Reports

Activity report for the period September - December 2025.

As we have done in the past, we are providing you with a short report on the activities of Women in Black in the reporting period.

We would like to thank you in advance, in solidarity.

Street actions: In this reporting period, we organized fi fteen (15) actions, and we also actively participated in other street actions (student and civil protests).

- commemorations/marking of important dates of crimes committed in our name
- feminist, anti-fascist, anti-war, anti-racist, anti-militarist...

COMMEMORATIONS/MARKING OF IMPORTANT DATES OF CRIMES COMMITTED IN OUR NAME AS WELL AS OTHER CRIMES AGAINST THE CIVILIAN POPULATION, DURING AND AFTER THE WARS, ON THE TERRITORY OF THE FORMER YUGOSLAVIA:

Belgrade, October 5th “We will never forget the crime in Topčider” - on the occasion of the 21st anniversary of the murder of two guardsmen in the barracks in Topčider (October 5, 2004), activists of the Women in Black Network from Belgrade, Pančevo, Kruševac, Kraljevo and Leskovac, together with the women’s association Anima, Đulići/Bosnia and Herzegovina, organized two protests in black and silence:

On this occasion, a stage action was carried out: the following was written in salt on the pavement: We remember! 10/ 05/2004 – 10/05/2025. In memory of those killed, one by one the activists placed a white rose on the sidewalk. 25 women participated in this action.

Sjeverin, October 22th - The commemoration on the occasion of the 33rd anniversary of the crime in Sjeverin was attended by activists of the Women in Black Network from Prijepolje and Priboj, where they paid their respects to the killed civilians, and afterwards went to the town of Mioče and laid fl owers. (Let us be reminded: on October 22, 1992, on the bus route Priboj - Rudo, members of the Serbian paramilitary formation Osvetnici (Avengers) kidnapped 22 passengers of Bosniak nationality).

Tuzla/B&H, October 22th – Ramiz Berbić, poet, activist of the Women in Black Network, performed an act of commemoration of the crime in Sjeverin in the main town square, with messages written in salt on the pavement “Sjeverin - Solidarity 10/22/1992 - 10/22/2025”. R. Berbić performs all actions alone, in accordance with his artistic-activist concept.

Tuzla, October 25th “Kazani – Not in my name! I’m ashamed!” – Ramiz Berbić dedicated this action to the crime in Kazani - the killing of civilians, mainly Serbs, but also of other nationalities from mid 1992 to October 1993. The bodies were thrown into the Kazani pit, which is located in the Sarajevo neighborhood of Bistrik. The murder was carried out by members of the B&H Army, a unit commanded by Sarajevo criminal Mušan Topalović Caco. The remains of 29 people were removed from the Kazani pit, and the number of those killed has never been offi cially determined. On the initiative of the NGO UDIK from Sarajevo, a memorial was erected in 2021 with a list of identifi ed persons.

Ustikolina (B&H) October 26th – Visit to the Memorial Complex ‘The Hayir Fountain of Foča’, a monument dedicated to more than 2,360 murdered residents of Foča. Some of them were members of the families present at this shocking event. The names of the victims are written on a 34 meters long wall; with sculptures dedicated to the murdered, missing, women raped in the war, murdered children. Foča’s Hair fountain was created thanks to donations from Fočak from all over the world - a permanent reminder of the scale of the crimes committed in Foča. Instead of the memorial being built at the crime scenes in Foča, it was erected in Ustikolina (11 km from Foča, in the Federation of B&H) because the local authorities in Foča have not allowed even the smallest plaque to be placed to mark the crime scenes in Foča. During the war, more than 20,000 Bosniak people were expelled from Foča, over 3,000 Bosniaks were killed, etc. The visit was attended by: Halida Konjo Uzunović, Ilvana Konjo, Kemalemir Frašto, Zenija Hajdarević (witnesses at the Women’s Court - Foča case), as well as Staša Zajović, Violeta Đikanović and Lino Veljak, WiB, Belgrade.

Belgrade, November 18th “We will never forget the crimes in Vukovar!” - on the occasion of the 34th anniversary of the fall of Vukovar, Women in Black organized a vigil in black and silence in Knez Mihailova Street.

The following banners were displayed at the protest:

A stage action was also performed at the protest: the word Vukovar was written in salt on the pavement and the Vučedol dove was drawn - the symbol of the city of Vukovar.
Twenty (20) activists participated in the protest.
Several verbal incidents took place during the protest: several passers-by hurled insults at our commemorative action, and several of them trampled messages written in salt. The police did not react, but calmly observed everything from a distance...

Tuzla, November 18th - Ramiz Berbić marked the 34th anniversary of the fall of Vukovar in the main town square with messages written in salt on “Solidarity”; “Let us not forget Vukovar”.

FEMINIST, ANTI-FASCIST, ANTI-WAR, ANTI-RACIST, ANTI-MILITARIST ACTIONS:

Tuzla/B&H, September 4th “Support to the Freedom Flotilla - Support to Palestine” - peace action by Ramiz Berbić on the city square in Tuzla - solidarity with the international humanitarian action.

Belgrade, September 17th “Let’s banish war from history and our lives” - an anti-war action in black and silence was organized on the occasion of the World Day of Peace.

The following banners were displayed at the protest:

Ten (10) activists participated in the protest; during the action there were verbal attacks - curses and insults by passers-by.

Belgrade, October 7th “Stop the genocide in Gaza!” - Anti-war action on the occasion of the second anniversary of the beginning of the war in Gaza.

The following banners were displayed at the protest:

Fifteen (15) activists participated in the protest.

Tuzla, October 26th “International Palestinian Women’s Day” - Ramiz Berbić organized a solidarity action with Palestinian women, holding the mentioned banner.

Belgrade, November 5th “Stop the war in Ukraine!” – Anti-war action in blackness and silence.

The following banners were displayed at the protest:

23 activists participated in the protest.

Belgrade, December 6th “Stop killing women!” – On the occasion of December 6 - the International Day Against Femicide, Women in Black and the Autonomous Women’s Center, with the support of the association Anima from Đulić (B&H) and the Network of Women in Black from: Kruševac, Leskovac, Vlasotinac, Priboj and Prijepolje, as well as women, refugees from Gaza, organized a protest on Republic Square.

The following banners were displayed at the protest:

During the protest, a stage action was also performed. The women stretched out seven red ribbons, crossing them to form a circle. Then, a drop of red shoes was placed at each end, symbolizing the murdered women. The action, which was accompanied by female drummers, ended with the banner Stop Killing Women ! placed on the red ribbons! Forty (40) female activists participated in the protest.

Tuzla, December 18th “Freedom to Migrants” – On the occasion of the International Day of Migrants, Ramiz Berbić, activist of the WiB Network, carried out the mentioned action with the messages “Stop Fascism towards Migrants”, “Freedom to Migrants”, etc.

DEALING WITH THE PAST / TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE – A FEMINIST APPROACH

This is one of the most important activities of Women in Black. It consists of a multitude of segments: street actions, workshops, lectures, creation of diff erent models of transitional justice from a feminist point of view, cooperation with related organizations in the form of joint actions (campaigns, consultative meetings).

WOMEN’S COURT - A FEMINIST APPROACH TO JUSTICE

We bring a brief report on the activities of Women in Black regarding the organization of the Women’s Court - a feminist approach to justice in this period.

The fi rst Women’s Court in the territory of Europe was held in Sarajevo, May 7th to May 10th, 2015, uorganized by 10 women’s groups from the territory of the former Yugoslavia (Mothers of the Srebrenica and Žepa Enclaves, CURE Foundation, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Center for Women Victims of War, Center for Women’s Studies, Zagreb, Croatia, Center for Women and Peace Education Ani-a, Kotor, Montenegro, Gender Equality Council, Skopje, Macedonia, Women’s Lobby, Ljubljana, Slovenia, Center for Women’s Studies and Women in Black, Belgrade, Serbia). The Women’s Court was attended by more than 500 people from all the countries of the former Yugo- slavia, but also from Argentina, Algeria, Palestine, Israel, the United States, Spain, Italy, Sweden, Austria, Belgium, Great Britain, etc.

In continuation of the Women’s Court, Women in Black, Belgrade coordinates the program and other activities, with the support of organizations: Anima, Kotor (Montenegro), Center for Women Victims of War, Zagreb (Croatia), The Foundation CURE, Sarajevo (Bosnia & Her- zegovina).

Report on our activities in pdf.