News and Articles
• Upcoming International Conference "Ways of Implementing the EU Directives on Violence against Women, Children and Youth: Good Practices and Recommendations«, Ljubljana, Slovenia (20–22 March 2009)
The conference is part of the two-year research project "Ways of Implementing
the EU Directives on Violence against Women, Children and Youth: Good Practices
and Recommendations," which is funded by the EU Daphne II Programme. In the
course of the project, the research team is evaluating the process of changes in
the legislation on violence against women, children and youth in new EU Member
States in the period from 1991 to 2006. The conference will present preliminary
research results and hopefully open new chapters on violence.
• 23rd Slovene sociological days, Piran, Slovenija (26th -28 th October 2008)
The 23rd Slovene Sociological days took place in Piran between the 26th and
28th October 2008 and the main theme were Values. Honorable guest of this years
Conference was prof. Shalom H. Schwartz, PhD., from the Hebrew University of
Jerusalem, the Author of the comprehensive scientific opus on the field of
research of values in contemporary world.
As a part of the conference programme members of the research team Daphne “Ways
of Implementing the EU Directives on Violence against Women, Children and Youth:
Good Practices and Recommendations” Milica Antić Gaber, PhD., Irena Selišnik,
PhD., Tina Ban, PhD., Sara Rožman and Iztok Šori represented the preliminary
results of our project from the aspect of values in contemporary world.
• Sexualities II., Nitra, Slovakia (30. September - 1. October 2008)
The second
international scientific conference on the subject of sexualities took place in
The purpose of
scientific conference was to analyze the theme of human sexuality with wider
research questions of various scientific disciplines including sociology,
psychology, anthropology, history, biology, medicine, law, pedagogy a. o. as
well as to support scientific discourses about current questions of contemporary
sexual research and to stimulate professional discussion about approaches,
perspectives and barriers in research of sexuality and its multiplex aspects.
Moreover, the goal of conference was also to pay attention to sexuality in
marginalized and under taboo contexts as are sex business, sex and drugs,
alternative sexual subcultures, sexuality of marginalised etc.
One of the
conference contributions delivered by a member of our research team, Iztok Šori,
presented also the results of the research Ways of Implementing the EU
Directives on Violence against Women, Children and Youth: Good Practices and
Recommendations, which is financed through the European Commission’s Daphne
Programme.
| Abstract: Clients of Prostitution: Criminalising the Overlooked This article discusses theoretical and legislative approaches toward prostitution, especially the radical feminist view. One of the results of this theory is a Swedish law which criminalizes clients of prostitution. Since clients are poorly researched, I conducted several interviews with clients, as well as other parties involved in prostitution. Findings show that generalization must be avoided and legalization of prostitution considered, since this approach offers the safest work environment for prostitutes. |
• 10th International Interdisciplinary Congress on Women, Madrid, Spain (3–9 July 2008)
The 10th International Interdiciplinary Congress on Women was held in Madrid,
Spain, from 3 to 9 July 2008 under the slogan "Equality is not a utopia."
The main theme of the congress was "New Frontiers: Advances and Challenges." The
participants focused mainly on the fundamental problems and issues affecting
women's lives today, which encompasses questions like empowerment and
citizenship; the challenges of feminisms and political and legal action; new
displacements and migrations and today's profiles of spatial and urban
inequality; gender violence and the struggle for human rights; the presence of
women in education, science and the communications media; transversal
application of the gender focus to develop knowledge and culture; the impact of
globalisation on women's economy, employment and opportunities in life; women's
health and the situation for women suffering from some form of disability; the
unveiling of women's history and their role in the modern world; women in
culture, art and creative pursuits; women's role in all manner of activities and
professions, in short, their different worlds.
Among the participants were also members of the Daphne Project research team,
Senior Project Leader Milica Antić Gaber, PhD., Junior Project Leader Irena
Selišnik, PhD., and Sara Rožman.
| Abstract Slovenian experience with NGOs activity dealing with violence against women in Central European perspective In our paper we would like to describe the roll of NGOs in the process of political decision making related to changes in the field of legislation dealing with violence against women in Slovenia and nine other countries that have joined European Union in 2004. Special emphasize will be on political actors which have contributed to successful national policies and legislation against violence and the impact of the EU enlargement process. The violence against women in Slovenia has been put on political agenda in the 80ies, when the first NGOs engaged in violence against women have been established. Mainly since 1991 the legislation on violence against women has been changed according to foreign good practices and recommendations. However, the important political actors which were the protagonists of changes are now found elsewhere not any more in civil society. State institutions and national mechanisms have been established to improve the legislation and state policy. Finally Slovenian experience will be evaluated in the context of Central European countries that have as Slovenia became new EU member states and had to adopt to similar circumstances and new structure opportunities. The differences and similarities in regard to important policy makers in that region with special emphasize on NGO’s will be presented. |
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• Violence and the Contexts of Hostility, Budapest, Hungary (5–7 May 2008)
The 7th Global Conference on the subject of violence and hostility took place
in Budapest, Hungary, between 5–7 May 2008 as part of a multi- and
inter-disciplinary research and publications project aiming to identify and
understand violence in contemporary life.
The conference participants paid particular attention to the different contexts
and places where violence develops, occurs and where its impact is felt: from
the interpersonal to the international, from the empirical to the symbolic. A
great deal of attention was also focused on uncovering the motives for violence,
its dynamics and functions – from the standpoint of individuals, groups,
populations and societies, as well as bonds and social relations in the private,
institutional and public spheres of life. A significant part of the conference
was also dedicated to exploring and understanding representations of violence in
media, art and literature.
One of the conference contributions delivered by two members of our research
team, Irena Selišnik and Sara Rožman, presented the results of the research Ways
of Implementing the EU Directives on Violence against Women, Children and Youth:
Good Practices and Recommendations, which is financed through the European
Commission’s Daphne Programme.
| Abstract Changing legislation on violence against women in Slovenia In our paper we would like to present the process of changing legislation on violence against women in Slovenia. Special emphasize will be on political actors that have helped to change the legislation and the impact of the EU enlargement process. The violence against women has been put on political agenda in the 80ies when first NGO's which dealt with violence against women have been established. Especially since 1991 the legislation on violence against women has been changed according to foreign good practices and recommendations. However, the important political actors which were the protagonists of changes are now found elsewhere not any more in civil society. State institutions and national mechanisms have been established to improve the legislation and state policy. The paper will discuss how the preparation for the fifth enlargement of the EU has influenced the policy on violence against women. Also evaluation of the impact of EU standards, written in resolutions and recommendations, on changing Slovenian legislation will be presented. We will analyze when the most important changes in legislation were taking place and which type of violence against women (trafficking, domestic violence) was the most exposed to those changes. |