16 Days of Activism: �Forgotten Femicide� Gathering

Under the auspices of the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence, the Croatian Women Network organizes the �Forgotten Femicide� commemorative gathering, to be held in Zagreb, November 23, 2006.

The event will take place at Dubravka Rd, the site where the Magda Herucina was executed, the last woman from Zagreb that was burned at the stake on charges of witchcraft.

Suzana Kulovic (The Political Discourse of the Forgotten Femicide); Neva T�lle (The Charges and the Records from one Trial in the Process against Kata Cankovica); Bojana Genov (Radio Vatican, 27. 2. 2006. The 3rd International Seminar �Dominicans and the Inquisition) are expected to speak at the gathering, while Ankica Lepej will read her poem �Witness of the Faith�.

The media are invited to the event, and the proceedings will be filmed by 4YTV. The footage will be distributed, as internet video streaming, to the target groups such as women groups and other NGOs in Croatia and abroad, political parties, state institutions, EU and UN offices, and other legal entities.

The event is organized by Rosa-Women Centre; Autonomous Women House Zagreb; and the Centre for Mental Health and Human Rights.