci svih
prisutnih bili su pozitivni, super smo se
družili, a pritom i uspešno promovisali
naš rad među zainteresovanima, te se
radujemo svim budućim sličnim
dešavanjima!
Vesna Laković
Koordinatorka Volonterskog kluba
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