The fourth National Conference marking the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women took place at Brdo pri Kranju, where our researcher Dr. Mojca M. Plesničar also participated with a lecture.
In her lecture entitled Social Trends and Nostalgia: Understanding Violence against Women, Dr. Plesničar presented violence as a complex and systemic phenomenon. This is also confirmed by statistics showing that one in three women (World Health Organization data) experiences physical or sexual violence during her lifetime, clearly indicating that this is not a marginal deviation, but a widespread social problem.
She placed special emphasis on contemporary, including digital, forms of violence, as well as on the role of gender norms, nostalgia, and a return to traditional patterns that often normalize violence.
In her lecture, she also highlighted the importance of international frameworks such as CEDAW and the Istanbul Convention, and warned about dangerous online trends that reinforce harmful ideas about gender roles, including phenomena associated with influencers such as Andrew Tate and the so-called “tradwife” trend.
In her concluding remarks, Mojca M. Plesničar emphasized: “If we want to effectively prevent violence and protect victims, we must understand not only individuals, but also the broader social environment that allows violence to emerge, persist, and adapt to new times.”
