{"id":5585,"date":"2021-10-04T14:07:36","date_gmt":"2021-10-04T12:07:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/weekend.hr\/?p=5585"},"modified":"2022-06-27T22:37:21","modified_gmt":"2022-06-27T20:37:21","slug":"activism-is-back-in-style-say-representatives-of-leading-regional-initiatives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/weekend.hr\/activism-is-back-in-style-say-representatives-of-leading-regional-initiatives\/?lang=en","title":{"rendered":"Activism is back in style, say representatives of leading regional initiatives"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Smart technology and social networks have paved the way for progress and changes in society, said the participants of the panel entitled \u201cActivate change!\u201d. <strong>Jelena Velja\u010da<\/strong>, representative of the <em>Spasi me<\/em> initiative; <strong>Sandra Ben<\/strong><strong>\u010di\u0107<\/strong> from the <em>We Can! <\/em>political party; <strong>Vesna Bla\u0161kovi\u0107<\/strong>, founder of SOS Zagreb; and <strong>Asja Krsmanovi\u0107<\/strong>, initiator of <em>Nisam tra\u017eila;<\/em> pointed out that the modern media world has enabled women to have their voices heard more widely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt is important to emphasize that activism is no longer reactive, but proactive. And the range and scope of communication offered by social networks have made a significant contribution in this regard. It\u2019s a platform where real people, especially women, have the opportunity to tell their reality,\u201d said Velja\u010da, commenting on the importance of the <em>Spasi me<\/em> initiative and the fight against violence against women.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cSociety perceives activism as a profession. An activist, however, is any person who contributes to certain social changes at the micro and macro level. Our primary task is to bring together\u2014at least in Bosnia and Herzegovina\u2014all groups and associations that aim to encourage positive social change and to enable better cooperation for the protection of women from violence,\u201d said Asja Krsmanovi\u0107.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Although acting with the goal of the common good is in itself something positive and expected from different communities of people and nations, it should be kept in mind that not every public call is an act of activism, nor is activism the wish and demand of a particular community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThere are different aspects of activism. We can fight for something that is positive\u2014which is good\u2014but there is also activism that goes beyond the interests of a particular group and eventually becomes something that is not in the public interest at all, but rather the interest of that particular group only,\u201d said Sandra Ben\u010di\u0107.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The panelists concluded that the biggest enemies of activism are disinformation, lack of responsibility, and the particular interests of certain groups regarding freedom of speech. Freedom of choice must never endanger the rest of society, said the representatives of leading associations and movements.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Smart technology and social networks have paved the way for progress and changes in society, said the participants of the panel entitled \u201cActivate change!\u201d. Jelena Velja\u010da, representative of the Spasi me initiative; Sandra Ben\u010di\u0107 from the We Can! political party; Vesna Bla\u0161kovi\u0107, founder of SOS Zagreb; and Asja Krsmanovi\u0107, initiator of Nisam tra\u017eila; pointed out [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":5423,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"iawp_total_views":0,"wds_primary_category":0,"wds_primary_hf_cat_post":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/weekend.hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5585"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/weekend.hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/weekend.hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/weekend.hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/weekend.hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5585"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/weekend.hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5585\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/weekend.hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5423"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/weekend.hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5585"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/weekend.hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5585"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/weekend.hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5585"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}