Tanja Petovar is a lawyer and human rights activist from the former Yugoslavia. She is well known for being a human rights lawyer, and has fought for human rights in many prominent political cases. Petovar is an anti-war activist and defending cases involving Kosovo-Albanians who were charged with adversary propaganda and counterrevolution was of particular importance to her.
She also used her expertise to help the UN Commission of Experts when they looked into the mass rape of Muslim Bosnian women during the civil war. Petovar was charged with the difficult task of interviewing these women about their experiences. Additionally she studied the complex issue of Serbian immigration from Kosovo. The commission concentrated their research efforts on the causes of emigration.
In 2002 (until 2004), Tanja Petovar became project coordinator of the Southeast Europe Democracy Support organization, also known as SEEDS (South East Europe Democracy Support). This project conducted regional surveys in Eastern Europe. The questions focused on public attitudes toward economic, political, and social issues, and were also designed to reflect people's opinions about public figures and institutions. Ultimately, Tanja Petovar hoped to influence public discourse in these countries and initiate discussions on citizens' concerns.
In 2002 Tanja Petovar was the project coordinator for the South East Europe Democracy Support organization, also known as SEEDS. The project conducted regional surveys in Eastern Europe. The questions were concentrated on the populations attitudes towards economic, political and social issues, in addition to trying to gauge their opinion of public personalities, and institutions. Ultimately she hoped to influence the public agenda in these countries and to initiate discussions on the publics concerns.
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