Ekofeminističke ideje u ženskom pokretu u Srbiji: rod, socijalna pravda i ekologija
Ecofeminist ideas in women’s initiatives in Serbia: gender, social justice and ecology

Author(s): Marina Blagojević-Hughson
Subject(s): Gender Studies, Sociology, Environmental interactions
Published by: Institut za filozofiju i društvenu teoriju
Keywords: women’s movement; ecofeminism; gender and development; semiperiphery; connectedness
Summary/Abstract: This paper presents an overview of the ecofeminist ideas in different women’s initiatives in Serbia from the beginning of the 90s. It will disclose the interconnectedness of the issues related to gender, social justice and environment as one of the major foundation blocks of the movement. However, due to the wars and transition, environmental issues got marginalized while issues of ’protection’ of women got priority. Women’s movement, being ’NGO-ized’, has largely reflected donors’ concerns, from the end of 90s, and environment, except within feminist educational initiatives, was mostly absent as a topic from agenda during the 90s. In recent years, environmental concerns became revitalized and framed within the processes of europianisation and globalisation. The author argues that revival of ecofeminist discources and practices in women’s movement requires a kind of paradigm shift from the emphasis on difference to emphasis on connectedness, as well as theoretical grounding in the semiperipheral perspective. The paper is built on complementary methods, using participant observation, in-depth interviews with some of the key stakeholders in women’s movement in Serbia, as well as on analysis of documents and publications produced within the movement.

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