About Us
We started in 2009 through a feminist festival and continued through media production, educational programs, and women’s networking to review and promote feminist politics, culture, and art.
We motivate and activate new generations of feminists and encourage exchange and association at the local, regional, and international level.
We do not speak on behalf of other women but create free spaces for different women’s voices and policies!
We stand for a solidary, non-violent, equal society, in which every woman has the right to education, association and public life!
Through the three pillars of our activity, we are dedicated to encouraging feminist association, media visibility of women and feminist education.
Our partnership program is dedicated to developing women’s initiatives and connecting organizations and individuals.
Our media program is aimed at increasing the visibility of women in the media through influencing media policy makers in order to change the existing media practices of portraying women, as well as through our independent production.
Without education there is no emancipation of women, that is why we have been organizing courses at the Centre for Women’s Studies and at the Faculty of Media and Communications for years, where we study feminist theory and practice and transfer feminist knowledge to new generations.
OUR TEAM
Jelena Višnjić
Jelena Višnjić, Ph.D., gender studies (University of Novi Sad). She is one of the founders and the director of BeFem feminist cultural centre. She is the coordinator of the Feminist Media Culture: Production of Gender Program and a lecturer at the Centre for Women’s Studies in Belgrade and an activist of the feminist movement. Since February 2021, with a team of colleagues, she has been leading the one-semester course Politics of Representation: Gender and Violence at the Faculty of Media and Communications in Belgrade.
MILICA BATRIČEVIĆ
An activist with more than ten years of experience in various initiatives and collectives, she joined BeFem as a volunteer in 2011, where today she is the Coordinator for Community Development and Education. She is dedicated to empowering communities, participating in the production and creation of films about women’s organizations, and has launched several solidarity initiatives such as Peers to Peers. She believes that, with solidarity and support, this world can be a better place for everyone.
Aleksandra Mališić
Aleksandra Mališić joined BeFem in 2022, where she works on developing media programs. At BeFem, she mainly deals with communications and developing communication strategies, and likes to occasionally host podcasts, organize conferences with important feminist topics, but most of all, she likes to talk about feminism in educational programs. She graduated in journalism and studies gender studies at the Faculty of Political Sciences in Belgrade and attended a one-year program at the Centre for Women’s Studies as well.
Marija Mitalkov Popović
Marija graduated from the Faculty of Philology in Belgrade. She joined BeFem in 2021 as the Operational Coordinator. Her role is to combine the creative world of the Programs with the strict rules of finance. In the meantime, she is a selfless supporter for the whole team.
In BeFem, she found an opportunity to express her true feminine nature that she does not need to be ashamed of. She firmly believes in selfless exchange of experiences and tries to understand others.
In BeFem, she found an opportunity to express her true feminine nature that she does not need to be ashamed of. She firmly believes in selfless exchange of experiences and tries to understand others.
Ljiljana Cvetković
Engineer of geology, she graduated in economic geology. Although she was educated for economics in the natural sciences, she quickly adapted to the application of economics in social fields. “From the way I live my life and the decisions I make, I realized a long time ago that I am on a course towards a feminist goal, so when I was presented with the possibility to find myself at such a goal in my career, I gladly accepted the challenge. Given that I love water, and that this love led me to sailing, I’ll just say: Full sails ahead!”
Vedrana Šćepanović
Vedrana Šćepanović joined the team as a volunteer in 2018, and today she is a permanent member of the team in charge of administration, technical support, and logistics. Thanks to Vedrana’s dedication and ability to find a solution and share essential information, the organization functions smoothly. Vedrana is enthusiastic and believes that a strong, organized, and intersectional feminist movement is the only thing that can stand in the way of patriarchy.
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