From the heroin crisis of the 1990s to today’s nightlife culture, a mother and daughter duo care about Croatia’s harm reduction policies. The approaches evolve across generations, as stigma, especially toward women, persists.
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From climbing Slovenia's highest peak to exploring the housing crisis on OnlyFans, actress Lina Akif, of Hungarian and Sudanese descent but born and raised in Slovenia, uses her art to examine the position of women of colour and her own identity in the country, where hate speech and discrimination against “foreign-looking” individuals remain
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After young Moldovan girls finish mandatory education, they often slip through the cracks of the social services system, becoming susceptible to abuse or trafficking. The Social Apartment (Apartamentul Social), run by the Diaconia Social Mission, is one proposed solution to this phenomenon.
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As Hungary heads to the polls on April 12th, NEM! - one of the country’s still standing feminist movements - is fighting to make women’s rights more than a footnote in a political system, which has kept them long out of the room.
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As thousands of Ukrainians remain in Russian captivity, the women-led organization Syla dlya Sylnyh steps in where institutions fall short, welcoming returned POWs, supporting families, and rebuilding community amid ambiguity and loss.
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Menopause, female sexuality, the challenges of motherhood, and body image are just some of the topics that are still considered taboo in Serbia. Yet the women’s movement in Serbia, along with the individuals tirelessly working behind the scenes, continues to work persistently to change this. One of them is Iva Parađanin Lilić, the founder of the podcast and platform Tampon Zona, which provides media space for topics often labeled as undesirable in a patriarchal society.
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At the Museum of Abandonment, a dusty teddy bear amidst rubble is more than a discarded toy. It’s a witness and a story of its own. From the children left behind in state institutions, to the forgotten animals, crumbling buildings, and ignored communities, the museum tells a story of Romania’s pervasive culture of abandonment. Through archives, testimony, and digital exhibitions, it confronts a past long buried, offering a space for memory, reckoning, and collective healing.
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In Prague, the vast majority of streets commemorate men, and history still speaks in a predominantly male voice. Averil Huck is working to change that. With her feminist city tours, she challenges the capital's romantic myths and narratives, inviting both locals and visitors to see whose stories have been left out and why they matter.
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