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WOMEN IN SHACKLES: WHEN TRADITION OVERRIDES HUMAN RIGHTS
Different countries. Different generations. Different lives. So why do some of the same expectations, pressures and traditions continue to follow Albanian women across borders?
From Belgium to London, the United States and Canada, Women in Shackles: When Tradition Overrides Human Rights explores the cultural norms and traditions that travel with communities and the experiences of women who have lived with their consequences.
What happens when traditions are passed down without being questioned? What happens when preserving culture begins to come at the cost of a woman’s voice, freedom or agency? And where do we draw the line between honouring tradition and honouring human rights?
Through women’s stories, we go beyond the conversation about culture and into the places where culture, identity, family, community and human rights collide.
Different countries. Different lives. Sometimes, the same story. Why do some women describe the diaspora as more restrictive than the society their families left behind?
WOMEN IN SHACKLES: WHEN TRADITION OVERRIDES HUMAN RIGHTS
We begin in Belgium.
WOMEN IN SHACKLES: WHEN TRADITION OVERRIDES HUMAN RIGHTS
LEJLA DAUTI
In London, Women in Shackles brings you the story of Lejla Dauti.
Lejla is educated, accomplished, and comes from a respected family, her late father a well-known journalist. From the outside, she may not be who you imagine when you think about a woman experiencing abuse.
But her story takes us somewhere deeper; into the expectations and pressure placed on Albanian women in diaspora, the weight of tradition, and what can happen when preserving culture begins to cross the line .
Today she has built a community of millions around the world through her voice, her podcast and her work supporting women.
Her story makes us ask questions that aren’t always comfortable:
What happens when tradition begins to override human rights?
Where do you draw the line? How does diaspora honour tradition while honouring human rights?
SPECIAL REPORT |
Why the Hague verdict has reopened
old wounds and raised questions
about accountability and justice?
Four former KLA leaders were convicted in The Hague last week.But this verdict is about more than four individuals.For some victims, it is a long-awaited moment of accountability.
For others, it has reopened deeper wounds, families still searching for answers, parents still waiting for their missing child/or children and whether accountability for crimes committed during the Kosovo war has been pursued equally.
In our Special Report, we take a closer look at the deeper wounds, the unanswered questions, and the justice that remains unfinished. Next month.