FLAGSHIP PROGRAMMES
Expansion of Gender and Media Culture 'Common Zone' - Prostor rodne i medijske kulture 'K-zona'
National Network
Croatia
Address
Nova cesta 24 10000 Zagreb CroatiaCountry
CroatiaCity
ZagrebStreet address 2
Nova cesta 24Mobile Phone
+385958359965Telephone
+38513839656Website
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2005Contact Person1
Gabrijela IvanovOrganisation Type
Non-Governmental OrganizationFields of Activity
Democracy and community developmentGeneral Information
Organization is expanding a space of gender and media culture and supports and presents the work of female artists, entrepreneurs, civil initiatives and other gender aware groups and individuals through the internet portal voxfeminae.net, VoxFeminae Festival and Vox Feminae services. An executive body of 5 persons (2 employed full time and 3 on honorary basis) deals with weekly and monthly actions in the organization and projects, while the whole memberhip (25) gathers yearly to decide on the organization’s operational and strategy plan. Expected budget in 2013 is between 50 and 65 thousand €. Croatian Audiovisual Center, Ministry of Culture, Department of Education, Culture and Sports of the City of Zagreb and National Foundation for Civil Society Development are major donors, while organisation’s income from services is between 15 and 35%. Our main partners are national and regional CSOs dealing with gender and culture.Mission and Objectives
To increase visibility and influence of women who, through their work, contribute to the creation of a society of gender equality and by their example encourage socially responsible functioning. Our vision is a society in which decisions are equally made by women, men and all those who do not acknowledge gender as binary, which respects and implements principles of harmony, self-sustainable development and abundance for all.Main Projects / Activities
Internet portal Voxfeminae.net - The articles we publish include views, reviews and comments on the cultural and social events and phenomena, relevant and up to date news and commentary on culture, politics and the media, interviews and conversations with female artists, theorists, activists, entrepreneurs and all those whose work is essential to make more visible. Vox Feminae Festival is an international and interdisciplinary festival whose focus is to promote national and international female artists and/or groups of artist and in their work which examine clash of contemporary art, urban and alternative culture and gender issues and gender-sensitive social engagement. Video production and Educations - We are producing video reports that deal with women's position on society and provide better visibility of their actions and organizing workshops about new media, the basics of journalism, CMS systems, Social Networks, video production and other.How can you contribute to the Network in your country?
Organization can increase visibility and influence of Network and it's members by presenting them through established Vox Feminae festival and magazine VoxFeminae.net, and thus attract new members to the Network, as well as making stronger advocacy for gender equality, pluralism and cultural diversity with partners within Network.Why do you want to join the ALF Network?
We want to join ALF network to increase our visibility and professional status of the organization, and primarily to make new and enforce existing connections and networks with the organizations in region that have similar mission and vision as ours. We are creating a regional Platform for feminist and gender cultural practices which aims to expand to other European and Mediteranian countries to promote know-how exchange of feminist practices in different areas.