Photo: Sanja Vrzić She was born in Nova Kasaba. She spent the war in Srebrenica and Lukavac. She is a returnee, a peace activist and entrepreneur in agriculture and poultry farming in Konjević Polje. One of the fights that Ifeta won was the fight for her own identity or the right to attend school, in spite of the views of her traditional family […]

Photo: Sanja Vrzić A human rights activist fighting for a better position of Roma and other women in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the founder of the Roma women association “Bolja budućnost” from Tuzla and a member of the Roma Council. Indira was born in Jajce, but today she lives in Tuzla. She entered the NGO sector as the secretary of a Roma association in […]

Photo: Sanja Vrzić She was born in Vakuf. Today, she is retired. She used to work as a Bosnian language and literature teacher at a high school in Gornji Vakuf – Uskoplje. She is a peace activist. Jasminka grew up as an only child. After she had graduated from the Department of South Slavic Literature in Sarajevo, Jasminka went back […]

Photo: Sanja Vrzić She was born in Priboj near Lopare. Today, she lives in Bijeljina. She is a peace activist and was also active as a leader in preventing women trafficking in the period from 1999 to 2010. Mara Radovanović was born in a rural family – her father taught her to be fair and to treat people nicely, while […]

Photo: Sanja Vrzić She was born in Gradiška municipality. She works at the Faculty of Philosophy of the University of Banja Luka as an associate professor of philosophy. She is a philosopher and feminist. Milena remembers her childhood and growing up by the construction of their family home, learning and playing at the newly built houses. She stopped studying economics […]

Photo: Sanja Vrzić She was born in Bratunac. She has been a member of the association “Žene Srebrenice” since 1996, and an active member of the women’s peace group “Žene u crnom” since 2003. She is a peace activist. Before the war, Rejha lived with her family in Bratunac. For a while, they had lived in Germany, so that they […]

Photo: Sanja Vrzić She was born in Kozaruša, Prijedor municipality. Seida is a peace activist and chairwoman of the Prijedor women’s association “Izvor”, which gathers information about the missing persons, provides support to victims and witnesses of war crimes and builds a culture of remembrance. Seida was the youngest child in a large family. After she had graduated from high […]

Photo: Sanja Vrzić She lives and works in Bijeljina. She is the chairwoman of the Association of the Families of the Missing from Semberija and Majevica. Smilja Mitrović was born in Korenita, a village on the slopes of Majevica mountain. After getting married, she moved to Bijeljina, where she lived with her husband and son until the war. Smilja’s drama […]

Photo: Sanja Vrzić She was born in Vitinica near Zvornik. She is the chairwoman of the association “Anima” and a peace activist. Suvada graduated from the secondary school of economics in her hometown. She spent the first ten years of her marriage in the pre-war period – she remembers those years of her marriage by the well-being and building of […]

Photo: Sanja Vrzić She lives in Mostar. She has been the editor of the portal Tačno.net for ten years. She is a photographer by profession. Štefica was born into a Catholic family in Mali Ograđenik (Čitluk municipality). Her growing up in an environment where people of similar views and religion lived, was characterised by curiosity and introspection. In 1981, she […]

Photo: Sanja Vrzić She was born, went to school and grew up in Sarajevo. She works as a lawyer at the Foundation CURE. She is a well-known peace and women’s rights activist. She spent her early childhood in the war, staying at basements and someone else’s apartment, to which the family Džekman fled while searching for a safe living space […]

ORGANISERS OF THE EXHIBITION The women’s initiative for facing the past “Peace with Women’s Face” includes the foundation “Lara” Bijeljina, association “HO Hori-zonti” Tuzla, foundation “Udružene žene” Banja Luka, Centre for Legal Aid for Women, Zenica, Helsinki Parliament of Citizens of Banja Luka, “Žena BiH” Mostar, “Glas žene” Bihać, women’s association “Most” Višegrad, association “Forum žena” Bratunac, foundation CURE Sa-rajevo, women citizens’ association “Grahovo” Bosansko Grahovo, citizens’ […]