Within the project UNIGEM - University and Gender Mainstreaming, three workshops were held on the topic of gender equality and gender-based violence at the Faculty of Law and the Faculty of Political Science of the University of Montenegro.

The first workshop, entitled "Basic levers of patriarchy: Your body is a battlefield" was held on November 12, 2021 in the premises of the Faculty of Political Sciences, University of Montenegro. The dean of the Faculty of Law of UCG, prof. Dr. Aneta Spaić and peace activist Paola Petričević.

The second workshop entitled "The position of women in Montenegrin society: Where we were, where we are now" was held on November 18, 2021 in the premises of the Faculty of Law, University of Montenegro. The workshop was held by Ksenija Rakočević, MA, PhD student at the Faculty of Philology, University of Montenegro, and Milena Aćimić Remiković, MSc, teaching associate at the Faculty of Law, University of Montenegro.

The last in a series of three workshops entitled "Gender-based violence in the practice of the European Court of Human Rights" was held on November 25, 2021, also in the premises of the Faculty of Law, University of Montenegro. Prof. spoke at the workshop. Dr. Nebojsa Vucinic, retired professor of international law and former judge of the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg.

The workshops covered the issue of gender equality and gender-based violence in a comprehensive way, from various aspects. This topic was discussed from a legal as well as from a political, social, historical and philological point of view. It covers a wide range of problems of gender (in) equality that has been present in our society for a long time, so the questions of the workshop participants, but also the conclusions were diverse. Participants were mostly surprised by the data on gender (ine) equality and gender-based violence in Montenegro, and believe that this is indeed an issue that requires special attention that has not been truly paid to date.

We drew special attention to current events in our society, such as cases of femicide resulting from domestic violence, daily sexist and misogynistic comments made to politicians, professors, judges and other public figures, as well as discrimination against women, which we witnessed even on the example of Montenegrin judges. are forced to retire two years earlier than their fellow judges (and how many cases take place in silence and behind closed doors, we don't even know about).

It was also concluded that the issue of gender equality also affects men, because patriarchal patterns of behavior largely define their masculinity and what is expected of them, which can be an equal burden for them as well as for women.