News
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Annual Report 2022
We published an overview of our work in 2022. All together, we carried out 30 projects, along with a research programme.
Feminism and reproductive rights
The Peace Institute and the Department of Sociology at the Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana organized a rountable on June 20 entitled Feminism and reproductive rights.
Gender and the Far Right at the conference Europe’s Past, Present and Future
Mojca Pajnik attended the international conference »Europe's Past, Present and Future: Utopias and Dystopias« that took place in Reykjavik and was organized by the University of Iceland.
Conference on Anti-gender in Authoritarian Regimes
Mojca Pajnik was invited to attend the international conference »Anti-feminism and Anti-gender Politics in Authoritarian Regimes«, in Marburgu, Germany, June 21-23 2023.
Extended deadline for applications to the call for junior researchers at the Peace Institute
The deadline for applications for the public call for junior researchers at the Peace Institute has been extended to 15 May 2023. Applications can also be submitted by email...
Call for book chapters ‘Transformations of Work through the Lens of Sex Work’
Selected authors will be invited to present a draft of the chapter and discuss the book at a seminar in Ljubljana, Slovenia, on 22-23 June 2023.
Projects
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FIERCE – Feminist movements revitalizing democracy in Europe
The project’s main goal is to provide theoretical and practical knowledge and tools to revitalize alliance among feminist movement, civil society and political decision makers.
Caring Masculinities in Action (Carmia)
The project deepens existing and develops new perspectives in the Peace Institute's research and activist work on gender equality and masculinity.
Engaged in Equality – Challenging masculinities and engaging adolescent boys to end gender-based violence
The project addresses the prevention of gender-based violence (GBV) by addressing hegemonic masculinities and the engagement of men and boys in gender equality.
Early Care and the Role of Men (ECAROM)
The project aims to explore pedagogical practices of formal and hidden curricula in preschool education that influence the formation of gender stereotypes about care work.
Voices of immigrant women
The project will contribute to “building an inclusive higher education system” by addressing the major societal challenge represented by women’s migratory flows in the present European context.
Occupational risks in sex work at the intersections of policy framework and social stigma (ORIS)
The project aims at developing a methodological and theoretical framework that foregrounds voices and interests of sex workers and to investigate pathways to sex worker’s empowerment.
Publications
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Book / Military Families’ Health and Well-Being. A Socioecological Model of Risks
The book Military provides insight into Slovenian military families. The book is authored by a multidisciplinary team of resdearchers: Živa Humer (Peace Institute) and Janja Vuga Beršnak, Jelena Juvan,...
Article Intersectional representation in online media discourse: reflecting anti-discrimination position in reporting on same-sex partnerships
Taking the example of online media reporting on same-sex partnerships in Slovenia, the authors analyze how power relations are reinforced when one type of media discourse fails to acknowledge...
Article Empowerment through Migration: Narratives of Successful Migrant Women’s Integration in Slovenia
Drawing on new empirical data comprising migrant women’s narratives and their voices assembled in an online survey, in this paper we argue that migration should also be viewed as...
Book chapter Trapped in the Institution: Governing the Covid-19 Epidemic in Slovenian Eldercare Homes from the Perspective of Care Micro-Mobilities
The chapter provides an analysis of the government measures for the containment of Covid-19 disease in elder care homes in Slovenia, where during the first wave of the epidemic...
Play it for Change – Report and policy recommendations
We highlight some fundamental principles for the empowerment and inclusion of young people in implementing gender equality, as well as the challenges and needs of female and male teachers...
Article Multi-local and cross-border care loops: Comparison of childcare and eldercare policies in Slovenia
The author published an article in the Journal of European Social Policy, SAGE Journals, in which she compares childcare and care for old people.