Elife (Eli) Krasniqi is an anthropologist, feminist activist and writer. Krasniqi did her M.A. in Sociology at the New School for Social Research in New York. She is a Ph.D. candidate in History and Social Anthropology at Karl Franzens, University of Gras. For more than fifteen years, as a civil society feminist activist she conceptualized, developed and led project mainly on gender issues. Her research interests and publications include studies on family, gender, social history, social movements and collective memory in SEE. Krasniqi is a co-founder and director of Alter Habitus, a feminist institute for studies in society and culture in Prishtina. ​