Crvena

Crvena

Udruženje za kulturu i umjetnost Crvena

Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Gender equalityArts & CultureEducationDemocracy & Civil society
AssociationFounded 2010National reach
Profile last updated: September 21, 2026

About

Founded in 2010, Crvena is a non-profit association based in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina working on gender equality, arts & culture, education +4 more.

Crvena is a feminist and left-oriented association for culture and art based in Sarajevo, founded in 2010 by a group of friends. It works in culture, research, education and political practice to support progressive social change, including through developing self-governing skills, critical thinking and organisational capacity. Its work covers the social position of women, management of natural and social resources, housing, the right to the city, water and rivers, and education. Activities include exhibitions, public walks, lectures, summer schools, publications, an online feminist magazine, residencies and engaged research. Crvena is funded by international foundations and donors and is run by a membership-based assembly with an operational team and steering committee. It is a member of local and international networks, including the European Housing Coalition, the European Water Movement and the Coalition for the Rivers.

Location

Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Founded

2010

Organisation type

Association

Legal form

Udruženje

Legal name

Udruženje za kulturu i umjetnost Crvena

Focus areas

feminismartcultureeducationresearchhousingcommonswater rightsSarajevo

Languages

BSEN

Causes & programmes

Causes

Gender equalityArts & CultureEducationDemocracy & Civil societyHousing & HomelessnessEnvironment & ClimateHeritage

Works for

Women & GirlsCommunities

How they work

Awareness & educationResearchAdvocacy & campaigning

Programmes

Feministika

Gender equality · Bosnia and Herzegovina

Internet magazine and public political campaign on contemporary women's issues, aimed at feminist exchange and renewing the movement.

Symposium

Arts & Culture · Bosnia and Herzegovina

Series of experimental artistic and life-practice interventions, launched in 2017, opened as spaces for artistic and life practices.

Nona Residency

Arts & Culture

International residential programme for women researchers and artists working in feminist practices, launched in 2018.

Precious Plastic Sarajevo

Environment & Climate · Bosnia and Herzegovina

Experimental hub developing creative plastic recycling machines, in cooperation with universities, since 2017.

Archive of Anti-Fascist Struggle of Women in BiH and Yugoslavia

Heritage · Bosnia and Herzegovina

Digital archive of emancipatory and utopian elements of the region's past, launched online in March 2015.

Educational programme Politike svakodnevnice

Education · Bosnia and Herzegovina

Educational programme of lectures, workshops and modules critically examining present-day society, including labour and leisure.

Countries of operation

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Funding & support

Funded by

Grants

Ways to support

Membership

Credentials & affiliations

Industry memberships

European Housing CoalitionEuropean Water MovementCoalition for the Rivers

Partnerships

Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung, Kvinna till Kvinna, Olof Palme International Center, Global Fund for Women, Mediterranean Women's Fund, Heinrich Böll Stiftung, Goethe-Institut BiH, Foundation for Arts Initiative, Open Society Fund BiH, Historical Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Urban Design Studio Sarajevo

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