Women's feminist - antimilitarist peace organization

Always disobedient, and still in the streets...

Women in black - 30 years of resistance

9th october 1991 we took to the streets of Belgrade for the first time - that is when we began non- violent resistance to the war and the policies of the Serbian regime. So far, we have organized about 2,500 street actions. We are still in the streets ...
Women in Black / WiB is an activist group and network of feminist-anti-militarist orientation, consisting of women, but also men of different generational and ethnic backgrounds, educational levels, social status, lifestyles and sexual choices.

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A CONSCIENTIOUS



I AM A CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTOR…

- Because I respect life
- Because conscientious objection is a fundamental human right—the right of choice
- Because conscientious objection is my political and cultural choice, and not a part of my feminine role, to care for others
- Because I am a conscientious objector to the whole of patriarchy and especially to militarism as a an armed patriarchy
- Because I support conscientious objectors who demand a civil posting for their military service.

I AM A CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTOR….

- As a woman, I am tired of wars, “heroes,” “soldier’s leave”….mobilization to violence, friends hiding, family deserters of the war;
- As a woman, I reject all wars, believing every war unjust. Therefore I want to stop the incitement of hate, violence, and war.
- As a woman, I demand that at every opportunity I be treated as a civilian, and that I never be bound to any military or police institution.

I AM A CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTOR because…

- I refuse to participate in all military formations. That is not equality between men and women, it is not emancipation of women, and it is not "democratization" of the army—it is a military society.
- I express my disobedience to all forms of military society, and I do not want others to make decisions in my name, I want to obtain control over my own life.
- I urge that the money spent on the armed forces be invested in the raising of personal and societal standards in education, health, and culture.
- I [urge, instigate] the process of de-Nazification, conscious confrontation with the past, and collective moral responsibility for war and war crimes committed "in the name of the nation."
- I do not want war and violence to be the "natural state" of the Balkans.
- I actively advocate for education in peace and non-violence.
- I actively advocate against war for any reason.

Belgrade, May 2001
WOMEN IN BLACK