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  1. Shifting the Narrative
  2. 16 Days of Activism
  3. Meet Jasna Bastic, Former Yugoslavia/ Switzerland

Meet Jasna Bastic, Former Yugoslavia/ Switzerland

Jasna works with Peace Boat, an organization working to promote non-violent conflict resolution and justice aboard a chartered passenger ship that travels the world on peace voyages.

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Meet Jasna Bastic, Former Yugoslavia/ Switzerland

Jasna organizes educational programming for students from around the world. Peace Boat offers students a direct learning experience that promotes discussion and reconciliation as means to conflict resolution.

Born and raised in Sarajevo, Jasna’s passion for peace surfaced when war in the Former-Yugoslavia began to brew. In the years leading up to the conflict, Jasna worked as a print journalist. She became deeply unsettled by war propaganda in the media and came to the realization that something had to be done to prevent the pending outbreak of conflict. Despite her efforts alongside other peace activists, civil war ravaged the country for eight years.

The escalating conflict forced Jasna to leave Sarajevo and she settled in Zurich, Switzerland. Jasna began to try to understand the mechanisms of war in order to be able to identify the signs of conflict escalating into war. In particular, she employed her background as a journalist to understand the ways in which the media is manipulated in times of war to disseminate propaganda.

Now an expert in the area of peaceful conflict resolution, Jasna teaches others to employ strategies to prevent conflict. “War doesn’t happen overnight,” states Jasna, “There are years of preparation. We know now how to recognize the signals of coming troubles. We know the mechanisms that make it very clear war is coming. We need to work more on prevention.”

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16 Days of Activism

November 25, 2022

Afrah Nassar: "Believe that you are worth listening to."

November 25, 2022

Jamila Afghani: “We should extend hands of support to each other."

November 25, 2022

Mèaza Gidey Gebremedhin: “I always need to fight for myself, for my place in this world, and to help others.”

November 25, 2022

A Q&A with democracy activist Khin Ohmar: "I feel at peace knowing there is a young generation fighting for their rights."

November 25, 2022

Amira Osman Hamed: "Don't let them terrify you."

November 25, 2022

Lubna Alkanawati: "What's really helped me to survive is the women's network around me."

November 25, 2022

Nina Potarska, Anna Chernova and Oksana Senyk: "Family peace is a small piece of peacebuilding."

November 25, 2022

Nadia Murad: "We don't get anywhere by pacifying with politeness."

December 10, 2021

Manal Shqair: I’m always fighting every day for my existence as a woman (Palestine)

December 9, 2021

Ounaysa Arabi: Knowledge is power and we have a good inheritance from feminists around the world (Sudan)

December 9, 2021

Ilaf Nasreldin: We as women deserve to live a better life (Sudan)

December 8, 2021

Musu Diamond Kamara: When one woman is affronted, all of us are affronted (Liberia)

More — 16 Days of Activism

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