‘Woman is not wolf to woman’: Solidarity, struggles and contradictions in digital feminist activism in the Balkans

The thesis explores how feminist activists in the Balkans navigate complex technological ecosystems to build awareness of and resist misogyny, violence against women, and oppressive experiences. As with gender-based violence, online harassment has the purpose of enforcing the established gender power relations and reinforcing gender inequalities. The focus of the research is on the experiences of feminist activists in online spaces, their responses and strategies of defence, and the alliances and collective actions they build in private closed online spaces.