Una Cilic is a correspondent for RFE/RL's Balkan Service.
Statistically speaking, for those suffering from domestic violence, home is the most dangerous place for many women.
Survivors of sexual violence from the wars in Ukraine and Bosnia-Herzegovina say they refuse to be seen as victims. In a new documentary, 'I Survived' by Current Time and RFE/RL's Balkan Service, one Ukrainian women says she wants the rapists and their commanders punished.
Gender-based violence is rampant across the globe, and an issue that extends beyond cultures and borders. Experts say violence against women and girls is preventable and often down to political will.
Millions of women around the world have to fight for basic human rights. In places like Afghanistan, Iran, and the Balkans, the challenges women face vary, but they remain resilient. Under the Taliban’s rule, Afghan women are being erased from public life and denied basic freedoms.
To mark International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict, RFE/RL tells the stories of survivors from Bosnia-Herzegovina, Ukraine, Kosovo, Chechnya, and Afghanistan and their personal struggles to seek justice.
Uniquely among its neighbors and over the long-running objections of the OSCE, courts in Bosnia-Herzegovina have allowed more than a dozen people convicted of war crimes including rape and torture to buy their way out of prison time.
In the 30 years since the first refugees from Bosnia arrived, Germany has drastically changed how it welcomes migrants and refugees. Despite the positive changes, for Bosnians who arrived in the 1990s and the newer arrivals from Afghanistan or Ukraine, the core challenges remain much the same.
After a man live streamed the killing of his ex-wife on Instagram in Bosnia-Herzegovina, experts warn that social media algorithms are "notoriously ineffective" at sniffing out danger and say the issue highlights Meta's and other leading operators' failures at moderation, particularly of videos and non-English content.
For those seeking facts about the Srebrenica genocide, turning to Google can be a risky option. Most, if not all, of the top results generated by the search engine have included content denying that the 1995 killings of more than 8,000 Bosnian Muslim men and boys ever happened.
As Serbia creeps up on 1 million confirmed cases and 8,500 deaths, officially, trust remains a crucial factor in the seemingly stalled vaccination drive to control COVID-19.
Sarajevo's Holiday Inn became an iconic landmark and symbol of survival during the 1992-95 siege. Now it faces another existential crisis -- COVID-19.
The Dayton peace deal ending the horrific Bosnian War in 1995 was supposed to be temporary. But nearly a quarter of a century later, many still blame it for Bosnia-Herzegovina's dysfunctional society.
