Following the initiative “Increasing women’s participation in decision-making”, the member organization of the Kosova Women’s Network (KWN), the Women’s Association “Aureola”, has held meetings in several cities of Kosova with candidates for municipal assembly.
The executive director of the organization “Aureola”, Sanije Grajcevci, said that they are thankful for benefiting from the 15th round of the Kosova Women’s Fund, because such initiatives are necessary to increase women’s participation in decision-making.
At the meeting held in Fushë Kosovë on October 8, the municipal assembly candidates emphasised the need for institutional support for women.
Assembly candidate Hasime Kostanica, mentioned the main factors that hinder the inclusion of women in politics, but also in other areas.
“Many schools in Fushë Kosovë do not offer preschool education, which is directly related to the role of women in child care and the inability for her to engage in other activities. In public kindergartens, only employed mothers have the right to register their children. But the same should apply to unemployed mothers so that they have time to complete training and be prepared for the labor market”.
Further, the other candidate, Vildane Latifi, said that women need support in financing and employment.
“It is a saying that if we want to invest in the sustainability of the community, we must invest in women. Therefore, our goal is to strengthen the role of women in society as much as possible. Women should be supported and should have leadership positions”.
Whereas, for the candidate Vjollca Tërnava-Konjusha, who is running for the third term, the cooperation between women assembly members is very important.
“We have always had good relations with each other, to work for the interest of women. This cooperation must continue, in order to work together to strengthen the position of women in society and to inspire other women to get involved in politics”.
Similar meetings were held with candidates from the municipalities of Prishtina, Kastriot, Lipjan, Drenas, and Podujeva. In all these meetings was discussed the work done by assembly members to raise and address the problems of women, as well as to strengthen their role in society.
The next activities of the Women’s Association “Aureola” include meetings with women candidates for mayors.
Aureola’s initiative “Increasing women’s participation in decision-making” was supported by the 15th round of KWF, with financial support from the European Union (EU) Office in Kosova.
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This round has also received support from the United Nations People’s Fund (UNFPA) supported by the Austrian Development Agency (ADA), the operational unit of the Austrian Cooperation Agency.
In the following links you can read more about all the initiatives supported by the 15th round of FGK.
Kosovo Women’s Fund Allocates €109,312 for 23 Organizations in Kosova
Kosovo Women’s Fund Allocates Additional €49,673 for 11 Organizations in Kosovo
