Platform for Gender Cultural Practices:

Meeting of Feminist and Queer Initiatives from the Post- Yugoslav Space

As a special 2013 addition to other activities, Red Dawns are organizing a very important meeting, “Platform for Gender Cultural Practices”: Meeting of the Feminist and Queer Initiatives from the Post-Yugoslav Space. In 2006, Red Dawns organized the initial meeting which was followed up much later, in 2012, by two meetings: in Zagreb (organized by VoxFeminae festival) and in Belgrade (organized by cultural association ACT Women). Red Dawns want to support this renewed interest in networking and cooperation as it is vital for our continuous work.

At the meeting, representatives of fifteen women's, feminist, LGBTI, and queer initiatives (festivals, collectives, organizations, etc.) from the Post-Yugoslav space are going to discuss possible strategies for co-operation, and continue to develop our platform for the exchange of our experience, knowledge, program items, and staff. Our aim is to enlarge the network and make the connections stronger, also by discussing our options for joint applications for funding.

The two day’s program is going to include: meetings about possibilities for future cooperation, a workshop about funding possibilities, a workshop about burn-out in activism, and a round table discussion, which will include a short presentation of each initiative and Platform for Gender Cultural Practices.

Participating initiatives:
VoxFeminae (Croatia), Libela (Croatia), Kontra / L-Fest (Croatia), Queer.hr (Croatia), PitchWise (Bosnia and Herzegovina), CRVENA (Bosnia and Herzegovina), BeFem (Serbia), NLO (Serbia), FemiNiš (Serbia), ACT Women (Serbia), Red Dawns (Slovenia), Lesbian-Feminist University (Slovenia), City of Women (Slovenia), ŠKUC-LL (Slovenia), MINA (Slovenia).

Organisation: Red Dawns
In collaboration with: Menza pri koritu, Tiffany Club (CCQ)
Supported by: Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency,
Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Croatia, European Cultural Fundation - STEP Beyond Travel Grants

Date and time of event: 
Oct 12th 12:00 - 14:00
Place of event: 
Tiffany Club, Cultural Center Q (ACC Metelkova mesto)
Meeting about possibilities for future cooperation (open just for invited initiatives).
Date and time of event: 
Oct 12th 16:00 - 18:00
Place of event: 
Tiffany Club, Cultural Center Q (ACC Metelkova mesto)
Workshop about joint funding possibilities, run by VoxFeminae from Zagreb (open just for invited initiatives).
Date and time of event: 
Oct 13th 11:00 - 13:00
Place of event: 
Menza pri koritu (AKC Metelkova mesto)
Meeting about possibilities for future cooperation (open just for invited initiatives).
Date and time of event: 
Oct 13th 15:00 - 17:00
Place of event: 
Menza pri koritu (AKC Metelkova mesto)
Workshop about burn-out in activism, run by ACT Women from Serbia (open for invited initiatives and guest artists of the festival).
Date and time of event: 
Oct 13th 18:30 - 20:30
Place of event: 
Menza pri koritu (ACC Metelkova mesto)
Round table discussion: presentations of all initiatives and Platform for Gender Cultural Practices (open to public).
Photo gallery: 
Platform for Gender Cultural Practices:

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