WOMEN’S EMANCIPATION IN MONTENEGRO BEFORE SOCIALIST YUGOSLAVIA: THE ROOTS OF RETRADITIONALIZATION IN MONTENEGRIN SOCIETY
WOMEN’S EMANCIPATION IN MONTENEGRO BEFORE SOCIALIST YUGOSLAVIA: THE ROOTS OF RETRADITIONALIZATION IN MONTENEGRIN SOCIETY

Summary/Abstract: The unenviable status of women in Montenegro is well documented in recent years. Research done by different NGOs, official statistics, as well as Council of Europe reports the inequality between man and women in different spheres of life. In order to understand why this is, the article examines the specific path of women’s emancipation in Montenegro. The retraditionalization that took place in the 1990s, both in the former Yugoslavia and in other socialist countries, brings a return to traditional values as well as renunciation of the ideas that Communism brought. However, the unenviable position of women in these countries is not as pronounced as in Montenegro. Hence, it is important to investigate what is “the traditional” when it comes to women in Montenegro. What ideas and perceptions about women did Montenegrin society return to in the 1990s, when it renounced most of its Communist legacy?

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