1989 - Godina koja se vraća

When I first met Mira Oklobdzija in Zagreb in September 1990, she was a busy and successful sociologist. She was also active in the feminist and anarchist communities, which put her at the forefront of the liberalizing changes that had swept through Yugoslavia since the 1960s. Croatian and Yugoslav social movements seemed to be thriving in 1990.

‘The legislation here in Yugoslavia on women’s rights is very good,’ Mira told me at the time. ‘For example, we have equal rights, in every domain. You can’t be paid less for the same job if you’re a woman, which in America is quite possible. Also, people who live together after a year have the same rights as married people. And the children born of these couples also have equal rights. It’s not just legal recognition, but social acceptance as well. Well, in the countryside it is more patriarchal, but this is at least the case in the cities.’...